Family Retreat – Labor Day Weekend

Friday, Sep 2, 2022 - Sunday, Sep 4, 2022

4:00 pm - 12:00 pm

Malvern Retreat House
McShain-Horstmann Family Life Center
315 S. Warren Avenue Malvern, PA 19355

610-644-0400

Retreat Director and Speakers Fr. Stephen DeLacy Marty Rotella

USD400.00$195.00 per Person
$380.00 per Couple
$400.00 per Family

Family Activities — Reflection time — Music — Arts & Crafts
Family Sporting Events — Youth Group Meetings — Outdoor Mass — Reconciliation Services
Family Eucharistic Adoration — Lots of Open Space — Beautiful Facilities — Great Food

• Logistics: Registration begins around 5pm Friday evening followed by dinner, introductions and Holy Hour Adoration. Saturday is complete with group discussions, fun family activities, reconciliation services, outdoors Mass and picnic… Sunday morning is filled with more fun and wrap-up activities and adjourns just before lunch.

• Attendees: Families of all sizes and ages attend (parents, grandparents, cousins, new born, toddlers, pre-teen and teenagers). Many families have made the Malvern Labor Day Retreat an annual end-of-the-summer tradition. Most of the time we spend together as a family. The retreat typically attracts about 15 – 20 families from the Philadelphia, NJ, MD and Delaware areas.

• Facilities: Located on the grounds of the Malvern Retreat House (~100+ open and wooded acres). The Family Life Center is a new facility, fully enclosed on a single floor, each room has two beds-shower-bathroom (kid’s love this set up), meals are provided throughout the weekend including a picnic on Saturday and plenty of snacks and refreshments available anytime.

• Registration/Address: Call the Retreat House at 610-644-0400 or register above by selecting “Register Now”

• Facebook Page: Visit our “Malvern Labor Day Family Retreat” Facebook Page for images & comments from past retreats

For more information: Bill & Nancy Hicks 610-220-5000. BillHicks5000@gmail.com
Frank Schlupp & Qi Wang at 215-768-4577. frankschlupp@gmail.

Retreat Directors and Speakers

Retreat Director

Fr. Stephen DeLacy

Fr. Stephen DeLacy first learned about the process of discernment after hearing a Call from God to enter the Seminary and become a priest. He developed this skill in the spirituality year at St Charles Borromeo Seminary—a year dedicated to spiritual formation and personal growth. Before his current assignment, he guided young men in discerning God’s will to enter the Seminary while serving as Vocation Director. He is currently the Vicar for Faith Formation with Youth and Young Adults for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

Retreat Director

Marty Rotella

Marty Rotella is a singer, songwriter, evangelist who presents music and message to diverse audiences. He has presented the Gospel message of Jesus’s love in forty-three states in addition to Australia, Europe, Central and South America and Canada. With over thirty years of ministry through teaching and motivational speaking, he has presented in churches, schools, conferences, and prisons.

As a three-time Grammy nominee, Marty integrates his gift of music with his unique preaching style to men, women, young adults and teens. Countless endorsements from bishops and clergy, religious, families and prison inmates comprise his repertoire. As a noted evangelist, Marty delivers a compelling message of Jesus’ love, forgiveness and mercy to all who encounter him.

“Spirit Power” is his trademark platform for music and evangelization; bringing the fire of God’s love to retreat houses, conferences, parishes and, most notably, to the streets.