A Parish Encounter is a time for personally and intimately encountering Jesus truly present among us under the appearance of bread. It is a time to regain or strengthen the life of grace in our souls through the sacrament of confession and a time to be instructed in the beautiful truths of our faith and so to be motivated to build and/or strengthen our solid daily relationship with God in prayer.

Ultimately, it is to help the parishioners and the parish as a whole, to anchor themselves ever more securely to the two pillars mentioned in the dream of St. John Bosco; Jesus Eucharistic and Our Blessed Mother.

The Parish Encounter usually takes place 6:00pm to 8:00pm, beginning with a talk from 6:00pm to 7:00pm and ending with a special guided Holy Hour from 7:00pm to 8:00pm with confessions available during the Holy Hour.

It follows a 4-day platform usually running Sunday to Wednesday. It covers different topics each evening during the talk and submerges the people deeper in Our Lord’s Eucharistic Love with each successive Holy Hour.

Another goal of the Encounter is to help the Parish expand Adoration in some capacity. For example, if the parish currently has adoration all day once a month on Fridays, we encourage sign-ups throughout the Encounter, to see if we could move to having it every Friday. If the Parish has it once a week, we would encourage perhaps two days a week.

In our experience many people are moved by The Holy Spirit during the Encounter to commit to a weekly Holy Hour. The amount of adoration expansion is up to the Pastor’s discretion. We can also help to inform a team on how to keep adoration going and address and concerns that may be had in adoration expansion.

If a Parish is interested in having perpetual adoration we can implement “Invitation Sunday” to help, by God’s grace, to move hearts to commitment. We have seen three Parishes go 100% perpetual through this initiative.

If there is a school connected with your parish, a School Mini-Encounter can also be arranged! Mirroring the topics covered during the Parish Encounter held in the evenings, the Sisters lead the school children of all ages through a rotation of a lesson (age-appropriate), Adoration, learning about a Saint, singing a catchy catechetical song, and making a craft to take home for their prayer corner!