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I attended my
retreat at OLG in November of 2007, guided only
by the Holy Spirit. My path through this route
has been highly enriching, as I came back with
an undescriptible sense of peace and humility.
The Lord then made me a call to serve at the
Spanish retreat at OLG last week, once again, I
received undescriptible gifts, much different
than those I got from my first retreat. I loved
serving all those women, and it was very joyful
to see the transformation in them. While some
people claim their experience as a team member
has been much deeper than that as a retreatant,
mine has been a compliment of the other. My
service experience gave me a sense of strength,
tolerance and contempt.
When I came back from my first retreat I still
did not feel part of ACTS. I did not wear my
bracelet. When I came back from serving the
Lord I got the other half and I can now wear it.
Now I am able to understand his call. I could
talk and talk for hours about all the different
signs I got from this last experience but then I
would be breaking the oath I made and so it
would be unfair for all those wonderful women
out in the world because I would be biasing
their experiences. All I can say is that if
people have a chance to attend, they should,
because it is a way to open the eyes of our
hearts and souls, so we can see through the eyes
of Jesus our Lord. God Bless you all and I pray
that many people feel the need to go as I did.
Monica Hernandez
The ACTS
experience helped save my life. Now ACTS
continues to awaken the members of my parish to
the gifts of the Holy Spirit given to them in
Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist. Come Holy
Spirit!
ACTS CHANGED MY WHOLE OUTLOOK ON
RELIGION, FAMILY AND FRIENDS. IT ALSO BROUGHT ME
BACK TO THE CHURCH NOT ONLY AS A MEMBER BUT
ACTIVE IN OUR MINISTRIES. IT IS A NEW WAY OF
BRINGING PEOPLE LIKE ME AND YOU BACK TO OUR
RELIGION.
ACTS has
helped me meet and get closer to other people in
my parish. I have become close friends with some
of my ACTS sisters. I know that I can count on
any of them if I need help.
ACTS has
truly changed the way I look at life. When I went
on retreat as a retreatant I was close to rock
bottom in my life, it helped me dig myself out
of that rock bottom. Once I went back as a team
member, I realized what it meant to serve, and
how serving other is so spiritually and
emotionally rewarding.
I enjoyed the
retreat a lot, and I would love to go back as a
team member someday.
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