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WITH the preparations already in the final stage, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma is hoping for the success of the 2023 National Retreat for Priests scheduled this November.Palma said during a coordination meeting with organizers and members of the media on Oct. 17, 2023, that the retreat is aimed at the renewal of the participating clergy to their vocation in line with the church’s goal of synodality, with the theme of “Priesthood: A Call to Holiness.
In attendance at the event will be 30 bishops and archbishops from different dioceses, with Archbishop Charles Brown, the Papal Nuncio to the Philippines, invited to preside over the opening mass.The committee said eight hotels in Cebu have been tapped to accommodate the priests who will be attending the retreat. Transportation and logistics have already been finalized, and the drop-off and pick-up points have been set.