Heart Ridge Retreat Center
June 28 – July 5, 2025
OASIS I can be attended by any family in Domestic Church Formation.
Fully-staffed teen and children’s diakonia. Diakonia, coordinated by Domestic Church National Circle
Registration is limited to the first 10 families, and then a waitlist will be started.
To hold your family’s place, a retreat overhead fee of $400 is due via credit card at the time of reservation. This fee is non-refundable after January 1, 2025. Once this payment is made, you will be issued a link to register with the retreat center directly. The center offers various accommodation types/costs for each family to choose from.
Remaining payments will be made directly to the retreat center according to their payment terms.
Lodging costs range $1,100 – $1,800 per family, Meal/Activity Costs: $365 (13+), $320 (6-12),
$160 (2-5) – includes 20 meals, field games, children’s activities (Diakonia), use of Kayaks, daily crafts, dance, zipline, and excursion guides.
To attend an Oasis retreat, all persons 18+ must be Safe Environment trained, and their certificate must be turned in prior to the retreat.
The retreat center will coordinate daily outings to area attractions (mountains, swimming holes, etc.).
Depending on the accommodations chosen, linens may or may not be included (this will be outlined in the housing options), and families provide towels/toiletries.
The retreat center is a Catholic-owned center.
Here’s a link to Heart Ridge Retreat Center for your information: www.heartridgeministries.com. Please DO NOT contact the retreat center for questions about this retreat; instead, reach out to [email protected] with any questions.
Each spouse finds a daily quiet space to fully enter God’s presence. This calls for each person to develop a personal time and space with God.
In a quiet, separate space, the individual takes advantage of the gift of the living Word of God. There are no particular verses to read and reflect on, just the challenge to dive into Scripture each day and encounter God there.
The couple takes time each day to pray together aloud and usually in their own words. There is no length of time or other regulation set on this prayer. The focus is two-fold: to allow your spouse to witness your conversation with God and to offer shared prayers to God as a couple.
Couples make time each day to lead their family in prayer, if the couple has children in the home. Each family will discover and grow in their own way of praying together in a way that is fruitful for the different stages in their particular family’s life (small children, older children, adult children, etc).
The monthly couple dialogue is an intentional, prayerful, and structured conversation done under the watchful gaze of God for an extended period of time. The couple thoughtfully considers the spiritual, practical and personal needs of each spouse, of the marriage, of children, and of the family as a whole.
Particularly in connection with their monthly dialogues, each couple decides upon specific changes or policies they will put in place in their individual lives, their marriage, and their household that reflect God’s will for them and their efforts to grow in holiness according to His promptings. Some rules of life always remain the same, but others will change and grow with the couple’s discernment and the family’s needs over time.
Each couple commits to attending a Domestic Church retreat at least once per year. Retreats can be for just the couple or for the entire family. These can be longer retreats or weekend retreats. To learn about the available retreats click here.
The beauty of these commitments is that the movement provides formation, using the Church’s spiritual traditions and official teachings, for how to pray, how to use Scripture in prayer, and how to grow in a real relationship with God, our spouses, and our children in light of our Baptism.
