“We love the retreats we ordered - can't wait to get started!”
- Jessica, IN |
“I just wanted to let you know how much our parish children enjoyed the Catholic Children's Retreat - It's a Mystery: The Holy Trinity. We just finished it only three hours ago and are already making plans in our heads for next year's retreat … The Secret Garden. This was our parish's first year of a summer program for children. Our parish is small but we had 63 children ages 5 to 12. Our pastor will open it up to out-of-parish children next year … he's really pleased with the response of the children and parents. ”
- Carol |
“Our family & others from our Parish organized a "Household of God" Retreat - 1 lesson every 2 weeks for 6 - 2 hour sessions (the 6th week being the Closing Ceremonies) at our Parish this fall. We found the material to be wonderful. It engaged the children, was fun, taught Catholic truths well, and we were able to easily incorporate almost every activity from the material. We had about 50 children registered (split into 4 classes of similar ages) and somehow attracted 25 adult and teen volunteers! We supplemented it with a selection of Catholic and Christian music songs that fit into the daily themes (the children learned actions to them). I'd be happy to share with others how it went and the songs we used to supplement. We also made about 100 milk carton blocks to build towers with - they were a smashing (literally) hit! Oh, yes, we also wrote short skits for each day lesson to introduce the topic complete with an object. Happy to share ideas! ”
- Jo-Anne Lukey, Regina |
“Last year a small group of friends got together for It's a Mystery: The Holy Trinity. It was a smash hit!”
- Michelle |
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