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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. 

EXCITED TO BE GOING BACK UP TODAY TO MINNESOTA....

...TO LEAD THE SPRING 2019 PRIEST RETREAT
Diocese of Crookston 




FAIR HILLS RESORT
June 9 - 13, 2019





Last time I got stuck in a late-in-the-year freak snow storm in the Minneapolis Airport. I didn't know how to handle it, but they did!  They managed to get me to Bemidji on time! This time I am flying into Fargo, North Dakota, just across the border! "It will be easier," they said! I wonder what this is going to mean? Hmmm!  

DIOCESE OF CROOKSTON

The Diocese of Crookston, Minnesota, borders on North Dakota on the west and Canada on the north. 

Aerial view of Crookston, Minnesota, with the Red Lake River twisting through the town

Crookston is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is the county seat of Polk County. The population was 7,891 at the 2010 census. It is part of the "Grand Forks, ND–MN Metropolitan Statistical Area" or "Greater Grand Forks".

Crookston is the episcopal seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Crookston. Since Crookston is close to the larger city of Grand Forks, North Dakota, many people who live in Crookston commute to jobs in the Grand Forks area.

They really are nice people! I enjoy them so much! 

I will be flying into the Fargo, North Dakota, Airport, just over the border. 

Of course, I will be flying into Fargo on the "official Minnesota airlines" - "Lutheran Airlines!"
Click on their official advertisement below for a  "nice" laugh!

I hope they enjoy my teasing or else they will have a week to get even with Kentucky jokes!