ANNUAL MEN'S RETREAT 2008
The Annual Men's retreat was held on the weekend of 7th-9th November at the usual location - Spiritan House on Gasparee Island. The retreat was given by Selwyn Bhajan and the attendance was smaller than usual with only seventeen attendees.
On Friday night we saw a great video done by a photographer for National Geographic called "Celebrating the Good Things in the World" Many pearls of wisdom were identified in the presentation, three examples were:
Be the Best for the world not the best in the world
Be open to possibilities and incredible things will happen
You won't see it unless you believe it
The theme of the weekend from Saturday was on Faith, Hope and Love as we explored St Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians.
Fr Jason came down on Saturday evening to say Mass and stayed on for our usual evening barbeque.
We closed the retreat by making certain resolutions and starting a buddy system, so that we could be there for each other until we met at an agreed reunion.
Before leaving we had our usual final swim.
This retreat was truly marked by the depth of our sharing.
(by Simon Healy)
