It’s Thursday night in South Bend and our week at ND Vision is almost over. My son and the other teens that came with us have had a fantastic time…and so have we adults. Here are some more highlights of the past few days:
- Sitting awestruck as 225 teens spent an hour together in Eucharistic adoration
- Praying/chanting morning prayer and Vespers in the lady chapel at the Notre Dame basilica
- Gazing open-mouthed at all the beautiful works of art that decorate the campus and its buildings
- Praying the rosary with over 225 teenagers at the Notre Dame grotto
- Enjoying the presence so many young, enthusiastic, spirit-filled Holy Cross priests
- Eating some of the best food in the world each and every meal
- Talking over lunch with Kevin, a young seminarian who has just finished his freshman year and has given up a month of his summer to mentor the young ND Vision participants
- Visiting the Notre Dame bookstore six or seven times, wishing I could just bring a tent and camp out there for a few days
- Trying unsuccessfully to find and shake hands with Ralph McInerney, Notre Dame professor and author of the Fr. Dowling mysteries
- Visiting the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend
- And most important, getting to spend some quality time with people who have an intense love of working with Catholic teens
