Retreat in Chiengmai

On November 11, at 5 am we started our journey to chiang mai for our spiritual exercise and to see the Stigmatine mission areas. We traveled from the south of Thailand to the north of Thailand.

On the way to chiang mai we stopped by Zonta the mission area of Stigmatinesin ratcha buri. We have a parish there named St. Angela. Fr. Dominic Patharapon is the parish priest there. We reached there by 6 pm on November 11 and we stayed ther over night. We had really good and enjoyable night there. Next day morning by 7.30 am we continued our journey to chiang mai.

After traveling the whole day on November 12 by 9. 30 pm we reached at seven fountain spirituality center of Jesuit fathers. We had the spiritual exercise, the Ignatian way of retreat, there for three days under the guidance of fr. Paul lock SJ from Poland. We really enjoyed the retreat and it was spiritually enriching. It was a self-meditation and contemplative way of retreat. No long sharing or speeches. Every day in the morning at 9. Am fr. Paul will give the biblical passages for our meditation and contemplation. We had to find three prayer periods a day with enough time gap. The method that fr. Paul used for our retreat was really more helpful and fruitful. We could really make use of our prayer periods very well. On 15^th November we finished our retreat.

On 16^th we went around Chiang Mai to see and enjoy the beauty of Chiang Mai province. We went up on the mountain to see the place called Doi Poi. It was really a beautiful place. It is a village of a group of tribes with a special and colorful dress and with a beautiful flower garden. This place is famous for the silk and for the handicraft items. After spending a certain time there for site viewing and shopping we went to see the palace of the king and queen. Unfortunately we were not allowed to enter inside the palace, but we went around it and enjoyed the beauty of the garden around palace. There were many wonders waiting for us. We saw the giant bamboo there.