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START Retreats

Developed by students in 1999, the START Retreat program offers the opportunity for students to get off-campus for 24 hours to begin reflecting on issues of identity, community, commitment, and faith. Each retreat is student-led and includes talks, small group discussionstimes for reflection, and opportunities for students to relax with one another, have fun, as well as grow in their faith. Students who have attended a START 1 Retreat are encouraged to go deeper on a 48-hour START 2 Retreat. Seniors are invited to participate in the Senior Retreat in mid-February. All students, Catholic and non-Catholic, are welcome to attend! If you need to get away and want to meet new people interested in growing in their faith, START Retreats are the place to be.

FAQs about START Retreats

For more information about START 1 Retreats, please contact Jon Bishop, Kelley McNutt, or Br. Dinh at x7404. For information about START 2, please contact Stephanie McCaffrey at x7476.



Senior Retreat

This 24-hour retreat is designed for, and by, members of the graduating class to give them and their peers an opportunity to reflect on the past four years and to look ahead, with hopeful anticipation, to their years beyond Assumption. The retreat is held off-campus at a retreat center and is open to any member of the graduating class. Retreat elements include: reflection on the development of one's identity and faith over the past four years, small group conversations, large group activities, and opportunties for prayer and laughter-filled entertainment! No previous retreat experience is required.

For more information about this year's Senior Retreat, please contact Hannah Brencher or Stephanie McCaffrey at 508-767-7476.


Spare Change Retreat


"If you want peace, work for justice."
- Pope Paul VI

In 2005, Campus Ministry offered its first Spare Change Retreat, designed to help students reflect upon the Christian call to advocate for social justice. This one-night retreat includes interactive activities, as well as talks and small groups that help students integrate the Gospel call to peace and justice more fully into their lives. All students of any faith background are welcome to participate!

For more information about this year's Spare Change Retreat, please contact Stephanie McCaffrey at 508.767.7476.



SEARCH

SEARCH (Students Encountering and Responding to CHrist) was created during the 2000-2001 school year and provides students with the opportunity to help give retreats in service to high school students in the Worcester area, many of whom are preparing for the sacrament of Confirmation. During the past academic year, SEARCH worked with St. Luke's parish in Westboro, St. Edward the Confessor in Westminster, St. Joseph in Pepperel, St. Rose of Lima in Northborough, and St. Richard's in Sterling. Join SEARCH if you are interested in sharing your faith and making a meaningful difference in the lives of high school students.

All SEARCH meetings are on Thursdays at 5:30 PM in the LLC 6th floor lounge. Please come - all are welcome! For more information about SEARCH, please contact either Brianna Murphy, '12 or Rob Tyler, '10.

Parishes interested in having SEARCH assist with a retreat should contact Stephanie McCaffrey at 508-767-7476.


Last update 11 January 2010
by Stephanie S. McCaffrey

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Retreat dates

START 1 Retreat
October 23-24, '09

START 2 Retreat
November 20-22, '09

Senior Retreat
February 12-13, '10

START 1 Retreat
March 19-20, '10

Emmaus Retreat
April 23-25, '10

SEARCH Retreat dates

October 23, 2009
St. Rose of Lima, Northboro

November 7, 2009
St. Richard parish, Sterling

November 12, 2009
St. Anne parish, Sturbridge

November 29, 2009
St. Denis parish, Ashburnham

January 8-10, 2010
St. Luke parish, Westboro

January 9-10, 2010
St. Rose of Lima, Northboro

January 30, 2010
St. Edward parish, Westminster

February 5, 2010
St. Rose of Lima, Northboro

March 27, 2010
St. Edward parish, Westminster

April 9, 2010
St. Rose of Lima, Northboro

April 24, 2010
St. Brigid parish, Millbury