Youth & Faculty Retreats
Since Holy Family's founding in 1951, we have offered day and weekend retreats for teens. Designed to be fun as well as theologically sound, our youth retreats emphasize liturgy and discussion and provide ways for teens to connect Church teachings with everyday life. They challenge teens spiritually to become more grounded in their faith.
In addition to our scheduled events, Holy Family also offers day retreats for Catholic school students and faculty during the year which can be scheduled at your convenience.
Confirmation Retreats
We invite your parish's confirmation class and high school-aged youth to experience the tranquility of this holy place by joining our Youth Ministry Team on retreat. For your parish Confirmation retreat, the experience can be crafted to fit your program's needs. There are a variety of catechetical workshops, reflection experiences, and outdoor programming as well from which to choose. The Confirmation retreat includes a catechetical component, prayer, cooperation activities, a beautiful Reconciliation service with Holy Family's talented musicians, and a delicious dinner provided by our executive chef, Joe Ethier.
First Communion Retreats
If you are looking for a First Communion Retreat experience either to enrich what your parish is offering or to share with a child who would be most successful attending with a family member, you are invited to a Holy Family First Communion Retreat. The morning will be built around self-paced stations and will encourage each family to learn about the Eucharist through song, crafts, conversation and other appropriate activities. A March Saturday morning date is most likely. Families interested in attending or faith formation directors needing more information are invited to contact Terry Kamradt at tkamradt@holyfamilyretreat.org or 860.760.9755
Catholic School Days
We invite Catholic school communities here to experience the tranquility of this holy place. We hope to support the important work our Catholic schools do by offering a welcoming and peaceful place for your students and faculty to be renewed. Our Catholic school day retreats include small-group discussion and sharing about our retreat theme, a prayer experience, mass, lunch and often a project that can be taken home as a momento of our day together.
Faculty Retreats
We understand the frantic pace of Catholic education. We look forward to welcoming Catholic school teachers to rest, reflect, and relax here at Holy Family. On our faculty retreat days, we offer a dynamic conference to address the particular needs of working in a Catholic school environment. We also offer a variety of workshops to strengthen the retreat experience such as centering prayer, faith-sharing, personal prayer time, labyrinth and spiritual direction.
We also offer the following overnight retreats and summer camps.
Stay tuned for future programs.
