Fr. Mike Depcik has been busy. At the DeSales Center in Michigan he put together a great project. On their website they have the following to say about it: "We are happy to announce our first GERMAN DEAF YOUTH EXCHANGE WEEK from JULY 15-20, 2007. This program, directed by Fr. Michael Depcik, promotes cultural understanding and provides an opportunity to share a common spiritual heritage. This is the only program full/closed at this time." Our seminarian, who knows the many of the German Deaf Catholics from his work at the World Youth Day Celebration in Cologne Germany, Shawn Carey, present with his brother seminarian depicted in the picture this link, links to.We had a good summer retreat. You can see that the Deaf Camp is a beautiful place.
We had time to spend together and enjoy eachother's company. We got to experience a bit of American culture and we prayed together.
We celebrated Mass together and we had evening prayers together.
Fr. Depcik told us of a time when he was on a retreat and he saw an old glove in the woods. He thought nothing of it. An other person told him that God had just told him that He loved him. The glove he was shown, was in the form of the "I love you" hand shape.
I thought this was a profound Gospel type message. God loves to speak to us through the ordinary, even the grimy. He is also closer to us at all times then we could ever know.
Enjoy these pictures:
