I don’t really remember anything that happened at the retreat, but I do remember one experience that happened at the end. I remember that we were sitting on those hard folding chairs that are often found in church basements. The retreat happened in the parish basement, and it was led by a priest. When I was in fifth or sixth grade, I was invited to go with my dad to a retreat at our parish. What is an event from your childhood that helped you to understand who God is? In these brief interviews, we hope to highlight and foster this relationship, and to offer some unique personal perspectives and spiritual insights of the shepherds leading our church. bishops to answer five of our nine questions. In America’s interview with Pope Francis in November 2022, the Holy Father said that “the grace of Jesus Christ is in the relationship between the bishop and his people, his diocese.” We asked U.S.
