Mardi Gras

Just when the course load was starting to get a little bit stressful, Mardi Gras came along. Being seminarians, priests, and religious sisters we (for the most part) behaved ourselves. That said, things got a little crazy. There were beads... lots of beads.

Seminarian Noah and Deacon William at the beginning of the evening's festivities. Nice hat, Noah (it's Noah's birthday).

Pictured here are the rector of the seminary, Monsignor Wojcicki, and His Royal Highness, Barry.

Here the first year theologians are serving up some red beans, rice and gumbo.

This is a shot of the whole crowd.

Watch out for Sister Priscilla and those beads! Yikes!

Later in the evening there was Mardi Gras Jeopardy followed by two ridiculously funny videos put together by the first year students. This event was organized by the first year students. They did an outstanding job.

The evening was a lot of fun. Tomorrow we begin the season of Lent with a day of recollection, which is essentially a 1-day in-house silent retreat.

On a side note, it has been a year since I was in Rome and thus about a year since I decided to apply to the seminary. It's amazing how time flies.