August 20th, 2025: •Woke up at 6:15am and saw Elijah’s bed was made with a large crucifix atop. •Went to the bathroom with the Couture blue and white towel. •Showered after Luigi did. •Completed my shower at 7:32am. •Went downstairs and was offered coffee by Aquino in her fancy church t-shirt. •Elijah made some pizza but left 2 slices. •Had a piece of Dove chocolate. •Cronstedt came out at 7:43am. •Told to take up a pot of beans by Kristine. •Ate some blackberries. •Morgado and Oriang came back from something, I quietly asked if it was the 7:15am run and Morgado kept telling me to shut up. •Saw Sideburns' crush and Oriang outside talking. •Saw Luigi reading a book. •Went upstairs to plug in my iPhone, tried to signal Frociaggine to check and see where a cord near his bed went, he pretended not to understand, told him what to do finally and didn’t help, was extremely rude about it. •Danni waved to me so I waved back. •Sat in the main room with the bar while Sideburns' crush and Elijah were there. Wrote in my journal at 8:22am. Admired the giant deer head hanging in this room. •Went upstairs to grab printout, Seraphim asked me for a charger but mine was a Lightning cable instead of a USB-C cable. •At 8:30am, reconvened for morning prayer. •Morning prayer referenced a Saint Bernard. •Went to eat afterwards and had beans, scrambled eggs, raspberries, blackberries, sausage, and a cinnamon bagel. •Sat next to the birthday boy, the Honduran. •Went upstairs to grab my water bottle, Frociaggine was sitting in his bed being asocial. •Saw the plumber come in, told him about the hanging nail and he took a picture. •Went back outside to end up next to Ava. •Saw Swifte wearing a Door County established 1851 sweatshirt. •Asked the Honduran for his age, he signaled 26. •Father Aquinas rang the bell at 9:09am. •Went upstairs to get my Bible. •Saw Elijah making weird movements with his hands like a robot. •The Honduran was wearing shades. •Sat down to hear a Q&A, Magdalus was engaged to someone, Kristine painted fire hydrants for her last job. •Kristine gave a speech about Luke Bryan, his marriage in 2006, his brother and sister’s death, his beer addiction, his 2 sons, and issues with the media, talked at points like she obsessively fantasized about dating him. •Broke out into groups to discuss 2 readings, What is FOCUS (not by Pope Francis) and Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium by Pope Francis. •Reconvened at 10:13am. •Listened to a speech by Kristine about materialism and being a leader.•Headed over to a campfire pit near the lake to set up for mass at 11:03am. •The Honduran and Markus talked about heretics. •Seraphim didn’t know the book of Sirach was in the Bible. •The Honduran’s pareal woman saint is Saint Gabriel. •Started off mass as usual, I brought over the water and wine while Elijah acolyted and the Honduran read. •First reading was Judges, then Psalms, and finally the parable of the vineyard owner. •The priest gave a homily on Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 - August 20th, 1153), his sister Saint Scholastica (March 2nd, 480 - February 10th, 543) (actually they are not siblings through my research, he must have been confusing Saint Benedict of Nursia (March 2nd, 480 - March 21st, 547) with the Claurvaux guy) and the Benedictine monks. •Received the Eucharist, Nikki kept staring at me. •Walked back, Oriang took the long route for some reason. •Ate a sandwich with celery, carrots, hummus, 2 slices of watermelon. •Went back inside to get chocolate milk. •Sat next to Ava and Mercurius and across from Nephri, Nephri talked about her allergy to soy. •Left afterwards and updated my journal starting at 12:45pm. •At 12:55pm, I made my way downstairs to help with cleanup. •Disposed (ate) all the carrots and some watermelon slices. Cronstedt ate a slice of watermelon in solidarity with me. •The priest brought out a vibrant biking helmet and him, I and Oriang tried it on. •Mahdi showed Seraphim how to play guitar. •Reconvened for afternoon discussion. Read John 17:3, Matthew 28:18-20, 1 Thessalonians 2:8, 2 Timothy 2:2, and John 15:8 •Jade thought I skipped in reading, I did not. •Read 2 times. •Markus talked about the priest calling his group the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Nerdles” •The priest was talking pictures. •The Honduran talked about going to Spain next year in August 2026 to see a full eclipse, the longest lasting one in a century. •Markus’ favorite book of the Bible is Ecclesiastes because it brings out the sad boy in him. •Discussed what makes a community holy. I said love for God, the Honduran said sacrifice, Frociaggine said contemplation. •The priest asked about the community wide silence breaking, Seraphim compared it to trauma bonding in the military. •Jade said she struggles with the mindset of being concerned about if others hate her. •The Honduran said he used to talk to himself all the time. •Markus said he struggled with not letting others more suited to convert someone do that. •The priest said others must serve but others have different gifts so they must serve differently. •”How do we keep sight of its mystical and theological dimension” - Jade •Cronstedt wore a Friends t-shirt. •”Even Jesus Christ had bad days.” - Seraphim •Seraphim said he was a chatterbox, and mentioned a story with him and the priest. •Last Friday. Markus’ dog passed away, he said his way of coping is humor, which contrasted with his family coping more normally. •Swifte said listening to the emotional problems of others is her way of serving. •Elijah brought up habits mentioned in the reading, practicing them now to make it easier to get into Heaven later. •The Honduran talked about a shared faith of Catholicism possibly preventing a lot of conflict. •The priest talked about trying to be too real and authentic being offputting for others, referenced his dad