A course of spiritual exercises was held from 3-8 July 2023 in the evocative setting of Camaldoli, Italy. Convinced that the Church is a community born of a Word that calls people, the Daughters of St. Paul of Arezzo, in collaboration with the Pious Disciples of the Divine Master Retreat House in Camaldoli, offered participants a time of silence, deeper listening to the Word, meditative strolling in an environment made up of woods and streams, and the opportunity to live a time of vocational discernment.
The Gospel according to Matthew guided the young people’s steps on a biblical journey that led them to confront the challenges they face with the confidence of faith–the eternal journey of the Christian believer. The task of bringing together the Holy Scriptures and nature (the two “books” of Revelation) was entrusted to Sr. Francesca Pratillo, fsp, and Sr. Myriam Manca, pddm.
The retreat centered on the theme “our little faith,” which stimulated and questioned the group, offering them the prospect of new horizons. A period of spiritual exercises should always be a time of more profound light, peace and listening. It is the time of the Spirit: a powerful and suitable moment in which to walk toward and alongside Jesus; an indispensable time in which to discover or rediscover one’s vocation.
