By For the return of the annual Carroll College men’s retreat on Jan. 27th, roughly 50 students piled onto a bus to Legendary Lodge for a weekend of spiritual events.
This retreat is anticipated all year by many men. Sometimes proclaimed to be the “best retreat” of the school year, the retreat is held at Legendary Lodge, the Diocesean retreat center on Salmon Lake. near Seeley Lake, Montana.
Mason Yochum, a junior education major from Billings, attended the retreat for his second time and enjoyed sharing the experience with the other men.
“Men’s Retreat was an amazing, fun weekend and a big spiritual experience for me,” said Yochum. “There was such a special growth in brotherhood with the fellow men on campus.”
The returning upperclassmen were excited to share this experience with those who had not attended before.
The three-day retreat included several physical activities such as ultimate frisbee on the ice-covered lake and sledding down the hills. An all-time favorite activity on the retreat is called the “brolympics,” where men split into teams and compete against each other to determine who the “manliest man” is.
Many other activities were spiritual. The Rev. Marc Lenneman led a late-night Mass. The students also experienced silence, including prayer time by themselves.
Other activities included bonding time with their fellow men on the retreat, as well as plenty of free time for the men to do whatever they wished.
This year’s Men’s Retreat was “a great success,” according to the Lenneman.
“The Lord loves the men of Carroll College, and he loves to form them after his own heart,” said Lenneman. “It was a great gift to be with so many young men who are striving to follow Jesus, to be good brothers to one another, and to be the men the world needs today.”
