The past four summers, my family has attended a Holy Family Fest at Catholic Familyland, a one-week retreat for the whole family hosted by the Apostolate for Family Consecration just outside of Steubenville, Ohio. Among many experiences I treasure about these summer retreats, one that I really like is that each day—at three o’clock sharp (Hour of Mercy), everyone at camp stops whatever they are doing at that moment. Over a camp-wide speaker system, one of the youth volunteers leads all in corporate prayer of the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
This is a simple, yet powerful tradition that every Catholic troop can add to help build an authentic Catholic identity. Whether engaged in hiking, camping, or any other outdoor adventure, no matter what the troop is doing, the discipline of stopping and praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet is a profound way to refocus the troop on Trail Life’s Christ-centered program.
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and the whole world!
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