This is the school that we will be working at. It is a catholic school that enrolls more Buddhist students than Catholic students. The country of Thailand is 96% Buddhist and Catholics are a very small minority. The Catholic schools are supported and run by the Saletian priests. There is also a convent for Capuchin nuns on the campus. They are cloistered and do not speak. We will also see the young Aspirants in training as they live on the school campus as well and attend the Catholic school. They are training and studying to be priests and they leave their families at about age 12 to live with the priests at the seminary at the school. The belief is that these young boys have been called. They will not see their families until they are ordained in about 10 years. At night you can hear them playing their guitars.....
This is where we will be living. This retreat house is right on the school and church campus. The rooms are spartan and simple but clean and comfortable. Each of us will have our own room and private bathroom. The showers are very interesting and very green from an efficiency standpoint. The hot water is heated instantly "on demand" and so there is very little waste and no need for hot water storage and heating devices.
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