Kairos Retreats

[vyvy07]

Has anyone been to a Kairos retreat before? I just have a few questions...How exactly are the leaders chosen? My classmates and I have been trying to figure out why the certain leaders in our grades were chosen. Also, would you consider it a good Catholic spiritual retreat? As in, would a mostly Traditional Catholic appreciate the retreat? I don't know if I should go next year. Thank you!

[elizabeth09]

Has anyone been to a Kairos retreat before? I just have a few questions...How exactly are the leaders chosen? My classmates and I have been trying to figure out why the certain leaders in our grades were chosen. Also, would you consider it a good Catholic spiritual retreat? As in, would a mostly Traditional Catholic appreciate the retreat? I don't know if I should go next year. Thank you!

I did go.  Honestly, I don't know how the leaders are chosen.  A good Catholic spiritual retreat goes, it's there, but not really.  I did enjoy it.  Find out if it is required for graduation.  If not, then it is up to you.

[Basilisa Marie]

I won't spoil it for you, but Kairos is all about getting an emotional experience. Emotional experiences can be really important and a great way to kick start your own faith journey, especially if you've never had one of those before. I had my first real emotional connection with my faith when I was a freshman in high school, at a Steubenville conference, and I can point to that experience as a turning point in my life, even though I'm more of a Militia Immaculata and Latin in the Novus Ordo type of gal. So don't be too quick to write it off just because you feel more drawn to traditional things. 

Emotional experiences can become problematic if your whole faith is based on them. Most of the time leaders are chosen because they've already been on a Kairos retreat before. Whether or not Kairos retreats are good depends on how they're run. If you talk to lots of people and they all say it was a really good experience, I'd say go ahead and try it out. 

If you go, go into it with an open mind. That's the best way to approach any retreat. There are a few "surprises" that seem to be inherent to a lot of Kairos retreats, so if you don't want to be spoiled don't google too hard. 

Edited November 4, 2015 by Basilisa Marie

[Amppax]

Kairos, in my experience, was a very horizontal retreat. It was more about developing relationships and community than about growing in relationship to God. I don't think it either helped or hurt my spiritual life, but I did develop and strengthen some wonderful friendships. 

Forgot to add, I led a Kairos as well, and yes, they choose leaders who have gone before. 

Edited November 4, 2015 by Amppax

[elizabeth09]

I won't spoil it for you, but Kairos is all about getting an emotional experience. Emotional experiences can be really important and a great way to kick start your own faith journey, especially if you've never had one of those before. I had my first real emotional connection with my faith when I was a freshman in high school, at a Steubenville conference, and I can point to that experience as a turning point in my life, even though I'm more of a Militia Immaculata and Latin in the Novus Ordo type of gal. So don't be too quick to write it off just because you feel more drawn to traditional things. 

Emotional experiences can become problematic if your whole faith is based on them. Most of the time leaders are chosen because they've already been on a Kairos retreat before. Whether or not Kairos retreats are good depends on how they're run. If you talk to lots of people and they all say it was a really good experience, I'd say go ahead and try it out. 

If you go, go into it with an open mind. That's the best way to approach any retreat. There are a few "surprises" that seem to be inherent to a lot of Kairos retreats, so if you don't want to be spoiled don't google too hard. 

Agreed. 

But it was to bring us more together then anything.  But it turn out to be a big frailer.  This was due to the planning and some people just don`t like the other people.  I wish that we would done something over the summer only with my class before we started together.