Out of the Silence...

Greetings to all on this Feast of our Lady of Guadalupe!! Sorry I have been silent here for the past few days, but actually, believe it or not (at least for those who know me!) I have honestly been silent for the past few days -- on a wonderful weekend retreat at the English College's retreat house on Lake Albano, Villa Palazzola. Fr. Carola led us on a mini-Ignatian retreat, really only a brief introduction to the Spiritual Exercises, but I think it was perhaps the most spiritually fruitful retreat I have ever gone on. Someday I would love to go on a longer silent retreat in this style.

Anyway, at the moment, we have just returned from classes (yep, we went straight from peaceful, quiet, reflective, retreat villa - to class.) and are about to go out for some Mexican dinner in honor of the feast day of Our Lady. When we return, I shall attempt to give more of a reflection and a few photos...