Category: San Damiano
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All Saints Festival at San Damiano
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On Sunday, San Damiano had their All Saints Festival, which was a dinner and auction. There were about 220 people that attended, which seemed like a pretty big crowd. I wish I’d taken a picture of the dinner tables – they extended way past the dining room and out to…
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More Inspiration: The Prayer of Saint Francis
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I find it funny how some thing I have seen or heard a million times can suddenly take on new meaning in my life. This often happens to me with music, or poetry. These moments of realization occur when I take the time to really listen to a prayer I’m…
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Being the Light for Each Other in the Darkness
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One of the things that strikes me, now just a day after the retreat has come to close is the spirit of the crowd that was there. They were truly there, present, living in the now. They embraced everything that came their way, sharing, opening up, giving of themselves again…
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The Wee Hours of 2009
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We ended our evening with Mass, full of song and thanksgiving for a year gone by, and a new year to start, full of promise and adventure. Our crowd was in a festive mood, glad from song and full of community. We left the chapel, and on the horizon a…
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Office Cheer and Prizes, and More About the New Year’s Eve Retreat
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Today one of our art directors brought by this little gem, a Santa asking, “Penguins?” I’ve long admired this guy’s work, and this illustration made me giggle. Especially since he signed it “YAY! Shawn.” My co-workers were quite generous, and other little gifts (booty socks, Peets cards) were exchanged. Our…
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A small write up in “Journeys”
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The retreat planning team I work with was founded a few years ago by Sister Michelle L’Allier, a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls, Minnesota. She is an amazing, inspiring woman, with a great passion for retreat work and other ministry. We were sad to have her return…