Here, Donna J. Jodhan fulfils a long-held dream in June 2025, the Catholic Church’s Jubilee year, travelling to Lourdes with her dear friend Jilla. Along the way she spends time with her friend Angie in Birmingham, is amazed by the help she receives from staff and strangers alike on the trains to Liverpool, and reunites with old friends from her Christopher Grange days and with her cousins at the Royal Hotel in Waterloo.
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Remarkable World Commentary Episode #27: Interview with Dr. Alan Chase, Director, EyeRetreat.org
In this engaging episode of Remarkable World Commentary, host Donna J. Jodhan sits down with Dr. Alan Chase, founder of North Carolina’s EYE Retreat, to trace the camp’s evolution from a post-legislation idea into an 18-year-strong, peer-led summer program that equips blind and visually impaired teens for college, careers, and entrepreneurship. Their lively conversation explores the spark that legislation ignited, the importance of self-advocacy, the power of mentors with lived experience, and the retreat’s hands-on curriculum—everything from classroom workshops to real-world transit, campus, and workplace visits—that helps students build confidence, networks, and practical skills to ‘retreat from no challenge.’