 Koinonia is a Greek word meaning "Community" and a community of caring people providing loving support and prayerful fellowship for all whom we come in con-tact. Our three local parishes (Holy Family, St. Eliza-beth, and St. Mary) hold two Koinonia weekends a year - each weekend has a set program focusing on the Paschal Mystery: the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Although we use the word "retreat", it is not to be un-derstood in the traditional sense. Retreat brings to mind the notion of silent inward re-flection under a Spiritual Director, apart from others. A Koinonian retreat, instead, brings us together for a weekend to form a community. One does not reflect in total silence; instead community is built through the sharing and support of fellow partici-pants.
The Koinonia weekends usually have 30-40 participants who are divided into smaller discussion groups at tables. One of our priests officiates over the Sacraments and spiritual matters, but the weekend is under the direction of a qualified lay person as-sisted by his or her team. The weekend format consists of talks, discussions, sacra-mentals, liturgical celebrations and other activities which foster renewal and give par-ticipants an experience of what it means to be church.
Since beginning here in the spring of 2007, four Koinonias have been held in our Tri-Cities ("Trinity") area: TK-1, TK-2, TK-3, and TK-4. We look forward to many more and hope you will join our community. Watch the parish bulletin for information on up-coming Koinonias.
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