Yesterday, we had our annual retreat. This year since we were in TY went to a different place outside of Celbridge for our retreat. It was called the Dominican Retreat Centre and it was in Tallaght. It was a very unexpected day as I thought it would be completely religion based, but it was far from that. It was a very reflective day that got us to think about our lives and the people that are in it. We were all together in the morning talking about what's important in our lives and our worries for the future. These topics made us really think and i thought it was a good way to start off the day. From then on we were split into different groups and went to different rooms with a different worker each. We filled out a questionnaire about our family life and friends and then we discussed the answers together. It was a day filled with laughter but also seriousness as we discussed things that made us sad and difficult times in our lives.
After lunch we did an exercise where we said something about each person in the group. I really enjoyed this as you felt really good saying all these lovely things about people, but also hearing what they have to say about you.
At the end of the day we all wrote down a prayer and they were blessed in an urn and then burned. I got the honour to do this, which i was happy about to give further participation.
I thought it was a very good day!
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