The Alpha Retreat is a parish-based experience for 9th graders beginning on Friday evening and concluding after 6 pm on Saturday evening. The main purpose of this retreat is to build community in a creative fashion through the use of witness talks, prayer, singing, ice breakers, group activities and popular movie clips while offering an introductory challenge to the candidates to begin taking ownership of their faith. We offer two Alpha Retreats per year, one in the fall and one in the winter. Each candidate is expected to participate in Alpha or an alternative retreat in the fall