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An ACTS Retreat is a parish-based event which offers parishioners an opportunity to experience the love of Jesus Christ. This in turn fosters a desire for intentional discipleship. ACTS Retreats are given by parishioners for parishioners, and in this way, serve to build Christian community at the parish.
What is an ACTS Retreat?The Retreat Experience
The ACTS Retreat begins on Thursday evening and ends with Sunday Mass in the parish. While utilizing prayer, service, and teaching, the ACTS Retreat meets people where they are in their spiritual journey and invites them to experience God in a manner that is both personal and communal.
The ACTS Retreat fulfills the mission of: "Spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ among Catholic communities through ACTS." Those who attend an ACTS Retreat share in an experience that has impacted more than one million lives worldwide since the first retreat in 1987. There are numerous testimonies describing retreatants who were evangelized through a personal encounter with Jesus Christ. They witness to becoming better fathers, mothers, husbands, wives and children.
Parishes have been revitalized, diaconate classes have been filled, and all seek to deepen their relationship with Christ through prayer and service.THIS INVITATION IS EXTENDED THROUGH THE PILLARS OF THE APOSTOLATE:
ADORATION: Responding through prayer and worship to receiving God's gifts of grace, mercy and love
COMMUNITY: Living and participating in the One Body of Christ as Church, beginning with the parish
THEOLOGY: Deepening our relationship with God through prayerful study to better understand and fulfill His will for our lives
SERVICE: Answering the call to discipleship by following the model Christ gave
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Women's Retreat April 23-26, 2026Women of St. Peter Parish are invited to join us for the first ACTS Women's Retreat in April 2026 at Our Lady of Hope Retreat Center in Osyka, Mississippi - More details coming in late January!
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