Goal: The retreat is based on the fruit of the spirit joy. Many are searching for true joy in different things. In ministry we often get focused on the work of multiplying talents and forget to share in the Master’s true joy. The goal of this retreat is to have the Core Team understand the gift of true joy [...]
Goal The goal of this retreat is to help Juniors and Seniors take a greater ownership in their faith as they head toward high school graduation. Using Colossians 2:7 and Pope Benedict’s World Youth Day message as the basis, this retreat will challenge the participants to look at the roots of their faith, what it [...]
“The prayer to Our Father is inserted into the mysterious mission of the Son and of the Spirit.” – Catechism of the Catholic Church 2766 A quick overview This retreat focuses on the Lord’s Prayer. The sessions, if done in order, will actually unpack the Our Father, but in reverse. We begin by focusing on [...]
Okay, you’ve probably figured out by now that Dr. Seuss is a huge influence in this
retreat. Each session is based on a work by Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss). The hope of the retreat is to help the teens re-discover the fun and innocence of their childhood, while being reminded of the simplest lessons in their moral life and faith development along the way!
Why do a Core Retreat ? With everything else that fills the youth ministry calendar, why take more time to do a retreat for the Core Team? Good question with an even better answer. Simply put, we cannot expect the teens to take time to encounter Christ on a retreat if we do not do [...]
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Goal of this Retreat Using music and the Psalms as a basis, the goal of this retreat is to bring teens into intimate and honest relationship with God through the Sacraments, Scripture, prayer, worship and community. Basis: The Psalms (specifically #139, 42, 51, 27 and 150) Reflections on the Psalms, C.S. Lewis Expositions on the [...]
In the past couple of years, one of the consistent requests was for training materials for Core Members. Youth ministers were constantly looking for something that would help train, form and strengthen the Core team. We have always been quick to offer practical training on the “how-to’s” of being a Core member, whether at a [...]
Based on the life of St. Paul, the goal of the retreat is for the teens to encounter the incredible power of God’s grace to convert and transform their lives. This retreat will also show the teens that conversion is a process instead of a single event. Finally this retreat will empower the teens to become an unstoppable force of God’s grace in their world.
This Life Teen Retreat resource entitled, VIRTUOUS REALITY, is a young men’s retreat based on the four cardinal virtues of the Catholic Church. The retreat is geared specifically to young men in high school. This one-day retreat is meant to instruct the men on how to live their lives as men of God with the help of the divine grace that comes through living the cardinal virtues. This retreat offers the young men an opportunity to learn about their faith and their bond as brothers in Christ. In addition, it will serve to strengthen their commitment to living the cardinal virtues and their commitment to the Christ, His Church and to one another.