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January 10, 2024
Dear Administrators and LIFE Moderators:
On behalf of the Marianist Province of the United States and our Regional Coordinating Teams, I invite you and your students to participate in our Marianist LIFE summer program for 2024. Marianist LIFE (Living in Faith Experience) is a national faith formation program for high school students rooted in Catholic and Marianist traditions. Since 1970, Marianist LIFE has provided parishes and high schools opportunities for small faith communities to form, grow, and flourish. Our annual summer program provides faith formation and leadership training for students and their adult moderators. The students and moderators participate in a week-long experience of small faith communities, sacraments, prayer, leadership development, retreat, and social justice education. We look forward to partnering with you and your students this year!
SUMMER PROGRAM DATES
LIFE Session One at CYO Camp & Retreat Center - Occidental, CA
Moderators: June 13 - 21, 2024
Students: June 16 - 21, 2024
LIFE Session Two at Bergamo Center - Dayton, OH
Moderators: July 9 - 16, 2024
Students: July 11 - 16, 2024
LIFE Session Three at Bergamo Center - Dayton, OH
Moderators: July 19 - 26, 2024
Students: July 21 - 26, 2024
COST
$700 per Moderator (Adult at least 21 years old)
$600 per LIFEr (High school student entering junior or senior year in Fall of 2024)
Limited financial assistance is available for Marianist institutions; please contact National Coordinator for the application.
MODERATOR DAYS
All adult moderators (new and returning) are required to attend and participate fully in Moderator Days prior to student arrival. Coordinating Teams will provide specific arrival and departure information. The purpose of Moderator Days is to:
- Model the very essence and mission of Marianist LIFE by building small communities of faith prior to student arrivals
- Benefit from faith formation experiences that help create healthy small faith communities for high school students to model throughout their LIFE week experience
- As a new moderator, to become familiar with Marianist LIFE and the various components, material and activities that take place through LIFE week
- As a returning moderator, to be notified of any program changes, assist first-time moderators, and build community with a new group of people
Note: Shared bedroom and bathroom/shower facilities are provided.
All registration forms can be completed online via the links below.
Registration Deadlines & Policies
Pre-Registration Form (All Sessions)
Session One Registration
Session Two Registration
Session Three Registration
Please forward the link with the registration forms to your moderators and LIFErs. The only required hard copy and physical signature is the medical form, which must be printed, signed, scanned, and emailed to Mary Holtmann (marianistlife@sm-usa.org). Moderators should send these forms as individual files in one email for your entire group. Be sure to review all student forms to ensure their completion and legibility prior to submission.
We hope you will join us this summer. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
Warmly,
Erica Duarte
National Coordinator
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