

To be able to just enjoy my time with my peers without any electronics or distractions is what made my experience so memorable and enjoyable. I went on mine in the fall of 2022, and then led the next one directly after, and I really enjoyed the experience.

What I like about Kairos is that it acted as an escape for me for a week. As the Klusman Day of Service (April twenty-second) approaches, it is not a bad idea to reflect upon and appreciate all of the things that Mr. Klusman has provided for the Elder community. Kairos is just one of the many great things that Mr. The enthusiasm and support for the idea lead to Elder’s first Kairos being offered to juniors during Holy week 1995. In the fall of 1994, a total of two other faculty and fourteen Elder students took part in two of Saint Xavier’s Kairos. From their experience, they felt that the program should be introduced to Elder. Klusman and a coworker attended one of these Kairos’ in 1994 to observe. Xavier High School in Cincinnati participated in a Loyola Academy Kairos, and these six seniors decided to form the team to introduce the retreat to their classmates at St. In December of 1984, six seniors from St. By 1968, KAIROS had been adopted by twelve different states.

The “Christian Awakening” program began in 1965 where a team of priests, brothers, and laymen worked on the program for a year in the Diocese of Brooklyn. Kairos is one of the fundamental pieces of the Elder experience as it is required to graduate, and it is looked at as one of the final group events that the senior class partakes in together. It is a student-led retreat that was brough to Elder in 1994 by two faculty members, including the legendary Mr. Kairos is the required senior retreat that Elder students take part in. Myself, Carson Truitt, Jared Eckstein, Luke Vaughn, and Carson Truitt while on K146.
