What Youth Are Saying:
"The retreat has encouraged me to grow deeper in my faith and to grow more in love with God. "
Retreats: Character
Public Schools
The Other R's: Respect & Responsibility
Age: Preteens and Teens
Length: Choice of 1 to 2 days
Objective: To learn the tools necessary to become a respectful and responsible person
Brings teens and preteens to an awareness of the essential role each person plays in his/her own character development. This retreat is geared towards public school students and examines how all individuals make decisions based on three levels: Me and Now, Power and Pressure, and Respect and Responsibility. Role playing these different levels is an integral part of this retreat.
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Directed Retreat Packet
Private Schools
Growing Up Catholic Retreat
Age: Preteens and Teens
Length: Choice of 1 to 2 days
Objectives:
- To learn the tools necessary to become a respectful and responsible person
- To engage participants in connecting moral character and their Catholic faith
Offers teens the opportunity to reflect on how faith impacts character development. This retreat is geared for Catholic School youth and concentrates on the decision making levels mentioned in the other R's retreat. As Catholic Christians, moral decision making is guided by our faith experience, and, therefore, is stressed in the activities on this retreat. Examples from Scripture and Tradition are used to offer a faith context for this character retreat.
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