Men’s and Women’s ACTS Retreats
We strive to assist members of St. Patrick Community to attain a deeper relationship with our Lord and with fellow parishioners through our weekend ACTS retreats.
These weekends are 3-day retreats and are patterned after the description of the early church in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 2:42-47). What is ACTS? The purpose of an ACTS retreat is to provide opportunities for each retreatant to form a deeper relationship with our Lord through adoration and daily prayer, community with others, theology by the study of Faith, and through service to our family, Church, and each other.
Adoration * Community* Theology* Service
An ACTS weekend is a powerful and enduring personal conversion experience. Talks, which draw from the personal experiences of team members, focus on Adoration, the need for prayer and meditation on the word of God, Community, the importance of community built on faith and love, Theology, the need to read and understand scripture and our Catholic Faith and Service, the need to answer Christ’s call to servanthood.
Activities conducted during the weekend give retreatants a better understanding of the significance and importance of prayer, liturgy, the sacraments, scripture, community and service. Retreatants are also given guidance to help them in their faith journey, and the weekend is a powerful community-building experience.
The ACTS weekend brings retreatants to a better understanding of God’s love for them and works to develop their need to share that love with others through their involvement in a faith-centered parish community. The retreat emphasizes our call to service, service to the parish community and to our world community. This results in a new or renewed dedication to the life of the parish community and increased awareness of the needs of those around us along with the desire, as followers of Christ, to help meet those needs.
Holy Scripture and the teachings of the Church are the guides for this weekend. Personal spiritual direction will be available throughout the retreat. During the retreat, you will be given the opportunity to reflect upon and deepen your faith relationship with our Lord as you form new and deeper relationships with other women of your community.