A Retreat for the entire catholic family

What is a Home 2 Home Holy Family Encounter?
Several families gather together for this day retreat at the parish or retreat place to learn more about how to Safeguard, Reveal and Communicate the Love of Christ to one another. Father, mother, and children will listen to a host family share their challenges and their joys they have experienced in their family life; focusing on a certain theme. After the sharing, families will have the time to reflect and share on questions regarding the theme and participate in a fun activity as one whole family. If there are new-born or toddlers in the family, there will be available child care within the vicinity of the encounter throughout the day.
 
Family participants will join other family participants in family building activities. There will be opportunities for prayer, the sacrament of reconciliation and Eucharistic Adoration during the retreat. Later, towards the end, Mass will be celebrated and at the end the retreat there will be a brief ceremony to affirm and congratulate all the participating families. The pastor and host families will encourage them to live-out their catholic faith as a family and to continue to gather to celebrate the Eucharist, the other sacraments and Church-life activities; like the Home 2 HomeTM Catholic Family Gatherings
 
(Estimated Launch date of PHASE II is Summer 2023.)