If it was God's will I would have gone to the Saint Malo Retreat Center in Colorado this past summer, but it was not part of His plan, instead my parents, brother, and I spend a week in NJ.
Saint Malo of Aleth was born around the year 520 in Wales. He was an adult convert to Christianity and he was baptized by Saint Brendan the Navigator and Malo became Brendan's spiritual student. Saint Malo lived the life of a monk at Llancarfam Abbey in Wales. He and other Celtic monks were among the first people of the Middle Ages to travel out on the seas of the Atlantic. They lived in a time where people did not travel far past their hometown. He went on missionary work with Saint Aaron of Brittany. Around the year 543, Saint Malo was the first bishop of Aleth which is modern day Saint-Servan, France, but he was driven out by his enemies and settled at Saintes. After a severe drought, the people of Aleth begged for Bishop Malo to return. He did return and pursued a life of prayer and meditation. He established churches in the Brittany area, which has
since changed names to Saint-Malo in his honor. During World War II, the town of Saint-Malo was heavily damaged, but after the war, the ramparts which surround the town and the old citadel were rebuilt. Today, Saint-Malo is a popular tourist destination on the coast of Brittany. Saint Malo died around the age of 100 on November 15, 620 in Archingeay, France.One day, with God's help, I will make a retreat at the Saint Malo Retreat Center in Allenspark, CO.
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