7th & 8th Grade Overnight A single-overnight retreat open to all Junior High students, it is offered twice a year, normally in November and February. Each is individually planned with unique themes targeted specifically at the junior high age range. Check the Home page or Retreat Applications for specific information and applications.
High School RetreatsWe offer four separate retreats, one for each high school class, designed to address the life issues of students in their particular grade. These retreats can be either single day or overnight retreats, and we can customize them to your schedule. For more detailed information and outlines, visit the High School Retreats page, or use the link in the sidebar.
Confirmation RetreatsWe offer three types of confirmation retreats to parishes, schools and religious education groups. We have a Pre-confirmation retreat, a Discipleship confirmation retreat and a Priest, Prophet and Leader confirmation retreat. The pre-confirmation retreat is aimed at students the year before they make their confirmation, while the other two are used for immediate preparation for the sacrament. Each of these retreats is a single day retreat, designed to fit in the space of a school day, though they can be tailored or expanded to fit your needs. For more detailed information and outlines, visit the Confirmation Retreats page, or use the link in the sidebar.
The D.D.A. Retreat
program strives to present Catholic Christianity as a more
attractive choice for young people.
Our Three Goals are:
To strengthen personal Christian awareness
To strengthen the family as a Christian community
To strengthen the parish youth group by offering teens insights into our Catholic faith and the tools to express it.
Leadership Training
ProgramsThe D.D.A. Leadership
Training Program incorporates the
dynamics of Catholic Youth Evangelization: Witness,
Outreach, Proclamation, Conversion, and Call to Discipleship.
Offered twice yearly, it teaches leadership skills in an
innovative way.
G.I.F.T. (Growing in Faith Together) is a mirror of our D.D.A.
Leadership Training
Program. This retreat is offered to help build peer ministers
for high schools,
parishes and youth groups.
Women's Faith SharingWomen’s Faith Sharing is open to women of all ages. We are mostly women who volunteer at CYFM and are looking for an avenue for growth, sharing our faith and community support. There are usually 10 to 15 women who attend and we range in ages from mid twenties and up. Our meetings consist of scripture readings, pray, topics of faith. Our mission is to share our faith with each other and build each other up. We respect each other’s views knowing we are all on a faith journey and are at different points in our faith walk. We do hope by sharing and praying with each other we can grow in our relationship with God and support each other, while we continue to serve our families, parishes and CYFM.
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