{"id":509,"date":"2011-12-19T20:29:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T20:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2011\/12\/its-a-small-world-after-all.html"},"modified":"2016-03-25T17:02:38","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T22:02:38","slug":"its-a-small-world-after-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2011\/12\/its-a-small-world-after-all.html","title":{"rendered":"It’s a small world after all"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I am constantly reminded of how small the world truly is, and in particular, how the Catholic world is even smaller.<\/p>\n

A few days ago I was reading a monthly Catholic magazine which covers issues and concerns of eastern Christians. \u00a0I always enjoy its articles, in particular when they cover the difficult situation faced by Iraqi Christians.<\/p>\n

This month as I read through the magazine I saw the picture below. \u00a0I couldn\u2019t believe it. Dressed in brown was one of my nine English students from the month I spent in Ukraine teaching English at the Ukrainian Catholic\u00a0University. \u00a0I proudly read that he is now a subdeacon and recently founded a spiritual outreach program for orphans with a seminary friend. \u00a0Their program provides spiritual guidance and catechism at ten orphanages in Lviv, Ukraine and surrounding villages.<\/p>\n

Some \u201ccoincidences\u201d of life are too perfect for them not to be considered part of God\u2019s providence. \u00a0I could have never imagined I would run into people I knew while walking across Saint Peter Square during my four years in Rome. \u00a0It did not only happen once, but three times. \u00a0Once it was a friend\u2019s sister, another time a college friend, the third time my college RA. \u00a0These three people had no idea I lived in Rome and I had no idea they were visiting Rome. \u00a0During my last visit to Rome, I bumped into an Argentinian friend who no longer lives in Rome, but happened to be in Rome for one day for a meeting. \u00a0We had coffee, caught up, and then continued on with our lives. \u00a0Two years ago once again while visiting Rome, I bumped into a Colombian friend who had stopped in Rome for three days on his way to teach at the seminary in Equatorial Guinea, Africa.<\/p>\n

God always acts with purpose so whenever these things happen to me, I ask God, \u201cwhy?\u201d \u00a0There is always a reason, even if it is as simple as to give us a moment of joy and reflection. \u00a0Finding my student\u2019s picture brought back an avalanche of memories from my time in Ukraine in 2006. \u00a0I would like to share some pictures.<\/p>\n

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Greek Catholic Cathedral of Saint Juri,\u00a0Lviv<\/div>\n
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Holy Spirit Seminary, Lviv<\/div>\n
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My students and co-teacher Paul from Alaska (top left)<\/div>\n
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Our classroom (the dinning room table of my cabin)<\/div>\n
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Father Bob visiting our classroom<\/div>\n
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Countryside bridge<\/div>\n
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Countryside church, Father Bob celebrating the liturgy<\/div>\n
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Leaving on pilgrimage led by Father Chrysostomos, Camp Vaselka<\/div>\n
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I couldn\u2019t go to Ukraine and not take a picture of Soviet apartment buildings! \u00a0Lviv\n

For a post on the Styr River in Ukraine click here<\/a><\/p>\n

For more pictures of Ukraine click here<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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