Our annual Day of Recollection began in 1998
and has become a popular event for us ex-seminarians.
Each year a facilitator is carefully chosen and, thanks to these leaders,
we have experienced a variety of relevant topics, some very interesting
agendas, and lively discussions.
Here is a list of our facilitators:
Reverend Jerry Brown, R’58, S.S on
2/21/1998 –
Theme: Questions for the Disciples from the Gospel of John -- Prayer in My Life
Reverend Jerry Brown, R’58, S.S, and Larry Percell, Ph.D
(now Rev.) on
2/20/1999 – Theme:
Forgiveness
Rev. Robert Gavin, S.S. on 2/26/2000
Theme: The Holy Longing: A Spirituality for Today
Bishop John Wester, C'72, on 3/24/2001
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Theme: The Face of Christ: A Lenten Reflection
Rev. Tom Allender, S.J., R’59, on 1/5/2002 –
Theme: God Loves an Unmade Bed: Spirituality for the Imperfect
Rev. Joe Healy, 3/8/2003
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Theme: Identifying a mature spirituality (Click here to see more detail)
Rev. Dan Danielson, R’57, 2/7/2004
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Theme: Letting the Lord speak to our hearts
Brian T. Joyce, R’57, 2/5/2005
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Remembering Well...Finding Hope...Celebrating Forgiveness
Rev. Msgr. J. Warren Holleran, R'47, on 2/4/2006
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Theme: Prayer in Faith and Love
Rev. Robert J. Silva, R'59, on 2/3/2007
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Theme: Is what I am doing life-giving? The Stations of the Cross as a
Paradigm of Life
Reverend Jerry Brown, R’58, S.S on
2/9/2008
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Theme: Living the Beatitudes
Rev. Eugene J. Konkel, S.S on
2/7/2009
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Theme: Thanksgiving
Rev. Dan Danielson, R’57,
2/27/2010
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Theme: Recollections and Perspectives
Rev. Tom O'Neill, S.J.
2/5/2011
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Theme: An Artist's Perspective from the Incarnation to the Resurrection
Rev. George Crespin, R'56,
2/11/2012
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Theme:
50 years a priest - 50 years since Vatican II - 50 years of growth...
Where are we now???
Most Rev. Bob McElroy, H'72,
2/23/2013
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Theme:
Vatican II: The Great Grace of the Twentieth Century.
Most Rev. Richard Garcia, R'67,
2/22/2014
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Theme:
The Four Pillars Revisited: Spiritual Life, Community Life, Intellectual Life, Apostolic Life.
Bishop Garcia's 2 page outline is attached:
(click here) - Outline.
To read a summary of our day and to see a small collection of photographs,
(click here) - Pictures.
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