START - St. Aloysius Retreat Team

The St. Aloysius Retreat Team is a peer ministry organization dedicated to fostering faith and community through student-led retreats. This team plays a vital role in creating and implementing meaningful retreat experiences for each class, offering opportunities for spiritual growth, reflection, and connection. Through prayer, witness, and service, the Retreat Team helps guide their peers on their faith journey, strengthening the bond of the St. Aloysius community.

Lord, your power, authority, and leadership have changed the world;

and more importantly, can change us as we try to appreciate these qualities.

 

We come together today to thank you for sending Jesus to us.

We ask you to help us grow closer to Him and closer to each other

so that we can be a strong force for good in our world and especially at St. Al. 

 

You make each of us leaders. Help us to recognize this call,

to respond affectively and to accept our responsibilities.

Amen.

 

The light of God surrounds me,

The love of God enfolds me,

The power of God protects me,

The presence of God watches over me,

Wherever I am, God is.

 

 

O Lord, I am at an awesome place

and on my way to adulthood. 

Send your spirit to nourish me and lead me

as I strive to develop my faith and share it with my peers. 

Help me to develop moral values, positive attitudes and a healthy self-esteem. 

I pray to develop a sense of responsibility

and find my place in the life of your Church. 

Help me to be comfortable talking to you in prayer and live a genuine Christian life.

Amen.