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Karen McMillinkrmcmillin2gmail.comACTS CORE Communications Coordinator
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Ruben Alvarezralvarez05comcast.netFacilitator
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What is ACTS ?
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 a parish.
The ACTS Retreat begins 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.
In this way, the ACTS Retreat fulfills the mission of:
"Spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ among Catholic communities through ACTS."
The ACTS Retreat experience is rooted in the Pascal Mystery in that retreatants are invited to reflect on the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Throughout the weekend, they are invited to prayerfully consider how they can respond to His love by spiritually surrendering to Jesus in order to have new life with Him. This invitation is extended through the pillars of the apostolate:
Adoration - A response to God's love through prayer and worship
Community - Participating in the One Body of Christ as Church
Theology - Deepening our relationship with God in order to better fulfill His will
Service - Answering the call to discipleship by following the model He gave us
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.
As a result, ACTS is supported by bishops and priests worldwide as a legitimate participant in the Church's New Evangelization. Through ACTS, the laity respond to their baptismal call, and seek to participate in the apostolic mission of the Church to "go and make disciples of all nations," and this has been found to be good.
As of October 2017, ACTS Missions is represented worldwide.
- 96 parishes in the Archdiocese of San Antonio
- All 15 dioceses of Texas
- 27 states in the US representing 74 dioceses
- 6 countries including the US: Mexico, Panama, Honduras, South Africa, and Canada, representing 28 international dioceses
- 569 parishes worldwide
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"My wife and I both attended the ACTS retreats in 2019. It was the best gift we could have received.
I always thought I was an “active” Catholic by attending mass every Sunday. The retreat was simply amazing. It helped to reconnect me to God on a daily basis. I learned so much from the faith I chose to follow since I was so young. The time spent with new friends and the brotherhood in Christ generated during and after the retreat are invaluable! I definitely recommend the retreat to any person wanting to understand their life’s meaning a bit better. The program is very well done and donating a weekend to God will open the doors of joy in the participants life and his or her family."
- Carlos Guedes
"ACTS provided me with sisters that I never had. I met a group of women who wanted to be Christ to me. They have given me a group to pray with and grow in giving back to God and my Church. I thank the Lord every day for every one of them."- Rita Dunphy
ARE YOU AN ACTS BROTHER OR SISTER NEW TO THE PARISH OR MADE YOUR WEEKEND ELSEWHERE?
We would love to welcome you to our our parish ACTS Community! Please contact Karen McMillin at 832-523-3535 or email krmcmillin2@gmail.com