His Grace Bishop Basil writes:
More than 80 men were present at the Spiritual Life Center in Wichita, Kansas for DOWAMA's 42nd annual St. Raphael Clergy Brotherhood Retreat the week of February 4-7, 2014. The Retreat was led by Archimandrite Zacharias of the Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist in Tolleshunt Knights-by-Maldon in Essex, England. Archimandrite Zacharias was accompanied to the U.S. by Hierodeacon Bartholomew.
Many thanks to all the brothers who assisted with the execution of the Retreat, to the members of the Board of the Virginia H. Farah Foundation for providing a financial grant to help underwrite the Retreat, and to Mrs. Brenda Farha and her family for hosting the Brotherhood Breakfast in memory of Dr. George J. Farha following Friday morning's Divine Liturgy.
Next year's Clergy Brotherhood Retreat is scheduled for February 3rd-6th, 2015 at the Spiritual Life Center in Wichita.
 |  Father Bartholomew (third from the right). |