Finals Week

We've entered the last week of the semester. Between last week and this week, I've had seven papers to do. So far I've been getting them done without much difficulty, with three completed, two in process (the biggest ones), and two to go. This week, in between writing papers, I'll be attending some of the Integrative Seminar presentations for the thirteen soon to depart third-year scholastics. The Integrative is the capstone paper for the Master's Degree in Applied Philosophy, similar to a master's thesis, in which the scholastic pulls together his academic work in philosophy and theology along with the social justice ministry he has been engaged with during his three years at Loyola. A sample title for one of this year's integratives is: “’Under God, with Liberty and Justice for All’: Why Catholic Schools Must Challenge the Cultural Reality of Individualism Beyond the Classroom.” The seminars should be very interesting and I'd like to go to all of them, but I can't do that and get my papers done! Please prayer for these men as they complete their time in First Studies and move on to Regency placements as the next step in their Priestly formation as Jesuits.

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