 On
October 12, 2004, the sophomore class held their annual retreat at
the Pro Sanctity Center. The theme for the retreat was community.
The leader of the retreat was Fr. Mike Eckley. The first activity
Father did with us was a small group activity. He passed out a deck
of playing cards, pairing us up with someone that had the same color,
and same number as our card, then after he asked some questions, he
had us recombine with people with the same number, and then just all
with the same suit. Fr. Mike asked some more questions that helped
us get to know each other a little better. After all that, we had
a twenty-minute break when we had donuts brought by some sophomore
moms.
After the break, we
had more questions, this time not spoken but on a sheet of paper,
and about leadership. Those questions were then tested as we did a
little activity. Fr. Mike put us into groups of eight or nine. Three
of us had our hands bound together, and legs bound together. The next
three were blinded, with a mask with tape over the eye holes and the
last two or three of us could not talk, they were mute. As a group,
we had five tasks. Assemble a puzzle with only the blind touching
the pieces was the first. Have a blind and a sighted memorize a scripture
passage, and get the signatures of all members of the group were the
next two. The last two were to have all that  could
talk memorize the birth dates and places of the mute and complete
an obstacle course. After the activity of the blind, crippled, and
the mute, we had lunch, and a one hour break. During the break, some
people played football, some played volleyball, or Ping-Pong, and
some still did a few other smaller activities. After lunch was a skit,
and then we were off to the house to watch a movie called “Getting
Even,” about anger. When the movie had finished, we wrote a
letter to someone we had hurt and used that at mass, which was the
last thing we did. All the sophomores will admit they had a fun time
at their retreat. - Photos and Article by Steve Jensen
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