As young adults going through school and work, we are sometimes overloaded and we tend to forget who we are, and have to re-centre ourselves. We were asked to consider the question “Who do you say I am?” which is a question Jesus asked his Apostles. The main focus of our retreat was to find who we are as people as well as who Jesus Christ is to us in our lives. Our Year 11 Retreat definitely helped us to re-centre ourselves.

On the first day we started off with a morning liturgy. Thereafter there was an alternating between large group discussions and small group activities. Throughout the whole retreat, every activity we did had a deeper meaning to it. This definitely made us ask more questions about not only who we are, but also who Christ is. Activities such as: the Trust Walk with our peers, the creating of a symbol using clay, the drawing of rainbows using broken crayons, finding a deeper meaning through images that were given to us, the 6-7 stations where we wrote a journal for each, and the dance routine using the songs that were also given to us, all had a meaning and purpose. Star gazing at night and having free time to connect more with each other helped us bond more as a year group. There were many activities we did during the three days that were not only enjoyable but interesting to watch unfold. Overall this retreat helped us to pause and reflect on our busy lives where we noticed and learnt a lot about, not only ourselves, our relationship with God, but also our peers, as well as our group leaders. 

Dyrandra M - Year 11 Student