The
Elderly Group of Baan Pong - The Annual Gathering
The St. Joseph Catholic Elderly Group of Baan Pong
conducted their annual meeting of 2006 at St. Camillus hospital, Baan
Pong in December with 70 participants.
The
spiritual renewal began by liturgy of the Word followed by a special
homily on "The Model Elderly" by Rev. John Pertile, parish
priest of St. Joseph Church and spiritual director of the elderly
group. He touched on both the academics aspect and concrete perspective
on "Why the elderly cannot sleep". Besides, staff of St.
Camillus hospital provided entertainment and demonstrated the Samathi
meditation to the elderly as well.They also gave a free service on
the physical check-up.
At
present, the Ratchaburi diocese has Rev. Ratanasak Kitsakul as spiritual
director and Mr. Chet Chaonakaew as president of the Catholic Elderly
association.