Retreats
Retreats
Accept the Invitation!
Campus Ministry’s retreat program invites students to deeper engagement in their own spiritual lives. Through participation in retreats, students are encouraged to become more acutely aware of God’s presence in their midst, to be more actively involved in their relationship with the Divine, to be more deeply connected to the human community, and to become more fully committed to offering themselves in service to the building of the Kingdom of God. Evidencing Campus Ministry’s belief that retreats provide extraordinarily valuable opportunities for students, the department highly subsidizes the cost of retreats in the hopes of making them financially accessible for all students.
We hope you accept the invitation and join us for the journey!
To learn more about each retreat, please click on the following links:
Frosh Get-A-Way: Sept. 9-11, 2022
Retreat on the Rock: Feb. 10-12, 2023
Bloom: March 4, 2023
Senior Get-A-Way: May 10-11, 2023
SuperNatural Retreat: May 15-19, 2023
Scholarship Information
Leadership Opportunities
Sept. 9-11, 2022
This weekend retreat provides fertile ground in which students at the beginning of their pilgrimage through college can create/grow friendships, enjoy time in prayer, relax in nature, eat S’mores, tackle a ropes course, and have fun! All freshmen and new transfer students are encouraged to attend Frosh Get-A-Way! Register for Frosh Get-A-Way now!
March 4, 2023
Being looked at with love transforms us. It makes us see ourselves differently. This is what pilgrims seek during the first week of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. We are not perfect, but when God looks at us with love we want to love God back...and we more readily and deeply love ourselves. Bloom leverages this foundational element of Ignatian Spirituality to invite retreatants to name and release body image lies and shame. Vulnerability, honesty, solidarity, and playfulness are attributes that describe this daylong - women only - retreat. Cost: $15. Register HERE!
Feb. 10-12, 2023
Retreat on the Rock is a weekend charged with God’s love! Student retreat leaders share moving talks, facilitate small group discussions and lead transformative prayer experiences. The goal of Retreat on the Rock is to provide students with the opportunity to arrive at a new/deeper understanding of themselves as God’s beloved. Retreat on the Rock is open to all students. Register for Retreat on the Rock
May 10-11, 2023
A retreat solely for graduating seniors, Senior Get-A-Way offers individuals time and space to process their years at Rockhurst as well as their hopes and fears for the future – all within the context of a supportive community. There will be opportunities for prayer, personal reflection, small groups and time to simply enjoying being together as seniors. All seniors are welcome to attend. Register for Senior-Get-A-Way.
May 15-19, 2023
Every odd year (2023, 2025…) Campus Ministry offers this five-day backpacking retreat in which participants are invited to celebrate and explore their relationship to Earth in light of their faith, as encouraged by Pope Francis throughout his landmark encyclical, Laudato Si:
“Our insistence that each human being is an image of God should not make us overlook the fact that each creature has its own purpose. None is superfluous. The entire material universe speaks of God’s love, God’s boundless affection for us. Soil, water, mountains: everything is, as it were, a caress of God.”
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 current environmental issues) and spiritually (new prayer forms). Daily visits from bald eagles and nightly concerts from several loon families provide added inspiration. Open to all undergraduate & graduate students. All are welcome: Eagle Scouts, backpacking tenderfeet, and everyone in between! Cost: $100. Application deadline: Monday, March 27, 2023. Apply HERE!
Scholarship Information
Campus Ministry recognizes that retreats play a valuable role in nurturing and growing students' faith throughout their college years. Yet, all retreats have associated costs. In order to make these retreats feasible for students, Campus Ministry heavily subsidizes the retreat program.
If the retreat cost presents too significant a financial hardship, please obtain the retreat scholarship application from the Campus Ministry office. Scholarship applications must be submitted by the registration deadline for the retreat. All applications will be reviewed and assistance provided based on the availability of funding. Individuals who submit a scholarship application must also complete and submit a registration form for the retreat. Our great desire is that all students who wish to participate in retreats are able to do so regardless of their financial situation. If you have questions, please contact Anna Muenchen at 816 501-4063.
Leadership Opportunities
Peer leadership is an instrumental aspect of many of Campus Ministry's retreats. If you are a student with prior retreat experience who feels called to minister to peers through the role of a retreat leader, we encourage you to speak with Anna Muenchen at 816-501-4063 about available opportunities.
Questions?
For more information about Campus Ministry's Retreats, contact Anna Muenchen at 816-501-4063. For more photos and videos, see the Campus Ministry's Instagram.
