2013 Montserrat Retreat Resized

The annual retreat to the Montserrat Retreat House in Lake Dallas TX was again coordinated by Church Director Tom Yerina, who schedules it a year in advance with the Jesuits.  It begins on Palm Sunday evening and concludes at noon on Tuesday.

This year the Retreat Director was Father John Payne assisted by Father Edd Salazar.  There were five prayer conferences with time between sessions for private prayer, meditation, and private conferences.  Two masses, including a healing mass, stations of the cross, and a reconciliation service were also an integral part of the retreat.

There were 29 knights in attendance, including: Jim Anderson, John Bodensteiner, Bob Bowman, Bob Brandt, Jaime Cardenas, Ed Doyle, Jim Dyar, Bill Hartnett, Bob Honzik,  Ken Huber, Wayne Kapple, Mike Kerwin, Bob Kindelsperger, Scott Krantz, Gerald Krawczynski, Al Kuhn, Chuck MacDonald, Bill Maher, Mike Miller, Art Morissette, Dan Murphy, Bill Nosek, Milt Spaniel, Phil Stephenson, Carl Suttor, Tom Thornton, Mike Welsh, Tom Yerina, and Marvin Young. 

In addition to the knights, there were Sacred Heart of Jesus parishioners Bud Campbell, Terry Geske, and Don Ritter.  Other retreatants were Tom Kochtanek (Bob Brandt's son in law) from Columbia MO, Bob Earhart and Stan Wang from Texas, and Gary Johnson from Illinois.

The food was plentiful, but in contrast to previous years, the weather was a bit chilly and kept the retreatants inside most of the time.