It is very common for graduating college students in the University of the Assumption to experience this what we called " RETREAT" This is a silent residential retreat of 2 days for those who desire to experience God's love through prayer and individual spiritual direction. According to an article "A retreat is a withdrawal from immediate concerns to assess and integrate one's relationships. Yes, we leave and forget for a while our problems and anxieties at home and in school and assess. We evaluate our commitments to friends, to work, to country, to God, and even to ourselves.
It was January of 2007, when it is our turn to have a fascinating 3days and 2 nights meaningful retreat at Sta. Catalina Retreat House located at #2 Marcos Highway 2600 Baguio City. It was a time for us 5th year accountancy students to take a pause for a moment and reflect how is our life going on. It takes a little bit 5 to 6 hours travel from San Fernando, Pampanga, before we arrive to the ever ravishing and cold city of Baguio. During our first day, we were given the time to visit some of the tourist spots of Baguio, the Burnharm Park which you can see a massive number of foreign and filipino tourists taking some pictures as a sort of remembrance. We also went to Grotto where we met some of the katutubong ifugaos selling same stuffs which they personally made. We even went to SM Baguio where we had our lunch, it is just a typical mall like what we have here in SM Pampanga, not so much variation at all .After an almost a half day of walking travelling and exploring, we came back to our ever so silent retreat house. he3
My experience in the retreat was undeniably an incredible one, because it is a moment when i became so much closer to God through praying, moments of reflections and sharing with classmates. I was also given the time then to have a bonding with my friends and classmates and ask for forgiveness to those classmates whom i had misunderstanding with.
and lastly, the experience also gave us the cue that a few months from then was the most awaited glory of our lives, our graduation day which marks a new beginning for us as we enter the challenging world of work.
As i end up this simple remembering of mind, i just wanna extend my endless gratitude to the Sisters of Sta. Catalina Retreat House for their warm accomodation for us during our stay there.
That adventure was indeed a remarkable moment of my life...
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