GVVA Retreat = Lotsa Love

This weekend was an amazing experience of God's love and community. I went on retreat in St. Louis with other alumni of the post-graduate volunteer program I did after college. The Gateway Vincentian Volunteers is a program that is now 8 years old, and will have nearly 50 alumni after June 30th. Each year we hold a reunion/retreat and various members of the different years travel back to STL for reflection, community building, relationship sharing, a calling back to our Vincentian roots, and more. It is such a blessing to be part of this group, a group that is truly a family, and to share in our love of St. Vincent and his mission for the poor. We hope that as the family continues to grow we always remember to take time out of the "busy-ness" of life to focus on those things which are most important.