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 –…
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 –…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…