Life in a Catholic Religious Community

Friends:

I rarely move away from my ecumenical musings, but today I thought that I would mention that I spent the last 4 days at the Annual Convocation of my Religious Congregation.

I have been a member of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales for the last 43 years.
In recent years we have had gatherings of the members of our Province [We have 176 members in the Wilmington, DE Province] for a week in June to pray, hear presentations on important issues, and to catch up with each other.

This year--as last--we met at DeSales University in Pennsylvania. The University is in a beautiful setting. I reminisce that when I was a high school student, I saw the turning of the spade of earth for what was to become Allentown College and is now DeSales University. I never realized what connection I would have with the place--B.S. in Mathematics in 1972, Board of Trustees member for 10 years.

The meeting went well--though it was a little exhausting.
We stayed in the student dorms--a few nights is enough!

It was wonderful to see so many fellow Oblates and find out what they were doing in their varied ministries.

Peace,
John