All Grace...

I worried all last week.. actually I worried for a couple weeks about the Freshman Retreat. It's all pretty much in my head and with all the staff changes we've experienced I was afraid that I would forget something, or at the very least forget to tell the staff something. Did we order the tents ? How many buses do we need? How do our numbers look? Do we have batteries for the mics? And it went on and on and on ....When we had to postpone a week because of Tropical Storm Hanna I didn't know what we would do or how the kids would respond.

We wanted it to be perfect or as close as possible, all of us wanted to in some way help our Freshmen open the doors of their hearts to God and his love for them and we wanted them to get to know each other better. So much preparation and quite a few bumps but...

It was all grace.... even the thunderstorm which sent the both priests and penitents running into the dining room was grace.

The talks went well very well I'll post them as soon as I can. The Freshmen were open to the experience and happy to participate. There was time for fun and sports and a walk. There was time to meet new friends. Their were powerful moments of prayer and a beautiful celebration of God's mercy when 10 priests drove over an hour to hear confessions. (for many of our kids it was their first adult confessions)

Here are some Pictures see for yourself.

It doesn't get any better than this....

Thank you God, Thank you Staff and most of all Thank you Freshmen...