Presentations include:

For Adults:
“How shall we live? Living as Orthodox Christians in the world today”
(led by Fr. Geoffrey Ready)

Current social and moral trends in our culture present serious challenges to Orthodox life and practice within our churches and families. In this session, we will attempt to get to the root of the problems and to draw from the deep wells of Orthodox Christian tradition to develop a timely pastoral response to the world we live in and needs of our families today.

For Teens:
“Romance & Dating in the Bible: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”
(led by Fr. Dcn. Yuri Hladio)

This presentation explores the scandalous (and often hilarious) stories of
romance and dating in the Bible. Do these stories have any advice they
can offer us? Does the Bible give us the “do’s” and “don’t’s” of romance?
Are these ancient stories even still relevant in our social media age?
Complete with Bible stories, pop songs, and movie clips, this workshop will
help us consider different ways of approaching our own love lives.

For Children in Primary School:
(led by Jane Pfeil)
“Christ: The True Vine”

The children at the retreat will reflect on the parable of the True Vine
through discussion, journalling, artwork and more. A supervised kindergarten area will be available for toddlers

The retreat program begins at 1 PM, and concludes with Vespers and a fellowship dinner at 5 PM

There is no cost, but donations will be gratefully accepted

To register, or for more information, please contact Fr. Bohdan Hladio
at priest@stjohnoshawa.org, or 905-433-5577.