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Published 01 Xa::arrfh Co/It'gr, Rochc~·trr, Sew York VOL. I V. XOVE~IHEI~. 1928 No . 2 OUR RE T REAT lI ETRE.\'!' has become for u~ onh\ a \lea:<ant . memory hut who can melbure what trf\a~lIn~~ . we h:HC ;;t('red for ourselves in Ile:n'en \where _ . neither thc rust nor moth doth consume. and where thie\'c~ <10 not break thl'ouRh 110t ~teal;o\ It is difficult to catch again the spirit oi retreat. to enter agaill into those thr(e dan. which l.e-..:an with ~ra .. ~ and Holy Comm\lIlion and we~ fillre with !~rayer. ~l'iritlml r~dillgs. and quiet reflection and dosed in tho! late alternoon with Benediction of the llle~sed Sacrament, .. cn<iing 11 .. home with the mantle of God's blessing about U~. From the first words of Father Brad~' at the beginnil1:':: of :'Ilabs on the opc11in:.: day his ,trcnunl1~ zeal. his Im('lb\! earnc.~tllt:~s (\Olllll11111iC:lled il>;elf !() lh. Father Brady ga\\e him,elf l1nqintingi) to us and so II'holeheanl-dly , .. he ahout \'his Father's hl1~ine .. ~·· thm he \OOn ~a:l1r~1 nur n, ... npt:ration and confidence. \\\itl! the other malliiolrl hle,~inJ.;s I retreat we girls of Xazarelh Colle!!!\ feel we ha\e ~t\CmcJ the blessing of a new friend. It was our first retreat in OUT ncw hUIll\;. tou, a~\(l thc • \cr\\ wall\ of the huilding\. which h.1~ bcen ior :'0 long the home oi those who give their \i\es in the highest way to l ;wl. r:l<iintcd an :J.tmo~phere of purity and peace which Illu(hed us with It., quiet benediction. How m,;my plt!a!;ant placc~ we found in the house where we could look om llpon the campll~ ami .. ee the beaut}\ of the maples refltttillg\ the ~!\T\' oi their :'lInker and. in their autumnal ~plendor, illu~· tTlltfl11Z for lIS the great tmth~ of death and resurrection! :l.lany \)j us took the walk down undt!r the poplars and throu:.::h the womb hy the side of the tiny brook and found it jl1~t a rO\'1ry long. The \\alue oi a retreat IS mca .. ured hy eternity. Only WhCl1 the curr('11t of life has borne us to the 8hores of that l\ast inre\\er will we be ahle to rt!:tlize its importance for \we ~rt now throq:-h a g:la .. ~ in a dark manner.\ hm if we h .. we iol1o\\\(·d the parting- ad,' ice uj Father Bmdy and I-;(·pt d('~e to Je u~ ill the Bie .. ,ed Sacrament and to :'IIary. Hi~ Imllt.1(\\llatl' 'fother, snrely we ,hall see them \face to A. L. F. '30.