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Kayla
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Posted: Thu Mar 6th, 2008 04:41 pm |
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I'm in the middle of planning a Confirmation retreat for a class I'm in, and hopefully, if it turns out, I may submit it to my parish for possible future use. At any rate, I'm trying to get a broad array of thoughts and ideas for youth retreats in general. What are certain features that you think are essential to a successful retreat? What works well? What doesn't work? Problems one might generally encounter? Number of volunteers? Good activities to do?
I've never been on a retreat, so my practical knowledge from experience is limited. Any thoughts would be appreciated. I have a general idea of where I'm going with it, but I'd like to hear about what others think and experiences you've had.
Thanks!
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Parodyonlife
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Posted: Thu Mar 6th, 2008 08:48 pm |
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Is it at a monastary retreat or just a nightly retreat?
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Kayla
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Posted: Fri Mar 7th, 2008 02:56 am |
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Three day retreat (Friday night-Sat. late morning) hosted at a "ropes course" camp site.
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Parodyonlife
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Posted: Fri Mar 7th, 2008 11:53 am |
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oh ok. Well from my experience in my parish, a retreat is supposed to bring you closer to God. So our parish takes a page out of the monks book. They say no talking unless its necessary. And they have lots of stuff to do with the bible. Idk if you want to do a fun camp/retreat but thats what we do.
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Parodyonlife
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Posted: Mon Mar 10th, 2008 01:27 am |
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I would like to see some Fun teen retreats. Cause most Catholic retreats are as dry as Bill cosby's humor...
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Posted: Mon Mar 10th, 2008 02:51 am |
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Hi Kayla -
What the individual and group needs are concerning receiving the sacrament of Confirmation should be the focus. In deciding how to address those needs, you can take more of a variety of approaches.
Here's a link to the annual Steubenville Youth Conference retreat website for some possible ideas -
http://www.franciscanyouth.com/Multimedia/
Also, here's additional information on youth ministry from the USCCB -
http://www.usccb.org/laity/youth/rtvcontents.shtml
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