Hey everyone!
So Sorry for the mess up this morning. The retreat cost is $50 not $100. They were able to bring the cost down.
Here is info and the link to sign up for the Spring Retreat Feb. 10-12th.It's seriously going to be amazing. Spots are filling up fast because USC is trying to take as many students as possible because it is one of the most incredible experiences you can go on. Sign Up Deadline is Feb. 3rd!
Our Retreat Specifically:
Date: February 10-12th
Start and End Time: Friday, 10th 6-7 PM Arrival, Sunday 12th, 1 PM departure
Who is Invited?: All FOCUS
campuses
Registration Deadline: February 3, 2017
Location: St. Irenaeus Catholic Church5201 Evergreen Ave. Cypress, CA 90630
Cost: $50 per person. It covers, lodging, rides, food for the weekend.
Rides: We will be carpooling
Retreat Leaders: Fr. Scott Traynor, Elli Fugate and Brock Martin
How can we register? Go to the online registration page here: The registration link on the
Spiritual Impact Webpage How many students are we able to bring?: We expect 80-100 participants total to attend the retreat. Spots on the retreat will be first come, first served, so the sooner you and your students register, the better. (Missionaries must also register online).
Spiritual Impact Boot-Camp
Spiritual Impact Boot-camp is specifically designed to help missionaries and students understand, experience, and grow in the Power of the Holy Spirit and His influence in their lives. Along with an experience of the transforming power of the Holy Spirit, this retreat will, by God’s grace, help the participants to experience the spiritual “stirring” called for by Pope Benedict XVI:
“The world needs this renewal! In so many of our societies, side by side with material prosperity, a spiritual desert is spreading: an interior emptiness, an unnamed fear, a quiet sense of despair.”
“To be truly alive is to be transformed from within, open to the energy of God’s love. In accepting the power of the Holy Spirit you too can transform your families, communities and nations. Set free the gifts!”
Overall Spiritual Impact Boot-Camp Outcome
We have found in our boot-camps that participants have come alive in their work and faith. So far, the retreat creates an opportunity for the following experiences:
- Deeper level of intimacy with Jesus and the Holy spirit
- Heart and head knowledge of their true identity in Christ
- A new excitement for evangelization
- Healings of memories or emotional woundedness
- An awareness and release of their unique spiritual gifts
- An awareness of spiritual warfare and the courage to face it
- A renewed sacramental and prayer life
“For those who have received this gift, nothing can ever be the same! Being "baptized" in the one Spirit (cf. 1 Cor 12:13) means being set on fire with the love of God. Being ‘given to drink’ of the Spirit means being refreshed by the beauty of the Lord’s plan for us and for the world, and becoming in turn a source of spiritual refreshment for others.”
~ Pope Benedict XVI
Q: How many students is our school allowed to bring?
A: Registrations will be first come, first served, and the campus to have students register the fastest will reserve the most spots on the retreat.
Q: What do I need to bring?
A: All participants will need to bring bedding (sleeping bag or blanket and a pillow), a towel, and toiletries.
Q: Is there fasting on this retreat, and what does that mean?
A: Yes there is fasting on this retreat; there will not be breakfast provided on the retreat on Saturday morning (there will be coffee!). We ask that if participants are able, they abstain from food until lunch. (If not, it is completely acceptable to eat-please tell your students to bring breakfast food if necessary).
Q: What meals are provided
A: Coffee on Saturday, lunch and dinner on Saturday, full breakfast on Sunday.
Elli Fugate
Team Director
University of California - Santa Barbra
Fellowship of Catholic University Students
elli.fugate@focus.org | c 308.530.7420