[ARCHIVED NEWS] Monday, March 26, 2007

ST. GEORGE PARISH IN LORAIN HOSTS
ANNUAL LENTEN RETREAT


Lorain, Oh - The annual Lenten Retreat, organized by the Pan-Orthodox community of Lorain, Ohio and hosted by the St. George Serbian Orthodox Church was held on Saturday, March 24, 2007 with Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon as the guest speaker.

The retreat began with the Divine Liturgy served by Fr. Patrick Reardon, Fr. Basil Stoyka and host priest Fr. Milorad Orlic. Following a continental breakfast the retreat began in the church. Fr. Patrick's talk, entitled, "Called to be Saints", was well received by all participants of the retreat.

Fr. Patrick is pastor of All Saints' Antiochian Orthodox Church in Chicago, Illinois, and a senior editor of Touchstone Magazine. Father Reardon was educated at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, KY), St. Anselm's College (Rome), The Pontifical Biblical Institute (Rome), the University of Liverpool (England), and St. Tikhon's Orthodox Seminary (South Canaan, PA).