RETREAT 2022

EXPECTATIONS

• SMALL GROUP SHARING:

• What are your expectations?
• What do you want to learn?
 RATIONALE

• WHY HAVE A RETREAT/RECOLLECTION?

• REMEMBER
• ASPIRE
• PRAY
 ASPIRE

• DREAMS
• DESIRES
• FUTURE
 PRAY
• THANKING GOD FOR EVERYTHING THAT
HAPPENED IN OUR LIFE.
• TO ASK GOD FOR GUIDANCE.
REMEMBER
ASPIRE
PRAY
 REMEMBER

“WE
DON’T/
CANNOT “WE STILL
“WE HAVE” DON’T HAVE”
HAVE”
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SELF
WHAT DO YOU
REALLY WANT?
RECOGNIZE YOUR OWN SKILLS AND
CAPABILITIES (COMPETENCE)
WHAT VALUES DO YOU UPHOLD? WHAT ARE YOUR NEEDS?
HAPPY? FULFILLED?
 Self-care is never a
selfish act- it is
simply taking care of
the only self that I
got – the gift that was
given to me by God.
HOW TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES?
 KINSA KO?

• Make a table with 2 columns.

• First column 5 “Positive”
• Second Column 5 “Negative”
• Below the table write: “Things I want to
change”
RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS
FAMILY
SURVIVAL OF OFFSPRING
ECONOMIC FUNCTION
CULTURAL AND SOCIAL FUNCTION
Nothing is stronger than family.
Points to Ponder
• Children who have a healthy relationship with their
parents are more likely to develop positive
relationships with other people around them. They
can establish secure bonds and friendships with
peers.
• The healthy involvement of parents in their
children’s day to day life helps ensure that their
kids can perform better socially and academically.
• Children who have a
secure and positive
relationship with their
parents learn essential
skills and values that
set them on the path
for future success. 
WHAT ABOUT OUR FRIENDS?
Build healthy
boundaries.
 Learn about their
strength and
weaknesses, and their
negotiable and non-
negotiable values.
 Learn the
beauty and
tension
involved in
sharing their
life space with
another
person.
 FAMILIAR !!

• First tell your family that this is I want for myself.

• Say sorry for your wrongdoings
• Say thank you to your parents.
• Say your wishes for your family.
• Say what you want to say to your family and siblings.
 ROADBLOCKS

• 1. Dividing our lives into secular and sacred.

• 2. Ignoring the emotions of anger, sadness, fear,
and etc. (or HYPERSENISIVITY).
• 3. Denying past’s impact on the present.
• 4. Doing for God instead of doing with God.
 ROADBLOCKS

• 5. Spiritualizing away conflict.

• 6. Covering our brokenness, weakness, and
failure.
• 7. Living without limits.
• 8. Judging other people’s journey.
WHO IS GOD IN MY LIFE?
• POWERFUL
• MERCIFUL
• COMPANION
• GIVER
• PROVIDER
• CONSOLER
• FATHER
• BROTHER/SISTER
• FRIEND
• LISTENER
• HEALER
• LOVING
 Our concept of God is mostly taken
from our experiences in life and/or our
knowledge about Him.
Our concept or knowledge of Him
speaks of how is He involved and
affects our daily life.
HOW DO
WE LOVE
GOD?
“You shall love the Lord
your God with all your
heart and with all your
soul and with all your
mind.
(MATTHEW 22:37)
 HOW?
Being contented
Being grateful of…
Being hopeful of…
of...
“WHAT WE
DON’T/ CANNOT
E HAVE” “WHAT WE
“WHAT W STILL DON’T
HAVE” HAVE”
“WE ARE CREATED IN
THE IMAGE AND
LIKENESS OF GOD.”
(GEN. 1:27)
THE FALL OF MAN
SELF-KNOWLEDGE
SELF-UNDERSTANDING
 NCE
EP TA
- ACC
SE LF
SELF-GIFT
 ”GREATER LOVE HAS
NO ONE THAN THIS:
TO LAY DOWN ONE’S
LIFE FOR ONE’S
FRIENDS.” (JN. 15:13)
 EVANGELII GAUDIUM 272

• When we live out a spirituality of drawing nearer

to others and seeking their welfare, our hearts are
opened wide to the Lord’s greatest and most
beautiful gifts. Whenever we encounter another
person in love, we learn something new about
God. Whenever our eyes are opened to
acknowledge the other, we grow in the light of
faith and knowledge of God.
 3 STEPS TO AUTHENTIC SELF

1. SELF-AWARENESS

2. GET OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE

3. INTERIOR SILENCE