'Take Up and Read' - Cleveland's Tolle Lege Summer Camp Nurtures Teens' Intellectual, Spiritual Growth
Flanked by stained-glass windows depicting St. John Vianney, St. Pius X and other holy priests, 18 teenage boys and girls stand in Resurrection Chapel at the Center for Pastoral Leadership in Wickliffe, Ohio. They start their final day at the Tolle Lege Summer Institute by praying the Liturgy of the Hours with Father Damian Ference and three seminarians who assist him with the camp.
Seminarian Martin Dober predicted that some of the teens would continue praying the Divine Office when they returned home.
?The rhythm of it is so great, it works for the human soul,? he said. ?They enter into it; they like doing it.?
The Liturgy of the Hours, Mass, Eucharistic adoration and a nightly review based on the ?examen? of St. Ignatius help the teens nurture their faith during a week loaded with intellectual challenges.
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