You all are helping me a lot! Please keep them coming. Honestly, some of the places you've mentioned are places I've never even considered/wouldn't have thought to look. This is very good for me.
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Carrie,
There are three dioceses near me: Baltimore, DC, and Arlington VA.
Arlington is super orthodox and traditional, although has something of a reputation for being very clerical.
Baltimore and DC are not as orthodox, but not terrible either. There is a lot a new young adult stuff going on which is great.
You get all four seasons, but summers are very hot and humid. The cost of living is obscene, but Baltimore is a little cheaper than DC and Arlington.
There are three dioceses near me: Baltimore, DC, and Arlington VA.
Arlington is super orthodox and traditional, although has something of a reputation for being very clerical.
Baltimore and DC are not as orthodox, but not terrible either. There is a lot a new young adult stuff going on which is great.
You get all four seasons, but summers are very hot and humid. The cost of living is obscene, but Baltimore is a little cheaper than DC and Arlington.
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clskinner,
If you are interested in teaching, why not apply at Aquinas College here in Nashville. It is run by the Dominicans. They are looking for good orthodox Catholic teachers. Contact them. You never know what might be open. At the least they could point you in the right direction. Ask NDIrish for more info. I considered teaching business in the evenings but family life won't alllow for it at the present. My God bless your search for an opportunity to serve Him.
EDIT: here is the website http://www.aquinas-tn.edu/
If you are interested in teaching, why not apply at Aquinas College here in Nashville. It is run by the Dominicans. They are looking for good orthodox Catholic teachers. Contact them. You never know what might be open. At the least they could point you in the right direction. Ask NDIrish for more info. I considered teaching business in the evenings but family life won't alllow for it at the present. My God bless your search for an opportunity to serve Him.
EDIT: here is the website http://www.aquinas-tn.edu/
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Metanoia02 said:
Carrie, you might inquire about a Graduate fellowship. Nashville's not that far from Home.
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Arch-Diocese of Galveston-Houston....
Size: 1 million+ Catholics, 150 parishes, many languages/sizes, 8th largest Diocese in the United States
Culture: As variable as you can imagine! The Houston-Galveston area is one of the most diverse in the nation. Houston has cultures from all over the world. We have an obviously large (maybe not to someone not from here, heh) Hispanic (Mexican immigrant, primarily) population. As such, many parishes (not all by any means) have at least one Spanish mass.
There's also some very large populations of Indian (from India, not Native Americans) and Vietnamese here. Along with that comes some GREAT and very authentic food from around the world. Houston is known nationwide as the most eating-out city in the U.S. You can eat out every night and eat something different every time.... Or, you can do what I do, which is eat Mexican almost everyday and never get tired of it. If you've never had Mexican (or Tex-Mex) down here, then you have no idea what Mexican food is
.... There's also populations of Greeks (including a Greek part of town with a Greek Orthodox church), Chinese, Arabs, and Jewish.
We have some very well-off areas (say... Sugarland/First Colony, The Woodlands, Kingwood, and nicer parts of Houston, such as River Oaks and Memorial), and some very poor areas both rural and inner-city, along with everything inbetween. No, we don't all wear cowboy hats and own horses (very few do either), but there are a ton of pick-up trucks.
Weather: Well, when we get temperatures under 32 degrees F overnight, everybody freaks out and they put "FREEZE" on the weather headlines, heh. It rarely (once every few years) stays below freezing for any significant period of time once the sun is up. We will have temps in the 70's this week during the day. In the summer, it will get quite hot, but not desert-hot. Generally, the weather is pretty good, if you don't mind heat and higher humidity during the summer months. Non-summer months are extremely mild. We had our first snow this year in about 14 years, and it only lasted one day. The only bad side, is when it rains it REALLY rains... We don't get sprikles, we get mini-monsoons.... But it's par for the course. Nobody gets frazzled over it.
In general, I'd just avoid Galveston altogether (the only reason it's the Arch-Diocese of Galveston-Houston is that Galveston developed first, and was originally the Diocese of Galveston.... Houston was added later, but is now the 4th largest city in the United States. Obviously dwarfing Galveston).
Besides its population density, Houston is also, in square miles, the physically largest city in the United States. So, be sure if you were to move here that you thoroughly investigate which part of town to be in. "Across town" can be 60 miles or more. Thankfully, we have the most elaborate freeway system outside of Los Angeles, and arguably, a much better system than any city of this size, especially L.A.
The parish I attend (in Sugarland, a nice suburb of Houston on the southwest side), is pretty awesome. Attendance is in the 7,000 per weekend range, and there are many similarly-sized parishes around, along with many medium-size and smaller parishes. In Texas, there's anything you could possibly want.
