CONNECT & BELONG RETREAT DAY
“an AUTHENTIC AND ENGAGING RETREAT FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS centred around an encounter with themself, others and Spirituality.”
Our society is longing for meaningful connections and an encounter with their heart. Everything belongs. Our Connect & Belong Retreat allows all students to access the messages of connection, faith, belonging, gratitude, God, scripture, forgiveness, fun and relationship in an authentic way. It will engage, unite and uplift your students.
OUR DIFFERENCE
Lasting impact
We go beyond the moment by delivering practical, proven skills that make a real difference in everyday life of the student we work with.
Authenticity
At Connect & Belong, our proven Learn, Act, Reflect Process balances active engagement with authentic content, drawn from real knowledge and experience.
WE OFFER
Encounter
building a foundation that allows students to access the power of connection, something we can all appreciate
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RETREAT DESIGN AND DELIVERY
All retreats have been expertly designed in partnership with Luke McKenna, Founder and Director of Unleashing Personal Potential (UPP). Luke, previously an Assistant Principal at a Catholic school in Brisbane, taught Religious Education for years before starting UPP.
Peter McAuliffe is an edutrainer with over a decade of experience working with schools, communities, and church groups. Passionate about helping individuals develop both their inner character and outer significants, Peter empowers them to lead, influence, and serve with authenticity and purpose. His journey began as a college captain, sparking his commitment to inspiring students and staff to find meaning in faith and spirituality, and to lead through influence rather than power.
Before taking on Connect &belong , Peter worked under Luke, helping to lead a team that developed and delivered programs on growth mindsets, grit, leadership, and well-being. Their efforts continue to positively impacted over 300,000 people across Australia and Ireland, and this work continues to be trusted by teachers and principals. With extensive experience in behavior coaching and faith formation, Peter is now dedicated to impactful workshops and retreats that promote personal growth and the development of character and a positive experience of faith & Spirituality.
Our workshops follow a learning-action-reflection process, ensuring all students are engaged through a variety of methods, including videos, stories, activities, reflection, and partner sharing.our guarantee.
Our Connect and Belong Retreats are authentic and inclusive of students who are at different parts of their faith journey. The aim is that after a Connect and Belong Retreat, each student will be more open to exploring their spirituality, and that the whole cohort will be more connected.
““ Authentic and relatable.” ”
““Effective and yet highly humorous.””
““Meets students where they are at.””
““Authentic, passionate, hopeful retreat with high quality content. “”
““The day targeted the age group perfectly and the material was very relevant. The girls will take a lot away from this experience.” ”
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”Fantastic Program! It aligns with our current pastoral care program.””
““Excellent. The calmest experience I have had with this group of students.” ”
““Fully engaged the audience through humour and authenticity. Students were hanging onto every single word.””
““Our facilitator was a great, engaging, humurous, passionate presenter!” ”
““The session was brilliant. He was sensational and had the students engaged 100%.” ”
““Great engaging and vibrant speaker. Students were eating out of his hand and hanging on every word.” ”