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3 Crucial Elements for Effective Catholic Retreats

by The TeamOnline Retreats, Prayer, Resources, Theology 19 November, 202124 March, 2026Comments are Disabled

These 3 vital elements combine to ensure your people ‘Experience Wellbeing’ on your faith formation retreat. Firstly, begin with the pastoral needs of the participants. Secondly, match their pastoral needs with Catholic theological anthropology and Catholic spiritual practices. Thirdly, match their pastoral needs with evidence-based wellbeing strategies for individuals and groups. Retreat participants thrive when …

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Cultivating a Catholic Ethos in Retreats

by The TeamOnline Retreats, Prayer, Resources, Theology 15 August, 201924 March, 2026Comments are Disabled

You know your retreat is Catholic when it offers life-giving, empowering Catholic faith formation for a broad range of participants. In this article, I will discuss three overarching hallmarks of the Catholic ethos of faith formation, “Catholic Theological Anthropology”, “Whole-Person Engagement” and “Formation Capacities” and how faith formation retreats can be developed and evaluated accordingly by either internal or external facilitators. By the way, this article serves to inform and develop me as much as those I am hoping to encourage as I am still learning the art of faith formation facilitation.

How to Make Spiritual Language Inclusive for a Broad Range of People

by The TeamOnline Retreats, Resources, Theology 7 June, 201924 March, 2026Comments are Disabled

How do you define and describe the soul and spirituality for a broad range of people? The human soul is the life force within each of us, animated by God[1], our spirituality is how we cultivate and express that energy in either healthy or unhealthy ways[2] and the ultimate fulfillment of a healthy spirituality is …

Kindergarten student John and his mum Flonnie in Katundu one of Project Kindy kindergartens in rural Malawi, Africa

Jesus Provokes us to Love His LIVING Relatives, the Poor

by The TeamOnline Retreats, Prayer, Resources, Social Justice, Theology 10 July, 202124 March, 2026Comments are Disabled

To draw closer to Jesus, get to know and offer support to His living relatives, the poor, who are walking the earth in our time! Hi, my name is Donna Power and I’m from the Brisbane-based charity, Project Kindy. We fundraise for kindergarten children in extreme poverty in rural Malawi, Africa, providing them with daily …

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Rosary Exhales Hold Key to Health – Research Finds Vagus Nerve Most Calm when Praying Hail Marys

by The TeamOnline Retreats, Prayer, Resources, Rosary, Theology 6 November, 201924 March, 2026Comments are Disabled

This is fascinating to those of us who love empowering others with evidence-based wellbeing strategies. Here is scientific evidence to show why we FEEL so grounded, relaxed and calmer when we pray the Rosary. When we pray the Hail Mary out loud with our long, slow exhales, we are breathing at the most ideal rate …

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Leading the Mission: To Be One Who Casts Light and Confronts Shadows in Leadership

by The TeamOnline Retreats, Prayer, Resources, Social Justice, Theology 6 November, 201924 March, 2026Comments are Disabled

This is one of my final assignments for the ACU course in Leading Mission in Catholic Organisations. It gives you some insight into my ongoing development as an authentic person, retreat facilitator and follower of Jesus. I share this to offer you some fellowship and confidence as we all grow in understanding and skills as …

Project Kindy by Donna Power in Brisbane Australia fundraises for kindergartens in Malawi Africa and some funds from the sale of rosary beads go to Project Kindy

How Project Kindy Demonstrates the 4 Main Principles of Catholic Social Teaching

by The TeamOnline Retreats, Prayer, Resources, Social Justice, Theology 25 August, 201924 March, 2026Comments are Disabled

The partnership between the local village communities, the Canossian Sisters and Project Kindy demonstrates the Catholic Social Teaching principles of Human Dignity, the Common Good, Solidarity and Subsidiarity.