This year's clergy retreat took place in Kingston, ON and was attended by 44 priests from across the country. The retreat began on Monday, April 30 and finished on Thursday, May 3.
The overall
theme of this year's retreat was "Clergy Burnout & Stress" and
the following presentations were given:
1. "Fatherhood & Friendship":
Rev. Fr. Bohdan Hladio.
2. "Clergy
Burnout & Stress": Rev. Fr. George Morelli
3. "Current
Issues": His Eminence Metropolitan Sotirios
4. "Dealing
with Marital Problems": Dr. Al Rossi
5. "Interior
Balance: Finding Personal Prayer in a Busy Parish Life": His Grace Bishop
Christoforos
6. Open
Discussion and Brainstorming Session for Next Clergy Laity
Every day
started with an Orthros Service and ended with a Divine Liturgy or Paraklisis
Service.
The great
responsibility of organizing this retreat fell on the shoulders of the Presbyters’
Council of Canada, headed by the current president Rev. Fr. Theodore
Paraskevopoulos, who in co-operation with Rev. Fr. Chrysostom Achilleos, the
priest of the hosting community, organized a wonderful event.
The theme and
presentations of this year's retreat offered much spiritual and practical
education to our brother clergy and all were impressed and enjoyed the
experience.
On Tuesday
evening, May 1, His Eminence Metropolitan Sotirios, along with all the clergy
of Canada, celebrated Divine
Liturgy at Koimisis Tis Theotokou, Kingston.
After the Liturgy the community of Kingston
offered dinner for all the guests. We thank them, along with Fr. Chrysostom,
for all their hospitality.
The retreat took
place at the Travelodge Kingston where the owners, the Karkoulis brothers,
provided exemplary hospitality and even provided a meal for the clergy free of
charge. We thank them for their love and support.
At the beginning
of the retreat, on behalf of all the participants, His Eminence submitted filial
love and respect to our Ecumenical Patriarch His All Holiness Bartholomew I and
asked for his blessings.
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