Important information about booking a School Retreat
• Cost: $1200 + travel expenses.
Travel expenses include shared mileage among the schools each week, hotels, and meals. In a full week of schools, this cost is around $250-$300/school.
• Due to the intensity of the road life, we will be booking only one week at a time. We are still happy to serve all the schools we have in the past; we just may have to do it in two trips as opposed to one.
• Cancellation fee: Due to the inconvenience of the other schools who booked in the same week, we are charging a $300 cancellation fee to put towards travel expenses for the week in order to keep travel costs at a reasonable rate. This fee can be waived if you are able to find a different school in the area to book that date.
• Once you hear back from us about your booking request, you will still need to complete a form that confirms the booking. This will include collecting more information about each school, such as bell schedules, and signing the booking agreement with the cancelation policy.
Practicals when requesting a School Retreat
• We know that there is a large demand for School Retreats. In fact, we have been in over 100 different schools over the past 4 years and many of you want another retreat hoping that COVID-19 restrictions are not an issue in 2022-2023. That unfortunately means that we cannot get to every school this coming year and many will be put on a 2023-2024 list.
• We expect a large number of requests to come in the week of May 25. We will take all that information and start to discern the placements starting May 27. Do not expect to hear back from us before then.
• Deciding on which booking requests to accept will be a combination of order of request and the number of schools/days requested. That is, a School Division booking a full week will likely get priority over a single school desiring the same week that requested it a day sooner.
Creating a group of schools to book multiple days:
• We strongly encourage booking a week as a School Division. This will give the best chance of getting the requested booking.
• Creating a group of schools to book is the next best route. If you know there are other schools in your city or area that also want to book then please contact them to create a group that can request a full week, or at multiple days. Once you have heard from those schools, you are welcome to reach out to new schools to try to get a full weeks worth of days to request.
If you are unsure of what schools FacetoFace has been to in the past to group with then please ask for a list by emailing schoolretreatbooking@f2f.ca
• If you group is only requesting a few days that may be fine. If 3 schools work together to ask for 3 days during a specific week then we may be able to add a couple more schools to it.
• If you are a single school you are still welcome to request a booking. However, the chances are getting the week you are requesting are low. Mostly likely, we will ask you to join weeks that already have a group of 3-4 schools to complete that week.
Greater Saskatoon Catholics Schools
• Because FacetoFace Ministries is based out of Saskatoon, you are considered local. Thus your booking dates work differently.
• Please contact us as an individual school. Creating groups of schools is NOT necessary.
• The booking form will recognize you are from Saskatoon and area, and will respond accordingly.
Remaining available dates for GSCS:
• All our Saskatoon retreat dates have been filled. Feel free to complete the booking request form at the bottom of this page anyway in case there are cancelations or more dates become available.
The 2022-2023 school year is fully booked with road weeks.
If you would like to be put on a cancelation list and/or be notified in advance of bookings opening for 2023-2024 then please complete the booking request form below, or email schoolretreatbooking(a)f2f.ca
Note that Saskatoon and area schools are considered local and we lead their retreats on other dates. Please see the GSCS information.
Greater Saskatoon Catholics Schools
• Because FacetoFace Ministries is based out of Saskatoon, you are considered local. Thus your booking dates work differently.
• Please contact us as an individual school. Creating groups of schools is NOT necessary.
• The booking form will recognize you are from Saskatoon and area, and will respond accordingly.
Remaining available dates for GSCS:
• All our Saskatoon retreat dates have been filled. Feel free to complete the booking request form at the bottom of this page anyway in case there are cancelations or more dates become available.
• If you are a group of schools then only one representative will need to complete the form on behalf of that group of schools. It is wise to choose that person once you have decided on which weeks you are going to request.
• Expect to wait a few days before hearing back whether the request is approved or not. We assume there will be a lot of discerning to do in the first week.
School Retreat Booking Request for 2022-2023
For more information about FacetoFace School Retreats please contact:
Email School Retreats
Emails about School Retreat booking requests: schoolretreatbooking(a)f2f.ca
Emails about already booked and upcoming School Retreats: schoolretreats(a)f2f.ca
Call School Retreats
Daniel Pashula
School Retreat Co-leader
306.992.0585