JSAY holds an overnight retreat once a semester for all 6th-8th grade students of the Brazos Valley. Retreats focus on giving the youth an opportunity to leave behind the worries of homework, social lives, and whatever problems they are facing to make time and space to be intimate and open with the Lord.

Our Fall 2019 retreat is coming up! AWAKEN is an annual lock-in open to ALL 6th-8th grade students and includes talks, adoration, games, and staying up all night! Through the lens of the parable of the lost sheep, AWAKEN 2019 should encourage youth to recognize their identity as a son or daughter of God. Youth should understand that even when they are lost, the Lord is still seeking them, and their identity never changes. Youth should also be inspired to respond to the call to share their identity with others, and accompany others into knowledge of their own identity in the Lord.

The Mission

The mission of AWAKEN is to awaken the hearts of our youth to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ.

Want to pray with us? We are praying a novena (a 9-day prayer) for our youth and for the retreat. Pray this prayer with us once each day for 9 days, asking the Lord to awaken the hearts of the youth. Even though you might not be volunteering, you, as a parent, are the most important spiritual leader in your child's life.



To register your child for AWAKEN, go to ablaze.us/awaken. It's not too late!
 

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