St. Paul Parish

Encouraging the Culture of Encounter with Jesus Christ, His Church, and All People Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The Importance of True Recreation Last week I took a few days off to travel to the Hocking Hills area of Ohio with some priest friends. This has a become a go-to event for us about once a year when we know we need to recharge the spiritual and physical batteries. We rent a house for a few days and while not an official retreat it is retreat-ish. We are away from the city, have nature surrounding us, the ability to go for hikes. There were no planned events or set schedule other than our celebrating Mass together. We each could make the time to relax and pray. We shared stories of ministry and of course through our discussions solved all the problems in the church (well that last one didn’t quite happen). Thank you all who kept things moving smoothly at the parish while I was away.