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I am a third year student at the University of Toronto-St. Michael's College doing a double major in philosophy and Christianity and culture. This summer I will go to Ukraine for three months to work with Faith and Light--an international community bringing together people with disabilities. This is an integral part of the Intercordia program in which I am enrolled. I will use this blog to record my progress. Intercordia is a registered charity. BN# 833547870RR0001

Monday, March 2, 2009

Two months...or so

Remember this post? That was just one month ago. Now, I have just over two months before I leave!

Things are starting to shape up a bit more now. I now know that I will be with an Intercordia participant from the University of Western Ontario while in Lviv. Her name is Kim. I also know that I will be at a L'Arche community, and so I will probably be working with adults moreso than children. I also know that we're in the second half of the semester, and so the crunch to finish papers and to write tests for all of my classes is on!!!

By the way, I never told you what my classes are:
SMC359H - Mediaeval Theology
SMC362Y - Intercordia
PHL245H - Modern Symbolic Logic
PHL414H - Seminar in Philosophy of Religion

I am particularly concerned about my fourth year philosophy course. I have to write a 3000 to 5000 word essay that's worth 65% of the final grade. 3000 to 5000 I know isn't really that much, but this is philosophy! It's different than anything else!

But, back to Intercordia. Our fourth and final all day preparation seminar is this Saturday. I will write about that on Sunday. You can see what I wrote about the previous two seminars here and here.

Our final academic class before we leave will be on Monday, March 16th. For that class we will read and discuss Jean Vanier's Becoming Human.

I find it hard to believe that there are only two months before I leave. Still, I haven't had too much time to think about all of this, with school and all. But, the whole things is starting to seem more and more real.

And, I must note, I still have $700 to raise. If you can donate, please do by clicking here. Thank you so much!

Until next time,
Michael

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