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There are eleven youth retreat centres in the UK. The centres grew up in the era immediately following the Second Vatican Council, reflecting a renewed interest in both ministry within the Church and in work with young people following the Albemarle Report in the 1960s. Not all of them would use the term retreat centre, but it is a useful catch ...
Cursillo aims to form "Catholic leaders" from those Catholics already on a walk with the Lord. Emmaus reaches out to all Christians who are members of church. Participants are encouraged to find ways to live out their individual call to discipleship in their home, church, and community. [3] [4] Today Emmaus retreats are held worldwide. [5] [6]
CrossRoads Ministry is an outreach ministry of St. William Church in Louisville, Kentucky that conducts urban retreats focused on social justice. [1] The retreats are based on themes from the Gospel and Catholic Social Teaching. Since its inception in 2000, CrossRoads has hosted approximately 10,000 young people on its retreats. [2]
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NET's roots go back to the St. Paul Catholic Youth Center (CYC), [1] which offered a variety of programs from 1939 to 1989. In 1980, NET's founder Mark Berchem, through CYC, organized eighteen high school youth retreats around southern Minnesota. Young adults traveled in a van giving these retreats over a three-week period in January.
Camp St. Philip offered participants outdoor activities such as riflery, archery, swimming, and handicrafts, as well as other activities such as cooking, housekeeping, and axmanship. The camp also offered a camping honor society. Campers at St. Philip spent their nights in one of five units; Marquette, LaSalle, Lalande, Brebeuf, and Hennepin.
A Romanesque chapel with a capacity for 120 congregants dedicated to St. Therese, along with a 32-room dormitory for retreat participants and other buildings designed by Robert Krause, was constructed in 1931 and dedicated on the feast of St. Therese by Bishop Hartley.
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