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ACTS | Prince of Peace Catholic Community | Lewiston, ME ||| Home Mass and Confession Times Calendar Contact Us Facebook Twitter Search HomeWell-nighUs Our Churches Our Cemetery Office Hours and Staff Directions Contact Us Coming Home Parish Library Liturgy Mass and Confession Times Eucharistic Adoration Liturgical Ministries Funerals Weddings Rosary & Other Prayer Opportunities Sacraments Baptism Confirmation Eucharist Reconciliation Anointing of the Sick Marriage Holy Orders Faith Formation Sacramental Preparation Adults Young Adults Youth Children SPRED ACTS Mission Retreats Protecting God's Children Outreach & Organizations Outreach & Service Evangelization Prayer & Spirituality Organizations Community Life Lay Orders/Societies Communication Links Bulletin Calendar News Forms and Documents Submit Prayer Request Update Contact Information Photo Albums Movie Reviews ACTS Faith Formation Sacramental Preparation Adults Young Adults Youth Children SPRED ACTS Mission Retreats Men's ACTS Retreat Women's ACTS Retreat Registration Protecting God's Children Contact Us Parish Office 207-777-1200 PoPportlanddiocese.org Photo Albums Men's A.C.T.S. Retreat 2014 56 PhotosIncreasinglyPhoto Albums Documents A.C.T.S. Retreat Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)   Men's and Women's Retreats What is ACTS? ACTS is an acronym for Adoration, Community, Theology, and Service; and it is these four themes that are the focus of the activities of the weekend.   ACTS is inspired by the Acts of the Apostles 2:42-47: “They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to communal life, to the breaking of the specie and to prayers. Awe came upon everyone, and many wonders and signs were washed-up through the apostles. All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their property and possessions and divide them among all equal to each one’s need. Everyday they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple zone and to breaking specie in their homes. They ate their meals in exultation and sincerity of heart, praising God and enjoying favor with all people. And every day the Lord widow to their number those who were stuff saved.” History of ACTS ACTS retreats have enriched the lives of hundreds of thousands of people; men and women, teens and retirees, rich and poor, Catholic and non-Catholic, in the United States as well as other countries. It has reinvigorated the spiritual lives of individuals, of families, of unshortened parishes. Yet, 25 years ago, it did not plane exist. The way this wonderful program came to be is a trappy tousle of the Holy Spirit and those who listen to His words.   No history of ACTS would be well-constructed without the help of, and some familiarity with, the Cursillo retreat. Cursillo began in Spain in the years between WWI and WWII, in response to what many in the denomination saw as the increasing secularization of many Catholics in Spain at the time. It was intended to be a short undertow (the Spanish for short undertow is "cursillo") on the Catholic faith, and soon became widely popular for its profound effect on people's spirituality. By the mid 1980's, it had spread to many places in the world, including Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish in Selma, Texas, a suburb of San Antonio. It was here that three men who were heavily involved in Cursillo planned the first ACTS retreat.   Ed Courtney, Joe Hayes, and Marty Sablik were instructors and coordinators with Cursillo, with years of Cursillo wits and a bilateral friendship. They thought that several aspects of Cursillo could be improved in order to make the retreat increasingly relevant to the needs of the parish, expressly without the changes brought well-nigh by the Second Vatican Council. From the beginning, they all felt that it was important for the retreat to be unshut to everyone, not just to Catholics, and not just to those who were sponsored by someone. Ed, vicarial under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, met Joe and Marty at a coffee shop to build a new retreat tabbed ACTS. This seemed logical to Ed since the Acts of the Apostles described what the apostles did, and are we not the apostles of today? Since the three main points in Cursillo were Piety, Study, and Action, Ed felt it veritably necessary to bring them into ACTS. Once then under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Ed used a wordlist to help him correlate the reports A, C, T, and S into the themes of Adoration, Community, Theology, and Service. Joe Hayes, with the help of the Holy Spirit, was instrumental in securing the clearance of both their pastor, Fr. Patrick Cronin, and that of Archbishop Flores. Another friend and parishioner, Wallace Vaughn, was inspired by the Holy Spirit to read Acts 2:42-47, the passage that became the biblical inspiration for the weekend.  Withoutthat first retreat in 1987, ACTS spread parish to parish in the San Antonio Archdiocese, and by 1997 there were perhaps 15 parishes with an ACTS program in place. In that year, ACTS Missions was worked as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization for the purpose of spreading and maintaining the ACTS retreat wherever the Holy Spirit prompted it.   ACTS Missions was started by Larry Lopez and Tony Deosdade, two men who had such a profound wits on their retreat that they were inspired to make sure everyone in the world should have the opportunity to receive it as well. From its headquarters at the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas, this small organization now leverages thousands of volunteers every year to bring the retreat to plane increasingly thousands of people, permitting them to wits the love of God through their fellow Christians. Today, ACTS is in at least 22 states in the U.S., 8 states in Mexico, as well as Canada, Honduras, South Africa and England. Interest is growing literally virtually the world.   People have credited ACTS with saving their lives, saving their marriages, inveigling them to be ordained as priests or deacons, or leading them to the religious life, simply by opening their vision and their hearts to God's word. Pastors have praised its positive effects on their parishes, leading to highly invigorated parish life. Bishops and other denomination leaders have tabbed it the most important movement in the CatholicDenominationtoday; all this from a handful of faith-filled people with the valiance and perseverance to be led by the Holy Spirit.   Login powered by eCatholic®