Father Mauricio Carrasco, Retreat Director
Father Mauricio Carrasco, Retreat Director
The Arkansas Knights of Columbus State Council sponsors two retreats at Subiaco each fraternal year - usually the first weekends in September and February.  They are designed for knights and their wives.  Council 10208 is always very well represented, often with about 50% of the retreatants (21 of 52 this fall).

The Retreat Director was Father Mauricio Corrasco, who celebrated his second anniversary as a priest on May 26.  He is serving at St. Theresa's Parish in Little Rock. 

One of the retreatants was Grand Knight Bob Honzik with his wife Mary Anne, and he gives this summary: 

Father Mauricio's subject was "The Cross."  There is no reconciliation without the Cross.  He talked about the Good Samaritan and how he poured oil and wine over the man's wounds and bandaged them.  He then lifted him from the side of the road (ditch) and took him to an inn and paid the inn keeper to look after him.  The ditch is sin, which we all fall into. He brought up different ditches including: boredom; anger; narcissism; skepticism; superficiality; and, despair.  Father Mauricio is a brother knight, so he brought charity into his presentations. 

We had vespers two nights with the monks, and they joined us during our Saturday evening social time.


Attendees from Council 10208 included: Jim and Pat Anderson; Jaime and Susie Cardenas; Ed and Pat Cudworth; Ed and Paula Doyle: Marshall and Evelyn Garrison; Bill and Valerie Hartnett; Bob and Anne Honzik; Dc Larry and Jan Lipsmeyer; Art and Marna Morissette; Ralph and Marilyn Stiefvater; and, Mike Welsh.