{"id":3887,"date":"2010-01-10T22:21:15","date_gmt":"2010-01-10T22:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/01\/let-us-pray-pictures-from-a-retreat.html"},"modified":"2010-01-10T22:21:15","modified_gmt":"2010-01-10T22:21:15","slug":"let-us-pray-pictures-from-a-retreat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/01\/let-us-pray-pictures-from-a-retreat.html","title":{"rendered":"Let us pray: pictures from a retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My classmate and pal Anthony Martucci had the presence of mind to actually <u>use<\/u> his camera while we were <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/01\/back-at-the-bench.html\">on retreat<\/a> this weekend.  Below are a couple choice shots.   Thanks, Tony!<\/p>\n<p>Below is the lower chapel, where we celebrated mass Saturday.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/20779_1108631455065_1805216848_225991_7835687_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"20779_1108631455065_1805216848_225991_7835687_n.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/212\/import\/assets_c\/2010\/01\/20779_1108631455065_1805216848_225991_7835687_n-thumb-400x300-10660.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px;text-align: center\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nAnd below is the main church, where we had benediction and Sunday mass.  <\/p>\n<p>Not insignificantly: as our retreat master reminded us, here is where generations of future priests have been ordained deacons (most recently, on <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/12\/the-laying-on-of-hands.html\">December 8th of last year<\/a>). &nbsp;   <\/p>\n<p>For hundreds of men, this is where it began&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/20779_1108631615069_1805216848_225995_6228054_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"20779_1108631615069_1805216848_225995_6228054_n.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/212\/import\/assets_c\/2010\/01\/20779_1108631615069_1805216848_225995_6228054_n-thumb-400x300-10662.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px;text-align: center\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My classmate and pal Anthony Martucci had the presence of mind to actually use his camera while we were on retreat this weekend. 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