Sunday, September 30, 2012

Retreat & Lector

August was fun with a leak in our kitchen. We found out the line from the ice machine in the freezer had popped a hole behind the dishwasher and it made for some fun renovations...was that sarcastic enough...no, no it wasn't. Anyway the contractor had to rip out all of the cabinets along with the sink in the master bathroom and kitchen. It took them way too long to replace everything but it made us appreciate all of the creature comforts we have in our little home and it all eventually was completed.

At the end of the month we had a reprieve from the disaster of a kitchen and bathroom (did I mention I was washing dishes in the tub)...in Douglas with Nana and Gompa plus a retreat to Cornville to prepare for the next step in Andy's formation; the Office of Lector. Here are some pictures of the retreat, the family visit and the Rite, enjoy.


Liam & Hadrien
Momma & Simon
Liam cooking with Nana

Gotcha Nana!

Simon being cute

Liam


Simon eating with Nana
Hadrien
 
Old Grandma & Andy

Nana

Jenny & Tia Sonia

Gompa visiting with friends

Simon before the Rite

Daddy & the boys

Nana & Gompa

Uncle Adam & the boys

Boys & a friend

Andy, Chris, & Dennis

Uncle Adam trying to keep Simon from taking off

The Cohort of 2014

Bishop giving a homily

Andy receiving the Office of Lector

After the Rite...always studying!

Hadrien making his brother laugh

Silly kid

Trying to get a picture of Gompa & the boys

Happy Gompa!

After the Rite we attempted to capture a family photo...we took maybe fifty shots and all but the last one are just goofy...

Missing a couple

Still missing someone
 


As Good As It Gets!
 
Love MY Gilliland Bunch!

Family

The family endures because it offers the truth of mortality and immortality within the same group. The family endures because, better than the commune, kibbutz, or classroom, it seems to individualize and socialize its children, to make us feel at the same time unique and yet joined to all humanity, accepted as is and yet challenged to grow, loved unconditionally and yet propelled by greater expectations. Only in the family can so many extremes be reconciled and synthesized. Only in the family do we have a lifetime in which to do it. -Letty Cottin Pogrebi