In his second visit to the Trinity Woods Catholic Retreat Center in Trego, Wisconsin, Bishop Michael Izen was impressed with the campgrounds. He described it as having beautiful landscapes, good accommodations and a good amount of land.
Bishop Izen told “Practicing Catholic” radio show producer Rachael McCallum during an interview airing at 9 p.m. Sept. 13 on Relevant Radio 1330 AM that his favorite part of the camp was family-style Holy Adoration.
“A good chunk of time of just traditional adoration with the Lord and the monstrance,” Bishop Izen said. “I actually went to the monstrance and then brought it forward to the front of the sanctuary and stood there as the families would come forward, one family at a time and kneel down. They put some blankets out and they would kneel down in front of the monstrance and just have family time with the Lord.”
Bishop Izen previously attended Trinity Woods for Extreme Faith Camp, which is a camp for middle schoolers, operated and run by high schoolers and adult youth ministers. At the family camp Bishop Izen just recently attended, he said there were over 200 individuals.
“One of the families was talking like ‘would it be great if they could go spread the word back in Stillwater and just have a have a camp of just Stillwater families?’” Bishop Izen said. “I could see on the one hand why they would want that, that would be powerful. It would strengthen the parish bond, but what I witnessed is I think it’s great for these families to come out and realize that there are other great parishes in the archdiocese with great families who have reverence for these devotions. … It’s a big world out there and I think there’s a lot of great Catholics out there.”
To hear more from Bishop Izen about the significant of Trinity Woods Catholic Retreat Center, tune into “Practicing Catholic,” which repeats at 1 p.m. Sept. 14 and 2 p.m. Sept. 15.
The program also includes an interview with Will Cossairt and Autumn Higashi about the 50th anniversary of Elevate Life. Also, Dianne Johnson and Father Columba Thomas talk more about blending faith and healthcare.
Produced by Relevant Radio and the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, the program can also be heard after it has aired at archspm.org/faith-and-discipleship/practicing-catholic or choose a streaming platform at Spotify for Podcasters.
