Retreats

St. John’s Prep has the largest and most extensive retreat program in the Diocese of Brooklyn. We have a retreat center on site that allows us to offer approximately 40 retreats each year at no additional cost to our students.

The Director of Campus Life, Mr. Ryan Quinn is responsible for the SJP Campus Life Retreat Program. He is assisted by many skilled faculty members and select members of our senior class. Student leaders participate in two formation weekends each year that focus on their spiritual and ministerial development. The Campus Ministry Faculty Advisor team leads these formation weekends. Some of the themes for our student retreats include new beginnings (for our incoming freshmen), values and diversity, growing in Christian relationships, discipleship, vocations and service.

The Campus Ministry Formation Weekend

Members of the senior class have attended the Campus Life Leadership Training workshops at the Don Bosco Retreat Center in Stony Point, Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Huntington Retreat House as well as the Marist Brothers' Center at Esopus for their annual faith formation weekend. The purpose of this yearly retreat is to deepen the faith and spirituality of the seniors who have been selected to serve as retreat leaders, as well as to help them develop and strengthen the skills necessary in helping and coordinate retreats for the underclassmen. The team enjoys a beautiful weekend filled with prayer, discussion, reflection, and much laughter! The Campus Life Team members have a unique opportunity to reflect on their relationship with God, the SJP community and with each other.

Students came to recognize God’s presence within their family, friendships, nature, music, and even in the crosses in their lives. The weekend retreat provides ministry opportunities to heal hearts, mend relationships, strengthen faith and most importantly offer each student the time to reflect on God’s role in their lives and the many ways they can know Him more deeply – through prayer, service, and reflection. The SJP mission is for each participant of the training to deepen their faith life, become confident in the gifts and talents that God has given them and be able to express that faith in such a way for them to be role models for our underclassmen.