Ready for Life Ministries

This 8-hour retreat is designed for busy working adults (18+) to deepen their relationship with Jesus Christ. The retreat is ideal for all who experience weariness or burdens and would like to receive more of the lasting fruits of the Holy Spirit.  The encounter with Christ should allow retreatants to receive their next steps to better yoke with Him and to better receive His rest and His easy burdens.

Upon entering the New Year, this retreat will help [potential] missionary disciples seek Christ's guidance and direction for the year to come. It does require that retreatants complete Spiritual Exercise #1 and Spiritual Exercise #2 beforehand.

Location

John Paul II Room

9539 Racquet Ct.

Elk Grove, CA 95758

Date and time

Saturday, January 20, 2024 from 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Cost

There is no cost to the retreatant, but donations are welcomed.

Schedule

Breakfast 8:00 AM

Introductions & Ice Breaker 8:30 AM

1st Guided Meditation with break 10:30 AM

Breakout Discussion 11:30 AM

Lunch 12:00 PM

Talk 1 & 2nd Guided Meditation with break 12:30 PM

Breakout Discussion & Talk 2 3:00 PM

Confession (Optional) 3:30 – 4:30 PM

3rd Guided Meditation with break 3:45 PM

Closure 4:20 – 4:30 PM

Holy Mass (Optional) 5:00 PM

Information

For questions or concerns, email Info@ReadyforLifeMinistries.org.

Open Invitations to Retreatants

Ready for LIfe Ministries would like to remind retreatants of the three open invitations made during the retreat. 1) If you’d like go on a personal retreat for an extended period, Hanh's place is available for you, provided that the space is available.  The location is by Big Horn and Franklin Blvds. in Elk Grove.  His place is your place. 🙂 please email Info@ReadyforLifeMinistries.org . 2) If you’re from a different parish and believe that the Encounter Christ retreat will help out your community, please contact us.  And 3) come, join Blessed Entity Foundation to help build Christ’s kingdom.  The Foundation is setup to reach out to provide spiritual and religious services to other parishes, churches, and temples. With God’s hand behind us, we’ll have a very fun and fruitful adventure together.  These are all open invitations, so please reach out to me when you feel ready to answer the call and you can share with us God’s vision for you.

If you’d like to help promote any upcoming Encounter Christ retreats, please email Info@ReadyforLifeMinistries.org.  The next scheduled retreat is on April 27, 2024 so the promotion will be sometime in February.

Announcement

Maria Peceli, the one who sang Open My Eyes, sings professionally.  If you’d like for her to perform at one of your events, please visit https://www.gigsalad.com/maria_peceli_bay_area.

Retreat Materials

Slide Deck

Guided Gospel Meditation of the Rich Young Man

Guided Gospel Meditation of Jesus' Crucifixion and Death

Guided Meditation of Encountering God at His Throne

Handout: 14 Rules for the Discernment of Spirits

Handout: Maxodus Disciplines

Handout: General Flyer