Seniors have several choices to fulfill their retreat requirement.
- Students should check their email and Campus Ministry Canvas Course for registration information.
- Registration began in May 2023 and will continue until every senior has an assigned date.
- The school has fully funded its senior retreat requirement. Families owe no addition fee.
Please contact Mrs. Simonie Anzalone, Campus Minister, at (314) 269-2148 or sanzalone@sluh.org with questions concerning the senior year retreat choices.
Retreat Leadership Program
NEW for the 2023-24 school year, the retreat leadership program forms and trains seniors to lead Freshman, Sophomore, and Kairos retreats. Participation in the Retreat Leadership Program fulfills a senior's retreat requirement. Applications were open in April and May 2023 and are now closed for the year ahead.
Senior Retreat
Senior Retreat is a NEW senior elective retreat designed, in part, as a follow-up to a student's Kairos retreat. Goals of the three-day, two-night retreat involve students articulating the specific movements of their faith and relationship with God in their time at SLUH, and students learning and practicing a variety of different prayer forms in preparation for their adult lives to come.
Retreat Dates: September 11-13, 2023; October 23-25, 2023; January 15-17, 2024
Wilderness Retreat
The Wilderness Retreat is a three-day, two-night senior elective retreat where students explore the natural world as a pathway into prayer and connection with the divine. The retreat content is structured around a series of hikes that invite the senior into praying and reflecting on the following themes: facing one's fears, setting out on a journey, and communion with the created world.
Retreat Dates: September 20-22, 2023; October 18-20, 2023; April 3-5, 2024
Kairos RETREAT
There is one Kairos retreat option for members of the Class of 2024 who didn't attend as a junior.
Retreat Date: September 25-27, 2023
Art Retreat
The Art Retreat is a three-day, two-night, elective retreat for a small group of juniors and seniors. Its purpose is to examine the ways that artistic expression can serve as a pathway to increased knowledge about the self, increased knowledge of the transcendent, and a deeper level of participation in the world around us. This retreat welcomes different forms of artistic expression, including the visual arts, poetry, movement, music and acting. Prerequisite: A student must have a particular interest and/or regular practice in the arts in order to attend the Art Retreat.
Retreat Date: October 11-13, 2023
Urban Encounter Retreat
The Urban Encounter Retreat is a two-day, one-night retreat that explores what it is like to be homeless in the city of St. Louis. We will look at poverty from several angles in conjunction with Catholic Social Teaching in an attempt to gain clarity about how the Catholic faith leads to action in regards to these issues.
Retreat Date: November 16-17, 2023
Manresa Retreat
The Manresa Retreat is a three-day, two-night retreat in which seniors are invited to explore the power of silent prayer and reflection, in the tradition of St. Ignatius of Loyola. The title of the retreat comes from St. Ignatius' experience at Manresa where, among other experiences, he sat down at the River Cardoner and began to find clarity about the purpose and direction of his life.
Seniors are invited into personal prayer, silence, one-on-one conversation, and some group sharing to talk about their lives and how God might be working in their lives as they look beyond high school.
Retreat Date: January 10-12, 2024
Philia Retreat
φιλία ... "Affectionate Regard & Friendship" ... "Brotherly Love"
The Philia Retreat is an overnight retreat that offers sophomores, juniors and seniors the opportunity to reflect on issues of diversity from a spiritual perspective. Sponsored by ACES, the retreat is meant for students who have committed themselves to thinking about diversity in advance of the retreat experience. As a prerequisite for attending the Philia Retreat, retreatants are expected to have attended ACES meetings regularly or to be otherwise engaged with diversity at SLUH. Speak with Mr. Adam Cruz, ACES moderator, if you have questions about whether this would be a good retreat for you.
Retreat Date: March 27-28, 2024