God bless,
Michael
Size: 1 million+ Catholics, 150 parishes, many languages/sizes, 8th largest Diocese in the United States
Culture: As variable as you can imagine! The Houston-Galveston area is one of the most diverse in the nation. Houston has cultures from all over the world. We have an obviously large (maybe not to someone not from here, heh) Hispanic (Mexican immigrant, primarily) population. As such, many parishes (not all by any means) have at least one Spanish mass.
There's also some very large populations of Indian (from India, not Native Americans) and Vietnamese here. Along with that comes some GREAT and very authentic food from around the world. Houston is known nationwide as the most eating-out city in the U.S. You can eat out every night and eat something different every time.... Or, you can do what I do, which is eat Mexican almost everyday and never get tired of it. If you've never had Mexican (or Tex-Mex) down here, then you have no idea what Mexican food is
.... There's also populations of Greeks (including a Greek part of town with a Greek Orthodox church), Chinese, Arabs, and Jewish. We have some very well-off areas (say... Sugarland/First Colony, The Woodlands, Kingwood, and nicer parts of Houston, such as River Oaks and Memorial), and some very poor areas both rural and inner-city, along with everything inbetween. No, we don't all wear cowboy hats and own horses (very few do either), but there are a ton of pick-up trucks.
Weather: Well, when we get temperatures under 32 degrees F overnight, everybody freaks out and they put "FREEZE" on the weather headlines, heh. It rarely (once every few years) stays below freezing for any significant period of time once the sun is up. We will have temps in the 70's this week during the day. In the summer, it will get quite hot, but not desert-hot. Generally, the weather is pretty good, if you don't mind heat and higher humidity during the summer months. Non-summer months are extremely mild. We had our first snow this year in about 14 years, and it only lasted one day. The only bad side, is when it rains it REALLY rains... We don't get sprikles, we get mini-monsoons.... But it's par for the course. Nobody gets frazzled over it.
In general, I'd just avoid Galveston altogether (the only reason it's the Arch-Diocese of Galveston-Houston is that Galveston developed first, and was originally the Diocese of Galveston.... Houston was added later, but is now the 4th largest city in the United States. Obviously dwarfing Galveston).
Besides its population density, Houston is also, in square miles, the physically largest city in the United States. So, be sure if you were to move here that you thoroughly investigate which part of town to be in. "Across town" can be 60 miles or more. Thankfully, we have the most elaborate freeway system outside of Los Angeles, and arguably, a much better system than any city of this size, especially L.A.
The parish I attend (in Sugarland, a nice suburb of Houston on the southwest side), is pretty awesome. Attendance is in the 7,000 per weekend range, and there are many similarly-sized parishes around, along with many medium-size and smaller parishes. In Texas, there's anything you could possibly want.
God bless,
Michael
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I second this. The Dominican sisters have been an absolute God-send to my family. In all honesty...
I didn't read the entire thread...what are you interested in teaching? If it's business, I can put you in touch with the woman who runs the business program at Aquinas College.
I didn't read the entire thread...what are you interested in teaching? If it's business, I can put you in touch with the woman who runs the business program at Aquinas College.
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I'm in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. Our Archbishop is Eusebius Beltran. We never seem to make the headlines (for good or bad) but Archbishop Beltran is a great man, and I've never seen anything problematic come forth from his office. There were days long past when the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City was considered liberal (Archbishop Quinn and earlier) but that's not the case anymore as far as I can tell.
As for the weather, it's in the 70s today. We get one ice/snow storm a year and it lasts for a day and then it's gone. In feburary I'll break out my shorts and t-shirts again.
The Catholic population is somewhere in the neighborhood of 150,000 for the state. There is a Catholic university (St. Gregory's University) in Shawnee, Oklahoma (about 35 miles from OKC).
As for the weather, it's in the 70s today. We get one ice/snow storm a year and it lasts for a day and then it's gone. In feburary I'll break out my shorts and t-shirts again.
The Catholic population is somewhere in the neighborhood of 150,000 for the state. There is a Catholic university (St. Gregory's University) in Shawnee, Oklahoma (about 35 miles from OKC).
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NDIrish said:
I agree, the Nashville Dominicans are second to none.
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): Biology, Theology. The only business I know was from freshmen year as a business major. One econ class was enough for me. Besides, I liked dissecting animals, not numbers.
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Rising_Suns
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I would recommend either Nashville or Atlanta. Atlanta has the largest young adults ministry in the nation. It just ordained 60+ seminarians. It's HUGE down there.
I would also recommend either Ohio or Illinois. Both states have tons of convents and monasteries, more than any other state in the country; a real strong Catholic presence there too.
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I would also recommend either Ohio or Illinois. Both states have tons of convents and monasteries, more than any other state in the country; a real strong Catholic presence there too.
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clskinner said:I agree, the Nashville Dominicans are second to none.
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They have nursing program, that is bound to be plenty of science in that program. I was talking with Tim and his wife is in the nursing program. He siad they are required to take a Thomistic Ethics class. I thought that was great.
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