 One of the most powerful aspects of the retreat is that we can be us as priests and to be able to Let our hair down even though I'm bald to be able to Be real with each other to be vulnerable Getting to come here and with my fellow deacons my brother deacons and spending some time with them personal time and in the meetings and then getting me some wonderful priests From throughout the United States in Canada just been awesome Even though this is my first year and I'm still only a seminarian is that I felt like Father Dave and the rest of the presenters at certain times were speaking directly to me like there could have been No one else at the conference and this would have been a personal retreat for me the priestly fraternity during this week is Beautiful. We eat together. We pray together. We laugh together. We joke together We do a lot of things together and so Just that priestly fraternity that is so desperately needed especially in this crazy world we're living in Is is something that it's just Something that everyone looks forward to that comes to this retreat being here with with the music and the people it just Awaken the spirit to allow me to to better understand of a father. We prayed vibrantly every day It wasn't just like, you know, running through the motions or Just doing the typical prayers that we do as priests, but it was vibrant Prayer that was alive and joyful. Sometimes ministry can be lonely. It just brings that group together and says, you know We're all here together. There's a lot of this work for the Lord It reinvigorates you knowing that there's that many people out there You know believe in and do it in the same things you are Love my priesthood even more now because of these retreats and and I can't wait to continue to come