Senior Retreat 2017

Metanoia
January 26th-27th

Senior Retreat 2017

Location: Mission San Luis Rey
Dates: January 26th and 27th, Leave Connelly 7am, Return 7
8pm
Theme: Metanoia, Looking Back to Move Forward
Chaperones: Nick Olszyk (Director), Sr. Francine Gunther,
Shanti Ernest, Gloria Kam, and Dorothy Morris
Retreat Leaders: Juliana Resong, Domenica Diaz, McKenna
Rivers, Victoria Castaneda, Sydney Cayas, and Isabelle
Fabrizio

Day 1
7am Students at School
7:30am Departure
9:30am-10am Arrival, Unpacking, Rules about Sharing*
10am-11am T-Shirt Signatures* 1

11am Noon First Small Group Session, Pass Out Journals* 2

Noon-1pm Lunch
1 pm 2pm Small Group Time, Life Graph Domenica Diaz*
2 3:15pm Tour of the grounds with assigned groups of
two*
3:15 4:15pm Personalized Culinary Activity* 3

4:15pm 4:30pm 2nd Talk: Gods Friendship Victoria

Castaneda*
4:30pm 5:15pm Journal and Small Group*
5:15 5:30pm Regroup and Get Warm Clothes
5:30pm-6:30pm Dinner
6:30pm 7:15pm Third Talk, Looking Past at the Four Years
Retreat Leaders*
7:15pm 8:00pm Small Groups*
8:00pm 8:45pm Prayer Service*
8:45pm 10pm Candlelight Ceremony* 4

11pm Bed and Lights Out

Day 2
6:45am Faculty and Retreat Leaders Up
7am Wake Up Calls and Walk to Chapel
7:30am Mass
8:30am- 9:30am Breakfast
9:30am-9:45am Fourth Talk: Importance of Relationships
Sr. Francine Gunther
9:45am-10:30am Small Group*
10:30am 12pm Pack Up Things, Sign T-Shirts
12pm-1pm Lunch
1pm-2pm Tag Game and Last T-Shirt Signing* 5

2-2:30pm Free Prayer Meditations* 5

2:30 - 2:45pm Fifth Talk: The Rest of the Year and Beyond
McKenna Rivers*
2:45 4:30pm Last Small Group and Journal Affirmations in
Small Group*
4:30 5 pm Large Affirmations*
5 5:30pm Flash Paper Cross* 7

5:30pm-6:30pm Dinner
6:30pm-7pm Leave
8 9pm Arrive at School
* = indicates introduction/guidance provided by Retreat
Leaders
. = indicates time periods that have extra activities
available (see pg)

Activity Breakdown
1. T-Shirts must have the words Senior Retreat 2017
featured prominently. We will be designing the shirts
and signing them throughout the retreat.

2. During Small Group Sessions we will break up and go to

separate meeting places to discuss different aspects of
the retreat. Journals are provided for scratching down
thoughts and later for individual affirmations.

3. In the Culinary Activity we will be designing cupcakes

that represent ourselves and our spiritual journey.
Candies will be color coded to represent feelings like
love, joy, sadness, and awe. (pg

4. In the Candlelight Ceremony we are there to affirm the

GROUP. We want to affirm the class as a whole, what
have we helped each other work through. Take one
candle, light it and light the next one. Each one of us
brings a light to the group and together we create light
in the darkness. (pg

5. Tag game can be selected from the list featured on

page () and the t-shirt signing/affirmations will continue.

6. Free prayer meditations allows us time to explore the

grounds, write and contemplate the experiences we
have had thus far on the retreat. It is meant to be an
individual activity.

7. For the Flash Paper Cross we will all write something

that is a spiritual defect, a sin, a bad habit, etc. We will
pin it to the cross and light it, it will burn up entirely.
God takes our sins and forgives them, washing them
away.
 Expanded Instructions
Culinary Activity

Every student will receive a blank cupcake.

Choose a frosting color based on a theological virtue they

think they best embody:
Faith (chocolate)
Hope (vanilla)
Love (cherry)

Decorate with candies appropriate to your own spiritual

position. Colors represent:

Green: A positive person in their life who helps them have

faith, hope, or love
White: An event where they felt close to God
Yellow: An activity that makes them happy
Red: A Connelly experienced where they gave or received
faith, hope, or love
Violet: A challenging time in their life that made them a
better person
Brown: A negative event that they can forgive and move on
Black: A sin or bad habit that requires Jesuss love and
forgiveness
Orange: A promise or resolution to have more faith, hope or
love

Candle Light Ceremony

Read the following passage:

Throughout this retreat, you have had the opportunity to

reflect on your life and relationships. Think about one thing
you have learned or one thing you are thankful for. When
you have thought of it, come forward one at a time, share
your thought and light a candle, placing it next to the
previous candles in a circle.

Light each candle in turn as we each affirm the group until

the whole table is full of lit candles.

Evening Prayer Service

Opening Song Mr. Olszyk

We are the Light of the World

Blessed are they who are poor in spirit,

Theirs is the kingdom of God.
Bless us, O Lord, make us poor in spirit;
Bless us, O Lord, our God.

Refrain
We are the light of the world,
may our light shine before all,
That they may see the good that we do,
and give glory to God.

