This August marks the fiftieth anniversary of my entering the Oblate novitiate in Childs, MD. Childs is holy ground to me. I have always considered it the land of my spiritual birth, the home of my Salesian identity. As the years have brought change, loss, and new beginnings, how can the places and memories that shaped us continue to call us forward with hope?...

As Annecy Hall celebrates 30 years, learn how it has been and still remains a special place for Oblates…