Category Archives: Retreats

Life Teen Retreat

InSanctity

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Goal of this Retreat Using the idea of athletic training as an underlying theme, this retreat will help teens understand the importance of prayer while giving them the opportu- nity to “exercise” different forms of prayer. The goal of this retreat is to help the teens develop a lifelong habit of prayer (CCC 2688). Basis of the Retreat 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 1 Timothy 4:8 Isaiah 40:29-31 Psalm 105:4 Colossians 3:23-24 CCC 2558-2567 CCC 2700-2719 CCC 2725-2745 Retreat

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Core Retreat – Share in the Master’s Joy

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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 and how living in our “Master’s joy” frees us to love and serve. Why Do a Core Retreat? With everything else that fills the youth ministry calendar, why take more  time

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Thrive. A Day-Long Retreat for Juniors/Seniors

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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 is growing into and how it will thrive through the storms that inevitably come. The retreat also seeks to remind the upperclassmen of the importance of the Sacraments and active participation

Life Teen Retreat

In Reverse Retreat

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“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 the final petitions of personal temptation and deliverance and work our way back through the prayer until we arrive as one united body beckoning “Our Father.” Many of the ideas

Life Teen Retreat

The Seuss is Loose Retreat

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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!

Life Teen Retreat

Baptized Core Retreat

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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 the same. We cannot expect to lead the teens to a profound relationship with God if we are not developing one ourselves. And in the end, God brought you into youth ministry not to just transform teen’s hearts, but to

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Joyful Noise Retreat Graphic

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Life Teen Retreat

Joyful Noise Retreat

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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 Psalms, St. Augustine Overview of this Retreat Music is powerful. A single song can evoke emotion, memories and even change our mood. Scripture contains a book of

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Core Values Retreat

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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 Core Member University training event or in the Core Handbook resource. But ministry is so much more than knowing what to do; it always comes back to the why. The personal

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Unstoppable Retreat

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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.