Posted by: intothedeep | March 14, 2007

DEO GRATIAS!

Yes, THANKS BE TO GOD!

Thanks to the support of generous donors like YOU who appreciate the difficulties of trying to follow God’s call to religious life in our day in age, I have now raised enough money to pay off my student loans!

Today is the eve of the feast of Bl Bro Artemides Zatti, whom I wrote a booklet about as a teenager, and the feast day of St Matilda whom I am related to (via many, many generations) on my mother’s side. I do not think that I am jumping to conclusions thinking that my holy family (Salesian and biological) were gunning for me up in heaven. :-D

I cannot even begin to express my appreciation to everyone for their support, concern, encouragement, and prayers. It has meant so much to me, and will certainly be an experience which I will be able to draw on to share with others in my life.

So to all of you, and to God (and Our Lady, Don Bosco… and all of my other helpers, canonized and not)… I raise my glass in appreciation!
Deo gratias!

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Congratulations! I’ve been following your story and this is such exciting news!

By: Jennifer F. on March 15, 2007
at 11:32 am

Oh I know, God is so GOOD! I wish I could shout that from the rooftops… maybe He will give me the chance! :-)

By: intothedeep on March 15, 2007
at 1:12 pm

Woohoo! I am SO glad.

I never thought of current financial aid policy as a snare to vocations. Thanks for making your private trial public, so that more of us could become aware of the larger problem!

By: TitleVariesSlightly on March 15, 2007
at 1:38 pm

It really is a snare. Many young people do not feel mature enough to seriously discern a vocation until they are in college or do not feel any deep desire to do so until they have encountered religious life through the many great Newman Centers and vocation directors who have a campus presence. By the time most of us feel like we are capable of entering we have TONS of school debt. Mine is relatively minor compared to most (the Laboure Foundation told me that there was an average of $30,000 for most young people entering).

The interest rate on student loans continues to sky rocket (a year ago mine was 4.8% and now it is 6.8%), scholarships seemed politically motivated where I have sought them, and financial aid is not easy to obtain given the spiderweb of forms, meetings, requirements, and rules at most schools. I did all that I could to keep my costs down, but the loan was inevitable. The schools also make it out like a student loan is a perfectly natural course of action for anyone who wants an education.

As more and more young adults cannot rely upon their families to provide for their education, we see a decomposition of morality, as I have known girls who have spent their youth at strip clubs in order to pay their way through college. I am amazed that anyone could make it through college and not come out at least an agnostic by the end without a strong and supportive faith community.

But I will leave this for another post. :-D

By: intothedeep on March 15, 2007
at 1:54 pm

I am so pleased for you! :)

By: autumnrose on March 17, 2007
at 11:04 am

Wonderful!

By: susan rose on March 19, 2007
at 5:34 pm

Brittany, I just caught up with this very good news. I am so thankful!

By: John Vaeth on March 26, 2007
at 2:42 pm

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