Patti Murphy-Dohn, former Campus Minister at JC, reflects on past retreats at O'Dwyer Retreat House: Memories of Junior Retreats at the Msgr. O'Dwyer Retreat House where our JC students have gone since the late 1970s:The retreat house opened in September of 1963 and celebrated their 50th anniversary during the 2013-2014 school year.In the spirit of #fbf, enjoy this article that I wrote for their anniversary in October of 2013 about what "the House" has meant to thousands of JC graduates. Enjoy some memories. Link:http://www.catholicreview.org/blogs/god-is-in-the-clouds/2013/10/30/cherished-memories-old-and-new-from-the-msgr-odwyer-retreat-house The long-lasting impact of a retreat: On planting seeds that we may not see grow to bear fruit in the future:
Read this great story about a retreat letter found many years after a woman's 1972 high school retreat and how the lessons learned at retreat came rushing back just when she needed them most. Link:http://www.catholicreview.org/blogs/god-is-in-the-clouds/2015/02/26/planting-seeds-at-the-msgr-odwyer-retreat-house-the-impact-of-a-retreat-letter-forty-years-later