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Marianist Family Retreat Center’s Milkweed garden

Marianist Encounters Coordinating team member, Tara Poling, sent us this story from the Marianist Family Retreat Center in Cape May Point, NJ.


Bro. Esteban Reyes, SM, Ministry Lead for Marianist Encounters at MFRC, Cape May Point, NJ, shares this video that he and Bro. Stan Zubek, SM, created about their milkweed patch to educate visitors. Bro. Stan requested some milkweed seed from the Marianist Environmental Education Center in Dayton, Ohio, several years ago to help monarch butterflies. It was a resounding success!


Monarch butterflies are famous for their vibrant orange and black wings, exclusive milkweed diet as caterpillars, and extraordinary multi-generational migration that spans thousands of miles across North America.



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