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How to bring the retreat to your
parish
The Retreat is offered at a price You Can
Afford
The cost of the retreat is only the presenters' transportation, lodging and meals. We ask that participants, who can afford it, be prepared to give a free will offering, half of which will be returned to the parish.
Parish Check List: Preparing for the
Retreat
The following check list helps the parish prepare for each phase of the
retreat preparation.
To begin, contact Christine Watkins at Holy Choices: (415) 260-4406 or
holychoices@gmail.com.
A. First Steps in Preparing for the Retreat (about
3 months before the retreat)
- Pastor signs a letter of agreement and returns it to Holy Choices
- Pastor selects a retreat chairperson
- Chairperson, in consultation with the pastor, selects committee members
and gives them their appropriate job descriptions: hospitality, publicity,
organization of final Mass, and prayer for the success of the
retreat.
- Chairperson makes additional copies of the Parish Retreat Manual for the
committee members
- Parish secures housing for the presenters; if adequate housing is
available in the rectory or nearby convent, that is the best arrangement;
otherwise, obtain appropriate housing where the presenters can have ready
access to one another
- Retreat committee develops a budget for the retreat
- Retreat committee begins to make its preparations for the retreat based
on the guidelines in the Parish Retreat Manual.
B. Promotion Duties for the Retreat Committee
(about 3 months before the retreat)
- Develops a plan to promote the retreat, which includes the following
(for details see the Parish Retreat Manual):
- inserts retreat dates into parish calendar
- uses bulletin notices and inserts, pulpit announcements, posters and
parish website page to inform parish of the retreat
- sends letters to neighboring churches
- arranges for news releases and/or advertisement to Catholic newspaper,
local newspaper, radio, TV as appropriate.
- designs, creates, and displays retreat banner
- Makes sure all parish organizations are informed about the retreat and
have cleared their calendars; encourages them to participate
- Begins a prayer campaign 2 months prior to retreat
- Begins phone campaign 7 to 10 days prior to retreat
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