What is RECOLLECTION?

>RECOLLECTION IS
-Root Word = COLLECT means GATHER
-Prefix= RE means AGAIN
-ION means PROCESS

>RECOLLECTION is the PROCESS of GATHERING AGAIN...

(BY TAKING ONE STEP BACKWARDS, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE FIVE STEPS FORWARD.)
(“AN UNEXAMINED LIFE IS A LIFE NOT WORTH LIVING”- SOCRATES)

>GATHER WHAT?
> Our past EXPERIENCES...
>Time of REFLECTIONS/RENEWAL

We have to examine or review our lives…

• We must change for the better.
• We must do away with our bad habits and character.
• We must do something in order for us to grow.

RECOLLECTION we abbreviate with this

• R – est
• E – xperience
• C – onversion
• O – pportunity
• L – isten
• L – et go
• E – xamination
• C – ommitment
• T –oday
• I – nvolvement
• O – penness
• N – orms

>RENEWING our LOVE for

-SELF
-OTHERS
-GOD

> In this activity we need SILENCE for us to reflect within ourselves. SILENCE means putting
aside a lot of things: Loud sounds, studies, family, friends, gimmicks, etc. WE have to THINK of
our own self, be OPEN to share it to your classmates, thus, we have a group sharing activity and
for the success of renewal, we have a PRAYER activity
> So the participants will be ask to STOP during this RECOLLECTION,
Which means:

S – ilence
T – rust
O – pen
P – ray

> Silence themselves so that they could;

> Think and reflect about their lives and their relationships with themselves, others and GOD.
After having time to think then they could now...

> Open up themselves and share their lives and also listen to other: After which they could have
a very good material that they could

> Pray for everything you did and also for everyone who gives you joy and pain in your
experiences.
HOUSE RULES

The DO’s

• Be punctual.
• Be participative.
• Always bring writing materials.
• Always wear the proper attire.
• Always wear your nametags
• Always wear your genuine smile

The DON’T’s

• No Drinking.
• No Smoking.
• No Using of Cellphone.
• No Sleeping while having sessions.
• No unnecessary noise/movements during sessions.
• No clapping during sharing.
• No Going out during sessions without permission

Followed by Getting to know each other…

 Activity 1

My Tree of Life
Materials Needed:
Bond Paper, pencil/ballpen, coloring materials
Mechanics (Note: Divide the participants into small groups)
I. Instruction
1. You will be given a sheet of paper
2. Working SILENTLY, you will draw your family tree Ex: one root/branch is your father
containing information about the date-place of birth, favorite movies, habits, works, special
events and how the student relate with the father.
3. You have 20-30mins to work SILENTLY. Return to your sit after you hear the bell

II. Small Group Sharing

1. Form a small circle seated facing one another, stay not too near and not too far.
2. Choose your leader (NOTE: The leader will lead the group starting with a prayer and will be
the one to start the sharing)
3. Start with Prayer
4 Start the Sharing. (Show and Explain your drawing)
5. When other are sharing, Listen attentively and wholeheartedly. Do not think about yourself
and your drawing
6. No sermons or homily. No giving of advices. Simply talk about your drawing
7 Conclude with a simple thanksgiving prayer
8 You have 30mins for sharing, Let everyone give a chance to share.

Processing:

The facilitator is to gather the points of their sharing.

The facilitator is to give the important values of first session:
Everyone has a special place in the family
Everyone has a unique role in the family
The students know that they are accepted and loved by their family.

Before knowing our self and others we should look back first in our background history that we
have a family and in there the communication and relationship starts (Insert history of creation
of man as a root of all our history relate to our Family Tree.)

End this session with a simple night prayer.

 Activity 2

LIFE GRAPH/ROAD OF LIFE

Materials:

Coupon bonds, ballpen and coloring materials

Divide the participants into small groups [4-5 members per group]. You may prepare the grouping
beforehand, or ask them to do a count off [All the girls, then all the boys].make sure that the groupings
are relatively balanced.

Give clear instructions regarding in their small group sharing.

Instructions

1. You will be given a sheet of paper.

2. Working in SILENCE, you will write/draw words, symbols or images that tells the story of your life in
line graph pattern.

3. You have 20-30 minutes of silent work. Return to the session hall when you hear the bell.

SMALL GROUP SHARING

1. Form a small circle seated facing one another stay not too far and not too near.

2. Start with a minute or two of silent or group prayer.

3. Share when you feel ready to do so. Show and explain your drawing.

4. No sermons or homily. No giving of advice. Simply talk about yourself. 5. When other are sharing,
Listen wholeheartedly. Do not think about yourself and your drawing.

6. Conclude with a simple thanksgiving prayer.

7. You have 20 minutes for your sharing. When you are finished, return to the session hall, but do not
disturb the other groups.

