Retreat is an integral part of the life of CMC community. Almost every week end during the year, some group or other is on a retreat!
During this retreat some referred to the occasion as knowing each other! For a community of about 8000 or so, it is an effort to know each other! So the small group retreats build relationships.
One message I carry with me from these retreats is the passion and commitment with which they live and serve as a community. With an outpatient work attending to the needs of about 8000 patients in one day, most of them live stretched lives and yet cheerful and available. This instinct to 'minister and not to be ministered unto' is what is undergirding the community. It is inspirational!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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