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Campus Ministry Retreats!!!
Frosh Get-a-Way
September 5-7, 2008
“The talks about changing relationships struck me, because I’ve really been struggling with that lately.”
This weekend retreat serves as fertile ground for first-year students to build friendships, conjure dreams for their next four years, and identify attitudes and lifestyle choices that facilitate growth and goodness. We go to Tall Oaks Retreat Center in DeSoto, Kansas, about 40 minutes from campus. Imagine open spaces, towering trees and hearty meals and you’re on the right track. A journey through low and high ropes challenge courses makes the day literally fly by (you’ll see what we mean when you get there), while evenings simmer down with quality time around the bonfire, or playing games of cards, mafia, and 4-square. Prayer and reflection are sprinkled throughout the weekend, with Rockhurst sophomores providing retreat leadership. All first year students are encouraged to attend Frosh Getaway!
Emmaus Retreat
February 20-22, 2009
“This retreat was different from others because it was not go, go, go. It was more laid back and focused on us as an individual”
How can I recognize God in my daily life now that I’ve lost that “retreat high”? Where is the resurrected Lord calling me? What images of God do I carry? Get ready to unpack questions like these at Rockhurst’s annual 5th Week Retreat! Student leaders and campus ministers invite 5th Week retreatants to first remember and reflect upon their experience of falling in love with God during previous retreats like TEC, Search, Kairos, or Awakenings. Retreatants are then encouraged to imagine new ways to recognize, honor, and live their relationship with God. The 5th Week is designed to be more tranquil with less talks and more time for individual reflection–an excellent compliment to any Kairos-style retreat. Savior of the World Pastoral Center, located in rural Kansas about 25 minutes from campus, is the retreat site. Students who have previously participated in a retreat are invited to experience the 5th Week!
Retreat on the Rock
TBA
“I thought I was the only person who doubted God’s love; I know now I was wrong.”
Retreat on the Rock is the “Big Bang” of Rockhurst’s retreats – a weekend charged with God’s love for us! Student retreat leaders share moving talks, facilitate intimate small group discussions, and lead transformative prayer experiences. The goal of Retreat on the Rock is to provide retreatants with the opportunity to view both themselves and God from a new perspective, thereby deepening their relationships with God and others. The Sanctuary of Hope retreat center, an island of serenity located in Kansas City, Kansas, accommodates this weekend retreat. Retreat on the Rock is open to all students, though persons who have already made a Kairos/TEC/Awakenings-style retreat are encouraged to apply for one of the nine leader/facilitator positions or participate in Rockhurst University’s 5th Week Retreat.
Read what students have said (9K, pdf file) about this retreat.
Retreat In Daily Life
March 20-26, 2009
“I felt like I related to Jesus’ struggles in my own life at this time, and it gave me hope that things will get better.”
For centuries, the Jesuits - baptizers of millions, missionaries to the masses, and founders of schools around the globe, including Rockhurst University - have used prayer and spiritual direction as a formula for spiritual growth. The Busy Person’s Retreat invites retreatants into a similar rhythm, all within the context of his or her normal daily life. For five days, retreatants commit to 30 minutes of private prayer and a 30 minute on-campus meeting with a spiritual director, a sort of a “God Consultant”. These meetings are scheduled at times convenient for each individual’s schedule. If you are a Rockhurst student, staff, alumni, or faculty who considers yourself too busy for a retreat, consider the Busy Person’s Retreat!
SuperNatural Christians Retreat
May 17-23, 2009
“I continue to work on accepting… that I am simply one part of this world despite what my ego might try to get me to believe.”
This six-day backpacking retreat invites participants to celebrate and explore their relationship to Earth in light of their Christian faith. Set in Upper Michigan's Sylvania Wilderness Tract, an 18,000-acre, 34-lake example of God's pristine creation, the SuperNatural challenges retreatants physically (hiking and canoeing), mentally (studying currentenvironmental issues) and spiritually (new prayer forms). Daily visits from bald eagles and nightly concerts from several families of loons provide added inspiration. Open to all undergraduate & graduate students, faculty, staff and alumni. All are welcome: Eagle Scouts, backpacking tenderfeet, and everyone in between!
Campus Ministry Retreats are open to students
of all religions and faith traditions.
For more information about retreats at Rockhurst
University, contact Cindy Schmersal at 816-501-4303.
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