Life in the Spirit Retreat

The 2500 Bishops who gathered for the Second Vatican Council invited each and everyone of us to undergo a profound interior renewal of our lives. The Life in the Spirit Retreat Weekend is an effective means for bringing about this interior renewal.

The retreat is basically a conversion experience. It is an introduction to a life lived under the power of the Holy Spirit and enables people to discover more about how the Spirit of Jesus works in their daily lives. Persons are helped to take the initial steps that lead them into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ as Lord over their lives.

For those who are already Christian, the retreat deepens their personal relationship with Jesus.

Jesus knew that we would not be able to live the kind of life that he called us to without the strength and power of his Holy Spirit. At the Last Supper, John 14:16-17 Jesus promised the disciples that he would give them another Paraclete to be with them always. This promise was made also to us and was fulfilled at Pentecost with the giving of the Holy Spirit to the Church (Acts 2:1-4)

With the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, the lives of the disciples were radically changed. This same radical change is being experienced today by Christians of all denominations. Christians are discovering the power to live in love and peace. Above all, they are discovering a personal relationship with Jesus as Lord and Savior of their lives.

We all received the Holy Spirit at baptism and confirmation but most of us have not known that the presence and power of the Holy Spirit can actually be experienced in our lives. The retreat is a means to that experience. The retreat talks, sharing, and prayer all help open one's heart to repentance and faith and to allowing the Holy Spirit to have his way in one's life.