What is an ACTS Retreat?
An ACTS Retreat is a parish-based event that offers parishioners an opportunity for a personal encounter with Jesus Christ. This in turn promotes intentional Christ-centered discipleship.
ACTS Retreats are given by parishioners for parishioners, and in this way, serve to build Christian community at the parish.
THE RETREAT EXPERIENCE:
The ACTS retreat begins Thursday evening and ends with Sunday Mass in the parish.
While utilizing prayer, service, and teaching, the ACTS Retreat meets people where they are in their spiritual journey and invites them to experience God in a manner that is both personal and communal.
In this way, the ACTS Retreat fulfills the mission of:
“Spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ among Catholic communities through ACTS.”
Mark your calendars now for the next ACTS retreats for Christ the King Parish, held at the Weber Center in Adrian, Michigan.
Men’s ACTS retreat: March 20-23, 2025
It’s Spiritual Reflection…
The ACTS Retreat experience is rooted in the Pascal Mystery in that retreatants are invited to reflect on the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Throughout the weekend, retreatants are invited to prayerfully consider how they can respond to His love by spiritually surrendering to Jesus in order to have new life with Him.
This invitation is extended through the pillars of the Apostolate
Adoration
Responding through prayer and worship to receiving God’s gifts of grace, mercy and love.
Community
Living and participating in the One Body of Christ as Church, beginning with the parish.
Theology
Deepening our relationship with God through prayerful study to better understand and fulfill His will for our lives.
Service
Answering the call to discipleship by following the model Christ gave us.
Immediate Impact
After Attending
Those who attend an ACTS retreat share in an experience that has impacted more than one million lives worldwide since the first retreat in 1987. There are numerous testimonies describing retreatants who were evangelized through a personal encounter with Jesus Christ. They witness to becoming better fathers, mothers, husbands, wives and children.
Parishes have been revitalized, diaconate classes have been filled, and all seek to deepen their relationship with Christ through prayer and service.
The Results
As a result, ACTS is supported by bishops and priests worldwide as a legitimate participant in the Church’s New Evangelization. Through ACTS, the laity respond to their baptismal call, and seek to participate in the apostolic mission of the Church to “go and make disciples of all nations,” and this has been found to be good.
Purpose of Acts Council
The ACTS Council facilitates ACTS Retreats as an evangelization tool promoting intentional discipleship and building parish community through a personal encounter with Jesus Christ. Their leadership encourages ACTS retreatants to continue their journey through active participation in spiritual development , service orientation, and ongoing parish community building.