PROGRAMS

Jesus Teen

This is a blissful retreat that is meant for those aged between 13 and 17 years of age. Teenagers enjoy the retreat because they do experience an encounter with Jesus Christ and the person of the Holy Spirit which leads them to greater joy and meaning in their life. The Holy Spirit enables them to realize the innumerable capabilities in them and activates them for the realization of life’s fulfillment.  Today’s youth are tomorrow’s future and it is essential that we give them due importance and help nurture their spiritual and moral values.

Friday Night Vigil

“Arise, cry out in the night, in the beginning of the Watches! Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord” (Lament 2:19).

Every Friday night there is a vigil prayer service at Chittoor Retreat Centre As this is a prayer of sacrifice (By giving up the night sleep) it is very powerful and it yields great fruits hundreds of people attend this prayer regular. For them prayer is like a spiritual food for an entire week. It helps people keep on going amidst the many trials and sufferings of life. At this prayer, the whole world is lifted up in prayer.

In the still silence of the night, we offer before the Blessed Sacrament all the prayer intentions coming to us through post, phone, e-mail and fax. This Service comprises of a Rosary, Praise and Worship, Confession, Holy Mass, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament etc… Wherever you are at that time on that day, if you keep vigil with Chittoor and join in the prayers of Chittoor, you shall certainly be blessed by God.

Abide Night Vigil

A big number of young people who attended the ABIDE Youth Retreats enthusiastically come to Chittoor Retreat Centre at every Saturday evening to pray and worship the Lord. The members of this prayer group grow as a thick family and support each other in their faith journey. Most of them are regular participants of the prayer. Actually it is this group who do everything in organizing and coordinating the regular ABIDE Retreats.

Jericho Prayer

In the Jericho Prayers a group of believers come together to pray every Sunday night. They walk around the Blessed Retreat Centre asking God to bless the Retreat Centre and bestow his grace and anointing on all who are part of this spiritual movement.

Intercession Ministry

Chittoor Retreat Centre is always ready to help others with their intercessory prayers forever before the Lord Almighty. A full time intercession ministry of the dedicated devout keep on praying for various needs of people from all walks of life in addition to interceding for the retreats. This ministry has been really fruitful as we have been receiving plenty of inspiring testimonies from people who have been blessed through the prayers.

Personal Sharing

Chittoor has a team of trained leaders who dedicate their time to interact with people individually to find out solutions for various problems of life.

The leaders take enough time and listen to the problems of the retreatants and to understand their miseries. They help the retreatants to receive a spiritual guidance according to the Will of God.

Confession

A famous theologian once said ‘I have seen more healings take place in the confessional hall than in any other place’. Confession purges our soul from impurity and frees us from sinful bondages. A good confession prepares a person for inner healing and the abundant infilling of the Holy Spirit. In this Retreat Centre confession service is available everyday.

Out Station Programs and Parish Retreats

The Retreat Centre is willing to conduct retreats based on the request of parishes, schools and colleges at their premises. There are certain requirements that need to be met for the smooth running of the retreats. Please contact the office for more details.

There are a certain requirements for the smooth running of the retreats, they are as follows:

1. Contact Retreat Centre office in person to book the date.
2. Start praying at every home in preparation for the retreat, preferably three months before the retreat.
3. The retreat confession will be on the fourth day during the day-time sufficient confessors are to be arranged.
4. The organizing committees try to accommodate everybody for a good participation.
5. If the participants need personal spiritual sharing, that is to be informed prior to the retreat so that arrangements can be done.

SPECIAL PROGRAMS

Evangelization Course

This is a two year long course for those who are interested in preaching the Word of God as well as providing efficient spiritual sharing. People from all parts of Kerala attend this course once a month over a period of 2 days commencing on the second Saturday. For this course priestly scholars lecture on relevant topics. Exams are conducted systematically and on completion a certificate will be given. This course will be completed by October 2017.

Couples Retreat

This retreat is conducted specifically for couples to help them to follow Christ’s teachings in the family. This retreat helps couples to forgive one another and to love each other the most after God. Now there is a Couple’s Ministry with follow-ups every month.

Sathyavishwasa Prabodhana Dyanum

This retreat is preached by Bishops, priests and other experts in different branches of theology faculties. People are given authentic knowledge of the teachings of the Church and other ecclesiastical doctrines in the context of a camp-retreat. The focus of this retreat is to stay rooted in the Catholic faith to understand the teachings of the Church and become defenders of true Catholic faith. This retreat is very relevant at this time of so many heresies and sects which teach wrong doctrines and mislead even good Christians.

Pentecost Retreat

This 10 day long retreat, preceding the Pentacost, is conducted to receive the anointing of the Holy Spirit in its fullness. The teachings are in depth and there are special prayers for receiving the fruits and gifts of the Holy Spirit.