Retreats for Juniors at Bishop Chatard: 'Building Men & Women of God'

Junior Fellowship Retreat

New for 2022-23 year! Juniors will be attending the retreat that has traditionally been held in the senior year!

Having this retreat in the junior year will afford students the opportunity to continue intentionally growing in their relationship with Jesus while we can continue to form them and have them invest back into student life.

In addition, many alumni and current seniors who attended Christian Awakening in their senior year have lamented not having enough time to continue building new relationships with their classmates that they got to know on retreat. Now that this retreat happens in the junior year, those relationships can continue to grow for another year.

While the retreat has a new name – Fellowship – all of the parts of Christian Awakening that you know and love will stay the same.

The centerpoint of this retreat is understanding how much God loves us and those around us. These Fellowship retreats will be three days long (two overnights) and take place throughout the school year to accommodate for the schedules of busy juniors. Along with faculty and staff leaders, Marian University San Damiano Scholars and students pursuing leadership in the Church will provide a meaningful retreat.

Most of these elements are surprises, so we appreciate the continued honor that belongs to this hugely formative retreat experience.

Retreat Details

October and February Retreats: These retreats will be held at Tipton Retreat and Conference Center, in Tipton, IN. Students will travel by bus to the center and return by bus to St. Matthew’s Church. Students should be dropped off at BCHS no later than 7:30 a.m. for the bus to take them to Tipton.
January Retreats: These are held at Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E 56th St, Indianapolis, IN 46226. Student need to be dropped off there no later than 8:30 a.m.

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