Teen ACTS

Our teens are growing and so is their faith. Let's help our teens embrace the everlasting love God has for us all. May the fire of the Holy Spirit, fervor and zeal for God consume their life now and evermore.  

St. Patrick Teen ACTS invites you to join them for an extraordinary weekend in accordance with the practices and doctrines of the Catholic faith. This experience will take place  January 5th - 8th , 2023 at the Holy Spirit Retreat Center. It will be an opportunity for spiritual renewal and the making of many friends. The goals of the retreat are to allow an opportunity for each teen to focus on their Catholic faith and its application during their daily lives, to build purpose in their prayer life, to increase their presence at the liturgy, and to cultivate friendship among members of the church community.  Applicants must be in high-school as of January 1^st 2023 to attend this retreat.  This retreat will NOT count as a confirmation retreat. Please allow your teen to come freely to this retreat and to be open to being on retreat. This will allow room for the Holy Spirit to work in them during the weekend.
 
The retreat begins Thursday evening, January 5th, with check-in at St. Patrick Church at 6pm, and ends Sunday, January 8th, Round Trip transportation will be provided to and from the retreat center for all the retreatants. Approximately 15 days prior to the retreat , PARENTS will receive a phone call letting you know if your teen is on the list of attendees. Active St. Patrick Church Parishioners are put on the list to attend4289 the retreat first, all remaining spots will be given to the not active or non-parishioners applications. All applications that are registered online will be entered into a drawing by grade and verified to be registered ACTIVE Parishioners of St Patrick Church.  Historically, there is a long waiting list of individuals who are ready to attend the retreat. Because of space at the retreat center, number of team members, safe environment requirements, and ACTS Missions guidelines, the number of retreatants is limited to 20 for this retreat. Therefore, your place in the retreat will be forfeited if you do not make your payment online or a payment arrangement, complete the retreat waivers by January 2nd in order to give notice to those on the waiting list.

 
Cost for each retreatant is $160 to pay the full retreat balance  by January 2nd  on the St Patrick website. Financial difficulties should not prevent anyone from attending the retreat. If you are unable to pay part of the fee, or need further information regarding the retreat, contact Gwen Garza at lifeteen@stpatricklaredo.org.


Gwen Garza at (956)334-4289.