The retreat officially ended this morning with a mass at 7:00 AM followed by a breakfast before everyone got on the road about 8:30 AM. Because I had to take the bus and also to arrive in time for some afternoon meetings, I caught a bus at 7:00 AM and so missed the final activities. |
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One of the latest additions to the church compound is the open-air youth center pavilion located near the front of the church. |
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Another addition to the compound are many sets of these rubbish bins. The bin on the left is for food scraps saved for the pigs; the middle one is for recyclable metals and plastics; and the one on the right is for trash that must be thrown out. |
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When the Dominican Sisters were not able to assist with the music at the retreat prayers and liturgies, various groupings of the priests got together to provide music. |
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Bishop Emile, one of the retired bishops of the Phnom Penh Vicariate, has had medical problems this year and is a little unsteady on the steps. Here one of the priests offers some assistance. |
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This is a cook shed behind the dining room. Cooking rice for 45+ people requires a big fire and lots of rice, and the kitchen ladies prefer doing it the old fashion way, with a wood fire and huge rice boiler. |
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This morning while I waited for the Capitol Tours bus, young boys from the area were washing some of the other buses before their first trips of the day. |