Our Mission
The Cenla ACTS mission is to help our brothers and sisters enter into a new or deeper relationship with our Lord and fellow parishioners. We do this by sponsoring and facilitating retreat weekends that foster and encourage these relationships. This is accomplished through Adoration and daily prayer, the call to Community in one's parish as a member of the Body of Christ, and Theology in encouraging the study of scripture and our Catholic Faith. All of which emphasize and encourage the virtue of Service to our Lord, our parish, and one another.
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Join Us
We would like to invite you to join us for a life-changing weekend at Maryhill Renewal Center in Pineville, LA. It will be an opportunity for spiritual renewal and fellowship beginning Thursday evening and concluding with 10:30 am Sunday Mass at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church.
The next retreat is the Men's retreat scheduled for June 12-15, 2025.
Mail completed application prior to April 10th to:
Cenla ACTS Registration, P.O. Box 14017, Alexandria, LA. 71315.
The prayer service and selection will take place after 5:30pm Mass on Tuesday, April 15th 2025.
Upcoming Retreats
- June 12-15, 2025 - Men’s ACTS Retreat
- July 31 - August 3, 2025 - Teen ACTS Retreat
For information regarding registration, please contact: Barrett Byrd at barettbyrd@gmail.com
What is ACTS?
Adoration
Responding through prayer and worship to receiving God’s gifts of grace, mercy and love
Community
Living and participating in the One Body of Christ as Church, beginning with the parish
Theology
Deepening our relationship with God through prayerful study to better understand and fulfill His will for our lives
Service
Answering the call to discipleship by following the model Christ gave us
What is an ACTS Retreat? An ACTS retreat is a three day and three night Catholic lay retreat presented by fellow parishioners. The retreat begins on Thursday evening and ends the following Sunday at a Mass celebrated with the parish community. Retreats for men, women and teens are given separately. The focus of the retreat is Adoration, Community, Theology, and Service, from which the ACTS acronym is derived. Holy Scripture and the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church are the guides for the retreats.
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.”
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