- seeing the teen, who didn’t want to “get into it” because he was forced by his parents to go on retreat, standing in a large group of teens praying with his hands raised!
- hearing your DRE walking by your office humming the tune from the closing song at Teen Mass last night!
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Objective: The middle school youth will consider how they experience the love of God in their families, and how following the example of Christ can enhance their family relationships. Overview: God has revealed the moral law to humans over a period of many years, although primarily in a place and time when the structure of society and the family was patriarchal. As a result, the traditional association of God with a loving, authoritative father – responsible for providing for, protecting and
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Objective: The middle school youth will understand what it means to love their neighbor, including their enemy. Overview: The Catechism of the Catholic Church points out that Jesus said to his disciples: “Love one another even as I have loved you.” The apostle St. Paul reminds us of this: “He who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. The commandments, ‘You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,’ and any other commandment, are summed
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Objective: This session will challenge the middle school youth to have confidence in the love God has for them and in their ability to live good and holy lives, so they become confident evangelists. Overview: The Good News that we are called to preach to all the nations cannot be preached authentically unless we first believe it for ourselves. The Good News we are preaching is that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and has risen from the dead. If this fact is true, then we can believe all the promises
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Objective: The goal of this session is to discuss living a life of virtue, one of the main themes in the writings of St. Paul. The middle school youth will come to see how they must live lives rooted in faith, hope and most especially, love to become effective evangelists. Overview: The writings of St. Paul compose almost half of the New Testament and within them we can find great wisdom and many insights into what it takes to live the life of a Christian. One main theme from the writings of St.
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Retreat Objectives Session 1a: The goal of this session is for the middle school youth to discover the need for Christ in their lives and increase their desire to grow closer to him. Session 1b: The goal of this session is for the middle school youth to recognize the greatness of God and see how He wants them to reflect that greatness to the world. Session 2: The middle school youth will come to understand that Jesus reveals Himself in many different ways. They will be challenged to open