Northeast
“Providing a unique opportunity for youth to experience God's love for them
and through this, help them enter into a deeper relationship with God”
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ABOUT US
Search – Embark – Experience – Develop
As part of S.E.E.D. Ministry located in the Northeast Region of the United States, we strive to create retreat experiences for the youth to explore and develop their Catholic faith.
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Our retreats are a prayerful summer camp-like weekend that is based on Ignatian Spirituality (a way of encountering God following the teachings of St. Ignatius of Loyola).
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Our retreat weekends include:
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the Holy Sacraments (Eucharist & Reconciliation)
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Taize & Adoration
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Prayers
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Testimonies and personal sharings
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Singing
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Dancing
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Games & Craft
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Team bonding
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Community time
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Our team of Leaders pray and tailor this unique retreat experience to you and your needs. New to S.E.E.D.? We invite you to register and take a family vacation with God!
"It is never too early to begin a relationship with God!“
S.E.E.D. (est. 2006) was founded and developed to serve the youth in our Church, specifically ages 6-18, through a retreat experience based in Ignatian Spirituality. S.E.E.D. Northeast (est. 2009) has been part of a national ministry since 2012. We hope to prepare a sacred space for our retreatants (called “SEEDlings”) to find God in all things and develop a deeper, more intimate relationship with Christ.
S.E.E.D. Ministry is operated by a lay apostolate community, belonging to Dong Hanh Christian Life Community in the USA. We value the importance of prayer through reflection, discernment, and support to send off our children to be with the Lord on retreat. The retreat is supported by a community of families and led by young adults. Throughout the year, we continue to form and train teams of young adult leaders that are called to serve the children and teenagers through sharing their Catholic faith, specifically with an Ignatian perspective and the Spiritual Exercises. We find that young adult leaders are very impressionable on the children and teenagers while having the support of the parent organizers that prepare the logistics of the retreat. It is through an organic leadership community that SEED Retreat continues to be delivered across the nation for the past decade in order to provide an intimate experience with God for hundreds of children. It is our mission to exemplify our belonging to the One Apostolic Body of Christ through engaging the youth with a retreat experience to encounter Christ, active in our everyday life.
We believe in serving the youth to help them deepen their relationship with God through building relationships in the family, community, and the Church as well as learning more about authentic identity in Christ and discerning God’s calling and their vocation. We invite God’s children to embark on a journey to explore and experience God’s love through prayer, reflection, community-building activities, faith sharing, bonding, song, and worship. It is never too soon or too late to plant and nurture the seed of faith!
