tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post3730822814449627709..comments2023-09-19T07:50:13.308-07:00Comments on Feminary: GTU??Stasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864458542635159512noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-12672202625382532342007-05-04T11:18:00.000-07:002007-05-04T11:18:00.000-07:00One of the best Eucharists I've ever participated ...One of the best Eucharists I've ever participated in was led by a woman who provided a multigrain, dense, toothsomely healthy loaf for our bread. It was such a delightful sensory experience to chew it and realize that Jesus is <I>wholesome</I>. I still mention it at church as part of my ongoing conviction that no matter what, communion bread should <A HREF="http://rudetruth.blogspot.com/2006/01/bread.html" REL="nofollow">taste good</A>.JTBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05977180734561873789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-3397472380806988212007-05-04T06:31:00.000-07:002007-05-04T06:31:00.000-07:00I know all about tuition, stipends, and so forth (...I know all about tuition, stipends, and so forth (today's hot perk is health insurance) from going through this process w/my husband. He didn't apply anywhere w/o full financial aid, and I wouldn't either. GTU's website implies that they have gotten more ability to help students. But if that's not the case, then oh well.Stasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10864458542635159512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-54055637424809005232007-05-03T11:32:00.000-07:002007-05-03T11:32:00.000-07:00GTU's program is fantastic, and one of the few doc...GTU's program is fantastic, and one of the few doctoral programs in Spirituality (though that is not a super employable academic specialty yet).<BR/><BR/>The one problem is that they combine a very high cost of living with pretty inadequate financial aid (since they are relatively new and all-graduate, no endowment, etc.) I was admitted to that very program at the top level = priority admit and was offered a half tuition scholarship and no stipend. So I stayed at Notre Dame where I had done my M.A. and had full tuition plus a stipend, no work fellowship the first year and t.a. after, which went pretty far in the Midwest, esp. since we could live in married student housing (at GTU seminarians get preference for this over doctoral students). <BR/><BR/>Money isn't everything of course but it can make the difference in quality of life and long term debt load. I would aim certainly to pay no tuition at the PhD level and preferably to get a stipend as well.Dr. Laura Marie Grimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10372741914558791844noreply@blogger.com