{"id":4873,"date":"2021-11-19T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=4873"},"modified":"2025-04-25T15:43:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T22:43:29","slug":"ill-be-back-revival-spirit-at-st-joseph-salesian-youth-retreat-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2021\/11\/19\/ill-be-back-revival-spirit-at-st-joseph-salesian-youth-retreat-center\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019ll be Back!\u201d- Revival Spirit at St. Joseph Salesian Youth Retreat Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Sheila Kun RN, BSN, MS, CPN, FCCP
Salesian Cooperator<\/em><\/p>\n

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I am not sure if Fr. Paul Chuong Nguyen is a fan of Arnold Schwarzenegger, the actor movie superstar, but he surely acts like one. Arnold Schwarzenegger\u2019s memorable lines are: \u201cHasta la vista baby!\u201d and \u201cI\u2018ll be back!\u201d Often these lines were proclaimed when he screamed at his enemy and promised to be revengeful. In Fr. Paul\u2019s case, he carried the same spirit when he was confronted by the COVID epidemic and the lockdown of the retreat center. In a crisis mode, Fr. Paul transformed St. Joseph Salesian Youth Retreat Center into a haven for those who needed to say goodbye to their loved ones, many of whom were not even parishioners of the center. But our Grotto attracted many to celebrate funeral Mass here as it offers comfort, dignity and loving care under Fr. Paul\u2019s leadership. Ultimately Fr. Paul was waiting patiently since March 2021, and finally he was able to declare these famous lines: \u201cHasta la vista, Baby and I\u2019ll be back\u201d – last Friday November 11, 2021 the retreat center re-opened.<\/p>\n

\"Picture2\"Eighty seven students, teachers, volunteers and the pastor team from St. John Vianney Parish cheered up the campus \u2013 this is the first retreat in 20 months after the lockdown! Yes, Fr. Paul is back! He and his team, Ms. Tammy, Fr. Chinh, Patrick (SDB seminarian) and the volunteer team of Salesian Cooperators and Families (Dave, Delores, Mike, Xuan and Ann) provided a great breakfast and retreat experience for this much welcomed and joyful event.<\/p>\n

Fr. Paul is always striving to engage his parishioners to commemorate the departed love ones in a special way. This year, he created a new Memorial Lawn at the side of the chapel. Our departed are remembered with vivid image of love and dignity \u2013 up to 700 names sprawled the Memorial Lawn. Prayers were offered daily with special intention for the departed by the Salesian Community. We are reminded of the cross and the salvation of our souls from our Savior.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The scientists invented the Covid vaccine to combat the virus. Here at St. Joseph, we joined in the fight with unwavering spirit; loving kindness and prayers is our weapon! Let us say hasta vista to COVID 19 and make a bold declaration that \u201cWe are back with God\u2019s grace!\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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By: Sheila Kun RN, BSN, MS, CPN, FCCPSalesian Cooperator I am not sure if Fr. Paul Chuong Nguyen is a fan of Arnold Schwarzenegger, the actor movie superstar, but he surely acts like one. Arnold Schwarzenegger\u2019s memorable lines are: \u201cHasta la vista baby!\u201d and \u201cI\u2018ll be back!\u201d Often these lines were proclaimed when he screamed at his enemy and promised to be revengeful. In Fr. … Continuar leyendo \u201cI\u2019ll be Back!\u201d- Revival Spirit at St. Joseph Salesian Youth Retreat Center<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":10336596,"featured_media":4874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[678323904,20310044],"tags":[35890,1727651,17405650],"class_list":["post-4873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-province-care-ministry","category-province-news","tag-featured","tag-retreat-centers","tag-youth-centers"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59ePG-1gB","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/salesianbulletin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/picture1-1.jpg?fit=624%2C468&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10336596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4873"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4877,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4873\/revisions\/4877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}