"What's your major?" is usually the second question asked, right after "What's your name?"  Your major says something about your hopes and dreams, your interests and your talents.  It isn't all there is to know about you, of course, but it is an important piece of your identity. 

     So what's God's major?  What is it God is studying? Among other things, you.  Yes, God's hopes and dreams and interest is in you, and has been so long before you picked up any book.  I don't know exactly what that will mean for you, but I do hope as you slog through papers and textbooks, you will remember that as well as you may learn a subject and love a subject, God has learned and loved you and always will.  Even the hairs on your head are counted, Jesus says.  That's major love.

      "Sabbath and Service: From the Garden to the Grave" is the theme for the 2009 Conference for college and young adults to be held at Camp Capers. The Diocesan College Conference is a weekend retreat that begins with dinner on Friday night and ends with Sunday morning Eucharist. College Conference are weekends where college students can come together to learn, feel and experience the love of Christ through teachings, activities, discussions and through a caring community. Retreats are typically held in the spring and fall and are located at either Camp Capers or Mustang Island Conference Center. Students are encouraged to bring a friend or come alone. Wherever you are on your journey, in or out of school, working or not, you are welcome to take a weekend and join others just like you. Send me, Pr. Jaime, an e-mail at christchapel@txstate.edu if you'd like to go.  The $25 cost will be subsidized by Christ Chapel by $10, meaning your actual cost will be $15.  That's not much for a great weekend.  If it is still a stretch, let me know.  You can register on-line by clicking the link at the bottom of the page; you will be reimbursed the $10.