Parish Retreat Ideas

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Host an Inclusive Retreat in your parish, and invite persons with disabilities and their families to help plan the event. Consider ALL parishioners, and offer a variety of activities that could be adapted to the unique needs of those attending. Be sure to consider the accessibility of the location, and enlist the help of many volunteers in your parish!

Resources and Ideas for Planning your Inclusive Parish Retreat:

• Open or close your retreat day with a Celebration of Life Mass
• Inclusion Awareness Day Workbook from www.InclusionInWorship.org
• Incorporating Prayer into your retreat
  • A variety of Prayers and Prayer Resources for Disability Awareness
  • Assorted Prayers of the Faithful/Intercessions
  • Prayers for Mental Health Awareness
  • Prayers for October - Respect Life Month
• Reflections and Homily Hints
• Praying the Kerygma with the Hand

The Spiritual Enrichment Grant, established in 2021, serves to support the spiritual formation and enrichment opportunities for clergy, parish staff, and parishioners, leading to the spiritual enrichment of individuals and communities throughout the Archdiocese of Dubuque.

Learn more about this and other Archdiocesan grant opportunities here:
https://dbqarch.org/strengthen-your-parish

For more information, contact Carla Kasal at C.Kasal@dbqarch.org.