being the “You’re going to hell” type of Christain. •Rebrought up Acts 2:37-477 on community. •Jade led closing prayer at 2:40pm •Went around and got some Nerds clusters, offered one to the Honduran but he refused. •Morgado was wearing her alma matter t-shirt. •The Honduran played Marzuka in G-Minor on the piano. •Went upstairs to write then go in the lake. •Evan was on his iPhone browsing the internet. •Got changes and went out to swim. •Oriang, Luigi, Gabriella, Swifte, Cronstedt, Magdalus, and Morgado went out the island, I stood watch just in case they encountered any trouble. •Oriang turned around and came back. •I brought out the molecule and Elijah, Frociaggine, and I got on it. •Frociaggine said his uncle had the same speedboat and he could use it. •Oriang told me to jump into the water. •Elijah didn’t know how to swim. Seraphim taught him a bit. •Oriang came back to land. •The others swam back. •Ava came out wearing a blue one piece swimsuit and she and Oriang got on the paddleboard. •I browsed Xitter more. •Swifte said they swam 0.5 miles. •Seraphim asked for the time at 4:13pm, •We brought the paddleboard in, Ava and I. •I held the door open for Ava, Oriang, and Seraphim, put my towel and swimsuit on the porch to dry. •Went upstairs to write more. •Went back down and overheard Ava and Seraphim talking for quite a while. • Nephri asked me if I enjoyed swimming, I told her yes and that she could have come. •Went back upstairs at 4:51pm to write. •Frociaggine was on his phone when Luigi told us to come downstairs, passed Nikki along the way and said hi. •Sat while Luigi played piano. •Ate dinner at 5:30pm, the Honduran’s mom made cupcakes for his birthday. •The candles on the cupcakes just wouldn’t go out no matter how hard we blew. •I had chili and salad, Frociaggine got mad for accidentally bumping into him. •Ate outside by myself, the priest and Nephri “The blade” sat next to me. •I told them about my grandfather’s brother who was a priest up on the island. •The priest asked me a lot of questions about myself. •Went inside to watch Oriang play the piano, she laughed at my “judgementality” or whatever. •Showed Fatima the Family Guy Rush concert cutaway gag, she didn’t laugh. •Went upstairs to write at 6:25pm. •At 6:30pm the bell rang. •Magdalus asked Father Aquinas if he was related to William Wallace because he was Irish like the priest, I told him William Wallace was Scottish. •The priest talked about oppression of the Irish Catholics by the English. •Started the evening prayer session at 6:40pm. •Mostly just a discussion of event planning. •Oriang and Danni were annoying me while they were behind me. •Talked about events like a dance, karaoke, All Saints Day, etc. •Moved out of the way of the sun next to Frociaggine and Elijah. •SEEK next year is in Columbus, Ohio, to be held January 2026. •Speeches by Father Mike Schmidt and others like Trent Horn. •Frociaggine, Elijah, and I pointed at each other like the Spiderman pointing meme. •Talked about the separate men’s and women’s retreat at the end of April and how Father Aquinas had diarrhea at the start of the last one. •Ended at 7:38pm, •Went upstairs to get changed. •Saw Cronstedt and Luigi with a giant ribbon outside between the two trees. •Swifte had to take a picture of the sky because it was so beautiful. •I went back to see the overnight adoration signup, was not disappointed:
•9:00pm - 10:00pm Nephri, Magdalus, Kristine
•10:00pm - 11:00pm Me, Seraphim
•11:00pm - 12:00am Mahdi, Frociaggine
•12:00am - 1:00am Oriang, Morgado
•1:00am - 2:00am Sideburns' crush, Danni
•2:00am - 3:00am Nikki, Ava
•3:00am - 4:00am Elijah, Gabriella
•4:00am - 5:00am Danni
•5:00am - 6:00am Luigi, Swifte
•6:00am - 7:00am Mercurius, Kristine
•7:00am - 8:00am Father Aquinas, Magdalus
•8:00am - 8:30am Markus, the Honduran.
•Swam outside on the molecule with the Honduran untying to let it off. •Markus showed off his sreal womang blue laser. •Reconvened, went back inside with Mercurius. •Mercurius asked about my job and if we offered discounts. •Wore the worn out pig plush, smelled like a dog toy. •Sat next to Sideburns' crush and told her about my previous dogs Ruby, Bo, and Luna, and how Bo would herd me to the bus stop always, almost made me cry. •Sideburns' crush said he had an untrainable dog because her 9 siblings didn’t have the time. •I told her where I lived and she found out I lived with James the Greater, took a snap and sent it to James. •Sideburns' crush told me to invite James to the Catholic center to help find him a girlfriend. •Started night prayer at 9:00pm. •Got done in 15 minutes and went up to write. •Ava was in the hallway writing on her laptop on Google Docs. •The priest invited everybody out to see the starts on the deck at 9:37pm, Sideburns' crush, Mercurius, and I came out. •Took some pictures of the night sky.
•Went inside and wrote more. •Went downstairs in the main room, Nephri is drinking her tea and I can hear Elijah snoring on the balcony he sleeps on… •Went downstairs again for overnight adoration with Jade, Madhi, Seraphim, Nephri, and I in the chapel. •Read the entirety of the book of Esther (with the extra chapters from A to F) from 10:00pm to 10:29pm. •Saw Nephri writing in her journal, Seraphim praying the rosary quietly. •Said a prayer for my mom, my dad, my sister, Asherah, Lizzo, James, Macie, fAsherah, Zephyr, Enosh, and everybody on the retreat. •Prayed Daniel 3:26-45 and 45-90 in a very low voice. •Read Daniel 14. Left the main room at 11:01pm. •Walked back in the dark, accidentally tripped over Elijah because he was now sleeping on the ground in the middle of the walkway. •Saw Frociaggine in his bed sleeping instead of respecting the Eucharist. •Turned on the fan for noise to fall asleep to.
Song of the Day: Mazurka in G minor, Op. 67, No. 2 - Frédéric Chopin (1849)
ignacio was so nonconfrontational lmao, i think he got shy
