Living Flame Parish Evangelization
A year-long engagement that walks alongside your parish — forming a core team, teaching St. John Paul II's vision, and leaving a community equipped to carry this mission on long after we go.
A Year-Long Engagement
Why a Full Year
Most parish programs come and go in a weekend. This one stays.
A year gives us time to know your parish — to meet with your leadership, listen to your people, and build something that actually fits. It gives your community time to move from curiosity, to understanding to conviction, to witness. And it gives the Holy Spirit room to do what He does.
By the end, the goal isn’t that we’ve taught your parish about the Theology of the Body. The goal is that your parish is living it — and passing it on.
What's Included
Behold Retreats
Four experiential retreats over the course of the year.
Opportunities for comfortable in home retreat settings as well as at the parish. Small groups. Teaching. Testimony. Real prayer. This is where hearts move.
Unpack
A six-week teaching series introducing St. John Paul II, the foundations of his wisdom, and what it means to live it.
Our team leads each session, supported by keynote witnesses — parishioners and others — who share how Christ has met them.
Scheduled strategically in the fall or during Lent, when parishioners are already leaning in.
Equip
Toward the end of the engagement, we raise up a core team.
Parishioners who’ve been through Behold or Unpack — who now want to learn how to lead this work themselves. In their homes. With their friends. In their Bible studies and small groups.
This is how the mission stays after we leave.
How It Unfolds
We begin by sitting down with your pastor and parish leadership to build the year together — which groups to reach first, when to schedule retreats, where Unpack fits in your calendar.
From there, the year takes shape around your community. Teacher retreats. Clergy and staff formations. Core team leader retreats. A six-week Unpack series timed to your liturgical rhythm. Equip sessions that form the next generation of witnesses.
By the final months, you’re watching parishioners host Behold Retreats in their own living rooms. That’s not an exception — that’s the design.
Who's It For
Parishes ready to invest in formation rather than programming. Pastors who want their people to encounter Christ, not just understand Him. Leadership teams willing to build something that will outlast the engagement.
We’ve served parishes of different sizes and contexts.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does this actually consist of?
Three integrated parts over the course of a year — four Behold Retreats (most held in parishioner homes), a six-week Unpack teaching series, and Equip training that forms a core team of parishioners to lead this work themselves. All of it is built around your parish, not dropped onto it.
What does a year with you look like?
We start by meeting with your leadership to strategize — which groups to reach, when to schedule retreats, where Unpack fits in your calendar. From there, the year unfolds at a rhythm you can actually sustain: retreats for teachers, clergy and staff, and core team leaders; a six-week Unpack series in the fall or during Lent; and Equip sessions toward the end to raise up the parishioners who will carry it on.
What is Equip, exactly?
Equip is the piece that makes this sustainable. It’s a series of sessions — usually two or three near the end of the engagement — where parishioners who’ve been through Behold or Unpack learn how to lead retreats themselves. In their homes. With their friends and families. In their Bible studies and small groups. The goal is that when we leave, the mission doesn’t.
What's the outcome?
A core group of parishioners who are living this and passing it on. We’ve watched alumni host Behold Retreats in their own living rooms, lead small groups through the material, and shape the formation culture of their parish long after our engagement ended. That’s not a best-case scenario — that’s the design.
Do we need to know St. John Paul and his teaching already?
No. Unpack and Behold Retreats are built to introduce it — St. John Paul II’s background, the foundations, what he was trying to do. We start where your parish is.
Is this about morality issues?
No — and this is one of the most common misunderstandings we address. St. John Paul’s wisdom isn’t just about morality. It’s an incredible worldview that reshapes how you pray, how you see yourself, how you live in your family, how you encounter Jesus. Morality issues flow downstream from it. We start upstream.
How much does it cost?
It varies based on the scope and shape of the engagement. We’d rather have that conversation with your leadership directly than post a number that doesn’t fit your situation.
How do we start?
Reach out. We’ll set up a conversation with your pastor or parish leadership to understand what you’re hoping for, answer your questions, and walk through what a year together could look like.
Come and See
Whether you’re a pastor exploring options, a staff member advocating for formation, or a parishioner who wants to see this in your community — we’d love to talk.