2009-2010 Confirmation Retreat Dates

Below are the dates for the 2009-2010 Confirmation Retreats.

We just want to remind everyone to register early to make sure you get the date you want or are able to attend.

View the Confirmation Retreat Page for more information about specifics and for resources about Confirmation as they become available.

1: December 4-6 at Camp Don Bosco (early registration November 15)

2: January 15-17 at Camp Don Bosco (early registration December 15)

3: February 5-7 at Camp Don Bosco (early registration January 5)

4: February 19-21 at Camp Don Bosco (early registration January 19, limited to 80 people)

5: March 12-14 at Camp Hamilton (early registration February 12)

6: March 26-28 at Camp Hamilton (early registration February 26)

7: April 16-18 at Camp Hamilton (early registration March 16)

8: April 30-May 2 at Camp Hamilton (early registration March 30)

Confirmation Retreat 2010

Confirmation Retreats are now scheduled for the 2009-2010 school year. Please visit the calendar to see this and all of our retreats as they are finalized.

These retreats are a great opportunity for you to supplement your parish Confirmation Program and provide a retreat for your teens. We expanded the offerings this year, so we now offer 8 retreats beginning in early December and running until late April.

Registration forms will be available soon online or your can request them by emailing us. To learn more about these retreats follow the tab on the right and check back regularly for updated information.

Junior High Student Parent Retreat

We wanted to remind everyone that spots are still available on the upcoming Junior High Student Parent Retreat. This retreat will be hosted at Camp Hamilton on May 8-9th. Maryelyn Scholz will be leading this dynamic weekend of fun, reflection and relaxation for parents and teens. For more information, visit our Family Ministry page or email.

Improving Camp Hamilton

For anybody who has come to Camp Hamilton recently, the condition of the road was a concern. But after several weeks of construction those roads are remarkably better.

This past weekend we headed to camp for a Hispanic Young Adult Retreat and were amazed at the new condition of the roads. The potholes have all been filled in and leveled and several other improvements are underway.

Hopefully when we return next weekend for the final Confirmation Retreat of this year, we will find even more improvements to Camp.

Preparing for the end of the School Year

As the end of the school year approaches, the retreat team’s schedule is filling up quickly. May and June promise to keep us busy and out at Catholic Schools all over the Archdiocese.

One of the many retreats we offer to Middle School students, through our Middle School Retreat Program, is the “Next Step: Journey to High School Retreat.” We are currently scheduling for that retreat and several other year end retreats.

To see more of the retreats we offer for Catholic Schools and youth groups go to our Catholic School Retreats tab. You can also schedule a retreat, or check our availability through the blog.

Final Confirmation Retreat - Coming Up!!

We just returned from another Confirmation Retreat, this one at Sunny Camp Hamilton, which lived up to its name this time around. It was great to welcome spring as part of the experience. After reading the evaluations it is clear, the 119 participants really enjoyed the warmth and sunshine, as well as the overall environment of Camp Hamilton.
We now move into final planning for the final Confirmation Retreat, May 1-3 of this year and finalizing the 2010 dates. There are still spots available on that retreat, so if your parish still needs a retreat e-mail us to schedule your group.
Check our Calendar for the newest dates for Confirmation Retreats in 2009-2010.

Welcome to the new Retreat Ministry blog!

We encourage you to bookmark this page (http://www.seattleoyyam.org/) or subscribe to the updates on this or any other page, to ensure you always have the most updated information from our office.

All the blogs hope to accomplish several things:

• Communicate the most accurate and updated information to people as possible.
• Make important information and resources available easily and effectively.
• Help people connect to the ministries offered through OYYAM
• Provide resources to youth and young adult ministers as they become available.

In order to do this you will find two types of links. Links that navigate through the blog providing information and updates, and links that send you back to the appropriate location on the Archdiocesan web page.

If you find something not working, or have suggestions for how to improve the page, please e-mail them Bridget Harris. Although the blog is mostly up, we will have a few pages with errors and inactive links until all the content is developed.As this site develops, we hope it helps everyone find the information they need here and on the main Archdiocese website. We will move more content to this as time goes on, so be sure to use http://www.seattleoyyam.org/ as your new first stop for updated information from OYYAM.