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.
Objective: The middle school youth will discover St. Patrick’s gift to evangelize others and our baptismal call to evangelization. Overview: EVAN GELIZATION : Evangelization is a big fourteen letter word that simply means “to share.” When we were baptized, we were commissioned to join the Church in evangelizing the world. The Catechism of the [...]
Goal for the Life Night: To highlight John Paul II’s call to vocation, holiness, evangelization and his legacy of empowerment specifically to the YOUNG PEOPLE of our Church and our world. Life Night at a Glance: As the teens are gathering for the Night, they will have a chance to take pictures with the [...]
Goal of the Life Night: By the end of the LIFE Night, the teens should have a blast, build community, and realize that they should always be ready to beat certain types of sin with the power of the Holy Spirit. Life Night at a Glance: This LIFE Night will provide the teenagers with an [...]
The goal of the retreat is to empower all the teenagers to make personal commitments to change the way they are living and to instead live for Christ. The teens will be able to recognize the sin in their lives, reconcile that sin, and make a commitment to change their lives. Furthermore, they will have the opportunity to join together with their peers to keep that commitment and set a foundation to walk the walk in their daily lives. This decision will allow Christ to become so present in their lives that when they leave the retreat they will be living witnesses to the world or Christ “In the Flesh” to those they encounter at home, in school, and everywhere they go.