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The Importance of Music on Retreats

By | July 31, 2012
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We are bombarded with noise, technology, and day-to-day craziness, so it’s essential to take a step back and refresh and renew ourselves . . . to just to be in God’s presence and learn more about Him.

If you haven’t already, now is a great time to start thinking about your next retreat. Maybe your parish has never done a retreat and you have been considering having your first one, or maybe your parish has done tons of retreats in the past. Whichever the case, here are a few tips that can help you to have a successful retreat.

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Faith Like A Child: A One Day Edge Retreat

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Even in middle school, our youth are overwhelmed by the many expectations and responsibilities that are placed on them by the various people in their lives (parents, teachers, coaches, priests, youth ministers, friends, etc). The goal of this retreat is to reflect on what it means to live with childlike faith; this will incorporate not only having faith like a child, but also what it means to forgive and to love with the simplicity of a child. The Father is calling all of His children to be with Him. This retreat will remind the middle school youth that they are children of God.

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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

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A Youth Minister’s Guide for Planning Truly Safe Events

By | March 10, 2010

The chances are you will be taking a group of teens to an event, retreat or conference in the near future. Events and retreats are a beautiful part of our ministry to youth. These events may take place in different areas of the country and may vary from one day youth rallies to weeklong conferences. Regardless of the location, length or number of youth, the one constant is the need to ensure a safe environment for everyone involved. Here is a list to help you evaluate if the youth events you are planning and attending are truly safe.

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!

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Checklist for a Great Retreat

By | January 20, 2010

Sometimes we in youth ministry struggle with organization. I learned this the hard way on my first fall retreat as a youth minister. Forgetting to bring something as small as an s-video wire can disrupt that amazing retreat experience that you have been praying about, planning for, and convincing your pastor to attend for months. So I recommend assembling a quality retreat kit as far in advance as possible (a few weeks or more).

Life Teen Retreat

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.

Virtuous Reality / Shake Your Beauty Young Women’s Retreat

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This one-day retreat is meant to instruct the women on how to live their lives as women of God with the help of the divine grace that comes through living the cardinal virtues. The retreat focuses on having true beauty inside and out, by learning more about how the virtues can enhance the beauty within. This retreat offers the young women an opportunity to learn about their faith and their bond as sisters 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.

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Virtuous Reality Young Men’s Retreat

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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.

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Live Out Loud Retreat

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Pope John Paul II continues to be the chief youth minister in our Church. This retreat taken from the Pope’s Apostolic Letter – “NOVO MILLENNIO INEUNTE” that calls us all to enter this new Millennium contemplating the face of Christ. The theme song is off the “Declaration” album by Steven Curtis Chapman. We at Life Teen pray that this retreat will help the teens that you serve to truly follow our Holy Father’s call for them to become “Morning watchmen at the dawn of the new millennium.”