Specifics: St. Michael's CYO girls attending the retreat will arrive at 6:30pm on Friday, April 1st and will be picked back up on Sunday, April 3rd at 12:00pm. We will be staying in a lake house in Dadeville, AL and following a schedule with guest speakers, small groups, activities, free time, and the sacraments.
Registration is due by March 25! Registration is complete only when the online registration form and money has been turned in.
Magnify is an overnight female retreat for high school girls to encounter Christ through a deeper understanding of their identity God has given each of them. We will Magnify their identity through the lens of Pope Saint John Paul II and deepen our understanding of how to live out our feminine genius in today's world.
What is The Feminine Genius?
The Second Vatican Council uses this letter from Pope John Paul II as it says,
"The hour is coming, in fact has come, when the vocation of women is being acknowledged in its fullness, the hour in which women acquire in the world an influence, an effect and a power never hitherto achieved. That is why, at his moment when the human race is undergoing so deep a transformation, women imbued with a spirit of the Gospel can do so much to aid humanity in not falling."
Each female has a holy identity and a distinct beauty that shares the gospel in a unique way. Encountering the beauty of our femininity will bring us closer to our creator and when lived out authentically, will change the world.
We will encounter Christ through the Sacraments, guest speakers, community, nature, and activities. The Magnify retreat will aid each woman in her relationship with Jesus as she walks her path towards Heaven.