We kicked things off last Tuesday with an early-morning visit to Green Bay, where we attended morning Mass celebrated by Bishop Ricken. He gave us a special commissioning at the end of Mass and had time to pose for a picture with the team and share some of his wisdom (and fantastic stories about his life) with us. Then we ate some delicious breakfast and headed over to our next important destination for the day: Lambeau Field! That's right, I (and the other out-of-state team members) have now officially experienced the Lambeau Field tour!
The next day we experienced some intense prayer of a more charismatic variety, as we invited some of our friends to come and pray over us, asking the Holy Spirit to bless us in new and exciting ways to better equip us to handle the task ahead.
All of this, of course, helped us prepare for our first retreat: a Shine Retreat with 5th graders on Friday. The retreat was an awesome experience. The 5th graders are so open to Christ's love!
On Saturday, we were able to relax a bit and enjoy some team bonding time by attending a Brewers game. The Brewers lost by one run, but it was still an enjoyable evening, and as an added bonus we paid a quick visit to Jonathan and Karissa's house on the way.
Sunday was our first Faith on Fire, with 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. It was a little intimidating to be in front of so many people, but the Holy Spirit was with us and they really got pumped up for Jesus! It was an awesome sight to see the kids all on their feet and rushing to the front to join our worship leaders on the stage during praise and worship!
Today the men went back up to Green Bay to attend a Project Andrew dinner. It was great to see Bishop Ricken and Fr. Schuster again, and also to meet Bishop Morneau and the other priests at the event.
I'm afraid that this is only a very brief summary of the amazing things going on at SPIRITUS, but we have our first Challenge Retreat for high school seniors tomorrow, and I need to get my rest!
-Jared
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