Blessed are they who are meek and humble,

They will inherit the earth.
Bless us, O Lord, make us meek and humble;
Bless us, O Lord, our God.

Opening Prayer Sydney

From St. Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.

Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon.
Where there is doubt, faith.
 Where there is despair, hope.
Where there is darkness, light.
Where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to
console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive.
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.

Reading Matthew 18:1-5, 10-14, 19-20 Juliana

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, Who,

then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

He called a little child to him, and placed the child among

them. And he said: Truly I tell you, unless you change and
become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom
of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of
this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And
whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes
me.

See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell
you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my
Father in heaven. What do you think? If a man owns a
hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not
leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one
that wandered off? And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is
happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine
that did not wander off. In the same way your Father in
heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should
perish

Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about
anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father
in heaven. For where two or three gather in my name, there
am I with them.

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Brief Homily Mr. Olszyk

Taking ownership of your faith, looking back, and going

forward

Intentions

Tori: We pray for the class of 2017, that they would use this
senior year to come closer towards each other and towards
God, we pray to the LORD. Lord, hear our prayer.

Mckenna: We pray for all our parents, faculty, staff, and all
who offer service to this school. Thank you for their hard
work and dedication. Bless them abundantly with joy and
deep peace, we pray to the Lord. Lord, hear our prayer.

Tori: We pray all victims of war, terrorism, and injustice,

especially for an end to all war and violence, we pray to the
Lord. Lord, hear our prayer.

Mckenna: We pray for all the homeless, thirsty, and hungry.

May we always seek to serve those who are less fortunate
than ourselves, we pray to the Lord. Lord, hear our prayer.

Tori: We pray for our families, friends, and all those

intentions that we hold in the silence of our hearts (pause),
we pray to the Lord. Lord, hear our prayer.

Pass Out Prayer Cards Retreat Leaders

Closing Prayer Isabelle

Dear God,
 As we go forth into this year, help us to appreciate how
far we have come and look with courage towards the future.
Let us be shining examples of your love in this world. Help us
to study hard, be kind to those around us, and work to see
the liberation of all your people. Hold us firmly in palm of
your hand and never let us go. Amen.

Materials
Materials Packed
Allergy and Diet List
Aluminum Cross
Blank Cupcakes (55)
Blank T-Shirts (55)
Candles (55)
Candy
Cutlery
Emergency Forms
Felt Markers
Flash paper
Glove
Holy Cards (50)
Icing (3)
Journals (49)
Lighters (2)
M+Ms (8)
Markers
Napkins
Paper
Pens (60)
Pins
Plates
Print Out Service w/ Assigned Parts
Programs for Prayer Service and Mass
Storage Containers for Snacks
White Sheet
Strips of Paper
Staplers (2)
Duct Tape (4)
Class Altar Cloth
Retreat Binder
Retreat Leader Folders
Bins (for storage, transport)

Room Assignments
1: Hanna Adams, Nicole Berbiglia
2. Sophia Albanese, Miranda Arendt, McKenna Rivers
3. Sahar Ameen, Diana Shrum
4. Alejandra Rodriguez, Charlene Velasquez
5. Sydney Cayas, Kayla Orate
6. Domenica Diaz, Tori Casteneda, Isabelle Fabrizio
7. Desirey Gomez, Gabby Hernandez
8. Kaycee Green, Emma Pearson
9. Rosemary Gu, Pepper Yang
10. Alisa Huang, Marilyn Meng
11. Kelly Kallini, Alma Solis
12. Katsy Kennedy, Josie Ortiz-Reauso
13. Kathryn Krebs, Cassie Trent
14. Vy Lam, Echo Wang
15. Sarah Michael, Juliana Resong
16. Esther Zeng, Bella Zhai
17. Tala Othman, Tabitha Rollins
18. Catherine Hand, Mary-Katherine Sweeney
19. Tori and Paige Edwards
20. Lena Yang, Verna Zhong
21. Danielle Lee, Nabeeha Khan

Small Groups
Group 1 Sr. Francine Gunther, McKenna Rivers
Nabeeha Khan
Kathryn Krebs
Kayla Orate
Diana Shrum
Alma Solis
Lena Yang
Charlene Velasquez
Bella Zhai
Kelly Kallini

Group 2 Mrs. Kam, Juliana Resong, Sydney Cayas

Sophia Albanese
Alejandra Rodriguez
Rosemary Gu
Catherine Hand
Gabby Hernandez
Tala Othman
Josie Ortiz-Reauso
Mary Katherine Sweeney
Cassie Trent
Kaycee Greene

Group 3 Ms. Ernest, Domenica Diaz

Sahar Ameen
Esther Zeng
Nicole Berbiglia
Tori Edwards
Desirey Gomez
Alias Huang
Danielle Lee
Tabitha Rollins
Pepper Yang
Marilyn Meng

Group 4 Mrs. Morris, Isabelle Fabrizio, Victoria Castaneda

Paige Edwards
Miranda Arendt
Hanna Adams
Kasty Kennedy
Sarah Michael
Vy Lam
Emma Pearson
Verna Zhong

Emergency Activities

Tag Games
-Capture the Flag
-Sharks and Minnows
-Amoeba

Crafts
-Paper Chain of Thank Yous for Sr. Francine

Games
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