(Article submitted by Jimmie Rogers)
Thirteen members of Council 10208 and their wives attended the Knights of Columbus state retreat at Subiaco Abbey, February 5-7, 2010.  It was a time to become better acquainted with one another, to renew friendships with other knights and their wives from around the state, to meet new people attending the retreat for the first time, and to renew our personal commitments as Catholic Christians.

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Retreat members were blessed with a very interesting, talented, and insightful retreat master – Deacon Jim Breazile.  Deacon Jim is a professed 3rd Order Carmelite and serves as spiritual assistant to a new community of the order in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  He is a veterinarian with a Ph.D. in science and an MA in Theology and Scripture.  He teaches veterinary and graduate students as a professor at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, and he serves as retreat master for retreats in Arkansas and Oklahoma.

The topic of the retreat was “Visiting the God Within Our Soul.”  Deacon Jim generously gave of himself. Besides giving six hours of presentations, he was available at all other times for spiritual consultation. Generous, too, were the abbey monks and priests who made us feel at home and who willingly served us at Mass and for Reconciliation.

There is something for everyone at Subiaco. You can talk and pray with monks and priests; spend reflection time in the new adoration chapel or in the exquisite cathedral; walk around the beautiful grounds overlooking the Arkansas River valley; stock up on monk sauce, peanut brittle, and church goods in the gift shop; and just enjoy being in this safe and holy place.

Participants from the local council included: Jerry and Cathy Bertrand; George and Pat Billings; Ron and Fran Boudreaux; Bill and Marilyn Burke; Phil and Marlene Carl; Marshall and Evelyn Garrison; Mac and Linda Good; Mike and Ruth Kerwin; Gerald and Ann Krawczynski; Jim and Terri McDade; Bill and Kathleen Nosek; Terry and JoAnn O'Brien; and, Jimmie and Martha Rogers.