DEACONS, ASPIRANTS AND WIVES ON RETREAT

Thirty-six of the diocese's deacons, deacon aspirants and their wives participated in a spiritual retreat on St. Maarten on June 25­ 30. Fr. John Mark, Parochial Vicar at Ss. Peter and Paul Cathedral on St. Thomas, directed the retreat.

VISTING PRIEST LEADS A LAY MINISTERS WORKSHOP

Fr. Gabriel Julien of Trinidad facilitated a day of recollection for the lay ministers of Holy Family Church on St. Thomas on June 24. In late July, he also led a workshop for the catechists and spoke at a prayer group meeting.

OFFICE OF EVANGELIZATION HOSTS A MEN'S RETREAT

Fifty men from parishes on St.

Croix participated in a Men's Retreat sponsored by the diocesan Office of Evangelization on July 14­ 16. Wilfred Harper and Roland Timothy of the Gethsemane Institute in Trinidad directed the retreat.

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