REPORT FROM THE 2019 CROOKSTON (MINNESOTA) PRIEST RETREAT

A FEW PHOTOS FROM THE CROOKSTON PRIEST RETREAT

Getting ready for one of the  retreat conferences..

A few of the tables at dinner time

My cabin is the one on the left. There are many cabins in this resort. 

Enjoying a cigar with a few of the priests.

We are on one of the many Minnesota lakes.

An after dinner walk with a few of the priest on our retreat.  




Morning Mass in our very small make-shift cabin chapel.



Former students of mine at Saint Meinrad: Matt, Raul, Vince and Nate. 

Some of the priests relaxing after dinner. Retired Bishop Balke is in the very center, back row.
Bishop Balke is a wonderful man and beloved former bishop of Crookston. 



We were on Pelican Lake



Another group of retreat priests relaxing by the lake



Enjoying lunch on a boat ride around the lake.



A pastor and his associate enjoying the Minnesota sunshine. 



Relaxed, refreshed and ready to go back to the parish - Father Vince.