I need some help discerning...

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='hot stuff' date='Jun 30 2005, 11:21 PM']Ah yes, I am riddled with ironies!!
Seriously Micah, I admire your desire to be prudent.  However, keeping your mind open to the first year courses and you will make your own decision. 

The most prudent thing you can do is  to study what you love the most.  I cannot stress this enough.  You do that and God's plan will fall into place.
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Yes, keeping my mind open to the first year of courses is important...there's only one problem...it's my third year of college. Decisions must be made.

And I am doing what I love the most...but thanks for that...I hate philosophy, so that option can go out the window.

Additionally...if we're going by what I love...then the answer is simple. Option 2, then work and grad school at once (like Theoketos is doing, I believe). God will give me the strength.

However, I got my answer at adoration...it is...dual major catechesis and theology, Latin minor, make my special touch Theology of the Body and Mystical Contemplative Theology, and use Augustinian philosophy wherever possible (like I'm told of Pope Benedict, I prefer Augustine to Aquinas...sorry all you Thomists out there!).

[Pio Nono]

JMJ
7/1 - Thirteenth Friday

I may just be unnecessarily complicating the situation, but the reason that a crisis of proper theology exists today is because of theologians who have little or no philosophical training.

Augustine, Aquinas, John Paul, Benedict XVI, John of the Cross, Edith Stein...these were all philosophers first.

[Cam42]

[quote name='Pio Nono' date='Jul 1 2005, 07:56 AM']JMJ
7/1 - Thirteenth Friday

I may just be unnecessarily complicating the situation, but the reason that a crisis of proper theology exists today is because of theologians who have little or no philosophical training.

Augustine, Aquinas, John Paul, Benedict XVI, John of the Cross, Edith Stein...these were all philosophers first.
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I TOTALLY agree.

[Colleen]

[quote name='Raphael' date='Jun 30 2005, 09:07 PM']By the way, hot stuff...your sig makes me laugh because it's a simile, not a metaphor.
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Micah, you should know that similes are metaphors.

I'm leaning toward 2 or 5, but I also think that a philosophy background would be very helpful and desirable. You may not like his style, but remember what St. Thomas says about theology and philosophy . . . philosophy as the handmaid to theology (the queen).

[photosynthesis]

do you have to have a theology/catechetics degree to be a focus missionary? I thought about doing that for 2 years and i'm a comm/media studies major

[Fides_et_Ratio]

dude, job was the LAST thing I worried about.. heck, I'm still not worrying about it.

I'm a philosophy major, and theology major (thus, double.. so it sounds cool).

I'm thinking I'd like to be a DRE, and that would require some grad school... but I'm not even all that concerned with it. I just want to learn some philosophy & theology so when I read JPII and Pope Benedict XVI (both of whom I immediately loved!) I actually understand what they're saying "in between the lines".

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='Pio Nono' date='Jul 1 2005, 07:56 AM']JMJ
7/1 - Thirteenth Friday

I may just be unnecessarily complicating the situation, but the reason that a crisis of proper theology exists today is because of theologians who have little or no philosophical training.

Augustine, Aquinas, John Paul, Benedict XVI, John of the Cross, Edith Stein...these were all philosophers first.
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No, I agree...but this is Steubenville we're talking about, not a place where the theology is likely to be cut off from philosophy.

And I only hate philosophy in as much as for a scrupulant, it smells of elderberries.

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='photosynthesis' date='Jul 1 2005, 12:20 PM']do you have to have a theology/catechetics degree to be a focus missionary?  I thought about doing that for 2 years and i'm a comm/media studies major
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No, you don't.

[iggy]

as a matter of fact, our campus director is has a degree in history, and one of our missionaries has a degree in systems engineering

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='iggy' date='Jul 2 2005, 02:47 AM']as a matter of fact, our campus director is has a degree in history, and one of our missionaries has a degree in systems engineering
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And our university's head of the judicial affairs dept. is a Benedictine grad...mwahahahahaha! Catholic justice for everyone!

[kateri05]

hey micah, you know if you do FOCUS you can't date right? i seriously considered it until i realized that my having a fiancee disqualified me at the time!

[Old_Joe]

[quote name='Raphael' date='Jul 2 2005, 03:14 PM']And our university's head of the judicial affairs dept. is a Benedictine grad...mwahahahahaha!  Catholic justice for everyone!
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Really? I didn't know that. Hmmm...Excuse me I have to go tweak my plans for world domination.

[iggy]

[quote name='kateri05' date='Jul 2 2005, 03:19 PM']hey micah, you know if you do FOCUS you can't date right? i seriously considered it until i realized that my having a fiancee disqualified me at the time!
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there is a one year dating fast, but i have been told we have two missionaries getting married in november, as part of an exception... right, Raph?

[IcePrincessKRS]

I'm torn between 2,4, and 5, but I think Cam had some good advice for you, too. As long as you get your undergrad and are able to work getting your masters may take longer but I don't see it as a huge thing that needs to be done before getting married. Honestly, I am a huge advocate of fininishing your undergrad and getting your BA/BS before marriage, and I did that, even though my husband didn't. In some ways I wish he had, but seeing him work slowly through it I can say first hand that it IS do-able to be married, have kids, work, AND go to school. It may be tough but when you have a supportive wife who understands what you're doing and why its not as horrible as it may sound.

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='IcePrincessKRS' date='Jul 2 2005, 06:32 PM']I'm torn between 2,4, and 5, but I think Cam had some good advice for you, too. As long as you get your undergrad and are able to work getting your masters may take longer but I don't see it as a huge thing that needs to be done before getting married. Honestly, I am a huge advocate of fininishing your undergrad and getting your BA/BS before marriage, and I did that, even though my husband didn't. In some ways I wish he had, but seeing him work slowly through it I can say first hand that it IS do-able to be married, have kids, work, AND go to school. It may be tough but when you have a supportive wife who understands what you're doing and why its not as horrible as it may sound.
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Why do I get the feeling that I need to read between the lines with that post...?

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='iggy' date='Jul 2 2005, 05:55 PM']there is a one year dating fast, but i have been told we have two missionaries getting married in november, as part of an exception... right, Raph?
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Yes, there can be exceptions.

[IcePrincessKRS]

[quote name='Raphael' date='Jul 2 2005, 08:26 PM']Why do I get the feeling that I need to read between the lines with that post...?
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I just thought you might appreciate the honest feedback from someone who is making it work despite her own personal opinion (and believe me she is VERY opinionated) that people should get their BA before they get married if they plan to get it. Personal experience and all that jazz. Read between the lines whatever you may.

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='IcePrincessKRS' date='Jul 2 2005, 08:50 PM']I just thought you might appreciate the honest feedback from someone who is making it work despite her own personal opinion (and believe me she is VERY opinionated) that people should get their BA before they get married if they plan to get it. Personal experience and all that jazz. Read between the lines whatever you may.
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I got all that...I just sensed some commentary that seemed...more in depth...

[Old_Joe]

*wink wink* know what i mean eh? *nudge nudge*

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='Old_Joe' date='Jul 2 2005, 10:08 PM']*wink wink*  know what i mean eh?  *nudge nudge*
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Hate to say it, Zach, but PMers know more about it than you.

Are you joining us for Shakespeare on the Green tomorrow?