ACTS Retreats

"I've never heard Jesus speak to me as He did during the ACTS retreat....and that's coming from a cradle Catholic."  

--Will Lutrell
 

"….. the  Holy Spirit  creating joyful and amazing experiences, one after another, during the retreat, through the loving  care of wonderful, devoted women enabling the enriching of our faith journeys and the growing of deep and beautiful friendships."

--Joanne Hoch
 

"I went on the ACTS retreat because I had never been on one.  I came away with a deeper understanding of how much God sacrificed for me and how much he loves me.  It was so moving I am now on the ACTS team.  All I can say is....GO!"

--Cathy Polony

What is ACTS ?

An ACTS Retreat is a parish-based 3-day, 3-night retreat, 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