School Catechesis

Incitare Retreat

Incitāre is a one-day retreat experience for Year 6 students from Catholic Primary Schools based in regions of the Diocese to celebrate their faith. The retreat is a chance to bring students together to meet like-minded peers and to celebrate with other young people who practice their faith. 

The activities are a mixture of large and small sharing groups and celebrating a liturgy together. The program focuses on the needs of the participants. The experience allows attendees to build relationships with other students in their region and invites the participants to talk about and share their faith journey focusing on the following: 

• Values in life.
• Courage and ways to be a disciple.
• How to make a difference in the world. 

SJPC Ministry students were invited to assist the Retreat Convenor in facilitating the day by running lively games, activities, small group sessions, faith sharing, testimony, and providing witness and accompaniment to the young participants. The theme of the day was taken from the Letter to the Hebrews and was brought to life through the energetic community that gathered (Hebrews 10:24 - “And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, but encouraging one another.”)

Congratulations to our wonderful Year 10 Ministry Students. They were awesome!