As is my custom the week before UW-LaCrosse’s spring break, my column will be shorter than usual … mainly because it has to be to get all the other stuff that needs to get your attention. What you have here is one of our “two-week” bulletins—two weeks full of information and schedules in one printing. What makes it a bit more challenging now (compared to January and summer when we also ease back into every-other-week bulletin production) is that with Lent there is so much going on. If it were up to me to schedule a week for the University students to be away, it wouldn’t be at the middle of March … but we have done this before and will manage again. In truth, while the run-up to these Alternative Spring Break Trips is always something of a rush, once we all pile in to our vehicles and hit the road, everything just sort of opens up and I don’t worry too much about things “back here” while I’m away with our students. Maybe in part that’s because I sort of have my hands full there … in part because I trust that those left behind can certainly get on without me. I will be heading out with my crew on Friday, March 12th, after “Soup and Sustenance” that night. Jon and his people will be leaving on Saturday the 13th.
The one “on the edge” part of the whole expedition for me is always the trip back … counting on good weather, clear roads, and our trustworthy vehicles to get us (well, especially “me”) back with just a little room to spare for Saturday night liturgy at 5:00 pm on the 22nd. Keep your fingers crossed. Enjoy Fr. Del on the 13th/14th … but not too much. A thank you to all who keep things running while we are gone, and keep us all in your prayers.
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