Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Portland completed a teen’s A.C.T.S. retreat

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Portland completed a teen’s A.C.T.S. retreat on June 25-28 with pastor Msgr. Mark Chamberlin serving as spiritual director. Benny Polasek directed the retreat and was assisted by co-directors Mona Chavez, Ramiro Ochoa as adults and Katrina Ceja and co-directors Victoria Medrano and Jared Reyna directed teens.

Retreatant participants included Taylor Arroyo, Joe Castillo, Alex Chavez, Lauren Copeland, Juan Cortez, Gilbert DeLeon, Mark Jon Flores, Mary Catherine Funk, Mattie Gomez, Clay Grote, Joshua Guerra, Samuel Guzman, Gilbert Hernandez, Molly Hoffman, Karalynna Ibarra, Alex Ibarra, Sarah Jaramillo, Diego Jimenez, Ariana Jones, Hunter Limbaugh, Meagan Lopez, Kaely Lucio, Steven Marin, Juan Martinez, Ashley Monyelle, Brad Ochoa, Joe Ortega, Dominic Perez, Briana Reyna, Victoria Reyna, Hope Rios, Ryan Rocha, Aylin Rodriguez, Diego Rodriguez, Noah Rodriguez, Brooke Sorrells, Rhianna Sturgeon, Angelica Tolento, Micaela Villarreal, Brooklyn Willott and Jayme Yeltatzie

Serving on the teens team were Nick Alvarado, Nathan Arguijo, Richi Barrera, Kaylei Bennett, Joseph Chavez, Jerry Cortez, Jr., Ben Dietz, Claire Duran, Nikolas Elizondo, Brittany Flores, Annette Flores, Cynthia Gonzalez, Anthony Guevara, Matthew Hogan, Blaise Jackson, John (JK) Lay, Taylor Longoria, Caitlyn Martinez, Jacob Morton, Hunter Murdoch, Jullisa Navarro, Aleisha Nieto, Grace Nohavitza, Paige Nohavitza, Adelida Ochoa, Isaac Ochoa, Frances Ortega, Kirsten Perez, Andrew(AJ) Perez, Bridget Polasek, Robert Rangel, Annika Sacky, Alex Saldivar, Casandra Sosa, Sheridan Steen, Alex Stubbs, Allyson Sturgeon, Michael Thorn, Nicholas Trevino and David Van

Adult team members were Audrey Ceja, Ray Chavez, David Havelka, Lydia Jaramillo, Jerry Ochoa , Matthew Perales, Kim Polasek, Eileen Rivera, David Standlee and Debbie Zambrano.