Retreat favorite Father Groeschel on the mend, hopes to be back soon

Published: 2004-05-18

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Four months after an accident in Florida nearly killed him, Father Benedict J. Groeschel, whose books and retreats have won him a wide following, is working hard at rehabilitation and making plans for new projects. The priest, a Franciscan Friar of the Renewal, will be based at Trinity Retreat, a clergy retreat center in Larchmont that is his headquarters as director of the Office of Spiritual Development for the Archdiocese of New York. "I'm preparing to get back on the job, giving retreats at Trinity and writing and doing some television," he said. He even hopes to have a book completed by Christmas. Achieving those goals will take time; he faces more physical therapy and probably more surgery. He will not be able to resume his hectic schedule, which had him traveling throughout the country and overseas to give retreats and conferences.

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