MFP 248: You Need a Family Retreat
Messy Family Podcast : Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family
Mike and Alicia Hernon : Catholic Marriage Parent and Family
4.9 • 841 Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
"When an army retreats on the battlefield, it doesn't mean that they are giving up. It can mean that they are taking time to reassess and regroup so they can come back stronger. This is the essence of a Family Retreat." ~ Mike Hernon
The concept of a family retreat is something that we have developed over the years for our own family. It grew out of our desire to regroup and reconnect with our kids outside of the daily chaos in our home. To do this, we have taken our children to vacation homes, retreat houses, and occasionally to a hotel, to take some time for family fun, team building activities, teaching and prayer. We don't use a set program, but we do have the same principles that we use over and over. In this podcast, we share these principles with you so you can develop your own retreat for your family. If you would like more than what is just offered on this podcast - check out our Family Retreat Guide found on our website! Even if you don't do a retreat this year, listen in so you can talk about it with your spouse and develop a strategic "retreat" for your family.
Family Retreat Guide: messyfamilyproject.org/guides/
Watch the episode here: https://youtu.be/A5pQ-qaJ9vY
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| 0:00.0 | Family, all in this together. |
| 0:08.2 | Family, we're taking a chance. |
| 0:10.8 | Family, black birds of a feather. |
| 0:13.3 | Family, you got my shoes and dance. |
| 0:15.4 | Hey, we are Mike and Alicia Hernin. |
| 0:17.4 | We have 10 kids and grandkids too, and we are here for every parent. Because we are on a |
| 0:22.2 | mission to empower moms and dads to embrace their sacred calling. So join the conversation. |
| 0:30.5 | Thank you for joining us today on the podcast. We're happy to be with you. Yes, welcome. And for, |
| 0:37.2 | at least if you're listening in sequence, we're in the middle of summer. |
| 0:39.9 | That's right. |
| 0:40.2 | And there is so much going on, so much life, so much explosion of family times and travels. |
| 0:48.0 | And but we had like road trips. |
| 0:50.4 | Like I felt like, oh, we just did so many crazy ups and downs, visiting families. |
| 0:54.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:55.0 | But one of the trips that we did was going to Cape May, New Jersey to a family retreat center. |
| 1:03.1 | Marianist family retreat center, yes. |
| 1:06.7 | That's right. |
| 1:07.4 | And I didn't know such a place existed, right? I did because I went there when I was 10 with my family. |
| 1:14.4 | I think most of you listening would be like, wait, there's a retreat center dedicated to families. |
| 1:18.5 | Family retreat center. I'm like, wow, that's a really cool idea. |
| 1:22.0 | Go to there. We need to go to there. And we had a great there. Exactly. And we had a great time. |
| 1:28.7 | We did. |
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