| Life in the Seminary - Rector's Cup 2009 | | Print | |
| Monday, 28 September 2009 14:27 |
One of the questions that I am frequently asked is how we spend our time at the seminary outside of the chapel and classroom. The answer to that question certainly depends on the individual seminarian but one popular pastime for many of us is sports. This past weekend, in fact, St. Charles hosted the annual Rector's Cup soccer tournament. This is a tournament that has been going on for ten years now between St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in  Philadelphia, Immaculate Conception Seminary in New Jersey, St. Joseph's Seminary in Dunwoodie, NY, and Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, MD. This year, four men from Raleigh were on the St. Charles soccer team: Brenden Buckler, Don Maloney, Ian Van Heusen and myself. We played Mount St. Mary's on Saturday, whose star player was a professional soccer player prior to entering the seminary. It was a good game but in the end we lost 2-0. Sunday, however, brought victory as we reversed the score and beat St. Joseph's seminary 2-0. Mount St. Mary's claimed the championship trophy with a 4-2 win over Immaculate Conception. The whole weekend is a wonderful opportunity for more than just sports. About 120 seminarians from the three other seminaries came to St. Charles and we spent time together off the field praying, socializing, and building up the unique fraternity that exists among seminarians regardless of which seminary they are from.
Speaking for myself, I know that I will miss the time spent out on the field practicing and conditioning for the Rector's Cup, not to mention the games themselves. That being said, I am also grateful to have some more free time for classwork and other things now that we aren't practicing five days a week! Of course, just because soccer season is over doesn't mean that sports at St. Charles are done. For many of the players, it simply means that it is time to put away the soccer cleats and pull out the football gear. One way or the other, we find some way to recreate and relax alongside of fulfilling all the other important aspects of seminary life. In His Peace, Michael Burbeck 1st Theology |
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