PROCESSING:

We have tried to level-up in our knowing each other. We have also looked up with our own present life
situation. Maybe in many times during your school years each one tried to share him or herself. The
problems was: DID THEY LISTEN? Have you listen not only with your ears but also with your Hearts?
 Activity 3

AFFIRMATION
Materials Needed: Coupon bond and ballpen

When we ask to examine or look at ourselves we always notice or see the negative qualities
that we have. So being a person, we have also good qualities in ourselves that we ignore. Other
people can easily see the good qualities in us.

This time let us ask our classmates to tell what good things that they have seen in us by writing
it in a paper.

PROCEDURES:

1. Form a big circle

2. You will be given a coupon bond
3. Write your nick name at the center of the paper and circle it
4. Then pass it to your right
5. You will right one positive quality
6. Pass it to your right again until your own paper reach you

Processing:
(When the paper reaches the owner let them look at their own paper and ask them how they
feel about the Affirmation word that was given to them by their classmate.) Acknowledge some
of their answers.

1. Means that you are making as person "firm" by disregarding his/her weaknesses and focusing
in his/her strengths. To affirm a person means to give attention to his/her unique goodness and
worth, and show delight in this discovery .it also means to be aware of a person's weaknesses
but to purposively choose to put them aside.

2. Affirmation can benefit not only yourself but also other people that you interact with.
Affirmation is the shifting of thoughts resulting from negative, dirty, and harsh experience of
ideas to a more positive note. It relies on the principle that you can only become successful if
you tell yourself "I can do that" instead of saying "I can't do that."

3. Affirmation brings to life a person's capabilities, strengths, talents, and skill. Constantly
repeating the things that you are capable of doing and forgetting hesitant feelings that usually
hinder you from pursuing a particular goal can help a lot in achieving a positive result. A light
outlook, a smiling face, and a worry-free aura are usually the characteristic of very successful
people.

4. Affirmation is but another word for love. Behind the words we use to affirm people is the
more effective language of relationships, of affirming and loving relationships.
 Activity 4

bigaTEN
Mechanics:

1. Each participant is given a piece of bond paper

2. They will cut it to ten equal pieces

3. They will write 1 specific significant or important thing or person for each piece of paper 4.
They must come up with 10 most important things or person

5. Arrange them from top to bottom according to their importance. The most important is at
the top and the less important is at the bottom.

6. Then the three papers at the bottom which is the 8th, 9th and 10th will be tear, crumple and
throw at the garbage can one by one.

7. Next is, the two papers at the bottom which is the 6th and 7th will be given to your two
classmates who need them.

8. Then, choose the three most important things or persons and the remaining papers will be
crumple one by one and will be put at the center of the circle which the picture of Jesus is
place.

9. Then one by one, each participant will get 1 crumpled paper at the center, then arrange
them again according to their importance, at the top is the most important and bottom is less
important.(Before burning the last 3 insert a fantasy prayer)

10. LAST is, ask the participants....

Are you willing to offer them to God if God wants them?
One by one, the participant will burn the remaining papers and offer it to God.

INPUT:
Many of us cannot deny that the most important persons in our life is our family. Despite the
limitations and the imperfections that our family members possess, we cannot deny the fact
that they are always important in our life.
This may also be because we know that many of them are acting too as guides that have always
tried to lead us to the right way. They, especially our parents and older relatives, aside from
providing us with material things, care and time, have given us advises and good examples the
best way that they could. That's the reason why we have reached this far in life.
What then is the most important thing in life? The most important thing in life is to seek God.
Why? Because God rewards those that seek Him. Faith is believing that God will reward you
when you seek Him.
 Activity 5
dAPAT
Materials
Cross/Crucifix
Candles
Flower or Plant(Bonsai)
Paper Heart

Mechanics:
Cross/Crucifix – I FORGIVE YOU
Candles – I’M SORRY
Flower or Plant(Bonsai)- THANK YOU
Paper Heart- I LOVE YOU

As you can see there are 4 things Candles, Cross/Crucifix, it symbolizes Christ's presence in our
midst; He is always there for us.

Today, we are going to have the candle lightning-passing ceremony. We will be giving and
passing each other the candles. We will be passing the candles to those classmates of ours to
whom we wish to say I'M SORRY for being bad to them, I FORGIVE YOU for being bad to me;
THANK YOU for being "one of my friends" and for bringing me to "Jesus."; I LOVE YOU for being
my classmate. I want to be friend to you even though you seem not to mind me; or for other
reasons only known to the one giving. We will be doing this in silence.

We don't have to mention to the other to whom we are passing the candle the reason for
giving him a candle. Whenever you receive a candle, pass it to any person you wish to give it
with a particular intention in mind.
If you don't want to pass it just leave it on the middle for other to make use of it
You can shake hands, tap the back, hug or embrace, etc. your classmate.

On the last part, ask the adviser to sit in front of the students and let them tell their message to
their Adviser. The class officer is advised to lead the sharing of message. After the student the
Class Adviser is ask to give his/her message to the class.