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.:Chaplain's Religious Enrichment Development Operation:.

760-830-6464
[MCAGCC]

760-725-4954
[Camp Pendleton]

CREDO is sponsored by the Commandant of the Marine Corps [CMC] through the Navy Chief of Chaplains.

CREDO's vision is to awaken service members and their families to the inherent personal and social strength available by living healthy, spiritual lives.

.:CREDO Details:.

CREDO is highly effective retreat program that supports the Marine Corps' readiness, retention, recruiting and quality of life priorities. Since its inception in 1971, it continues to provide programs for personal growth, character development, team building, ethical leadership, and workshops on marriage enrichment and spiritual growth. The retreats provide participants the opportunity to develop new perspectives about their relationships with family and friends, the military, and spiritual traditions. Best of all it is FREE and open to all active duty military, Reservists, retirees, and family members.

The CREDO Approach:
CREDO builds supportive relationships. In a caring community, participants learn how to relate to themselves, others and God. They discover meaning and satisfaction. Through this program participants come to an awakening of the spiritual dimension in life and discover the value of self and others.

Who is eligible?
Service members [with NO-COST TAD Orders from their command], family members of military personnel, retirees and reservists on drilling status.

What is the Cost?
CREDO weekends are provided at NO COST to participants. Meals, lodging and transportation are provided at NO COST as well, although Marriage Enrichment Weekend participants are asked to provide personal transportation to workshop site.

.:The CREDO Weekend:.

CREDO offers workshops conducted by CREDO Chaplains. The weekend is an informal experience where participants can lay aside the distractions that crowd their lives. Men and women, known to each other by first names only, join together to build trusting relationships. The gathering is spiritual rather than religious, supportive rather than group therapeutic. A CREDO weekend, known as Personal Growth Retreat [PGR] lasts 72 hours. Participants experience spiritual, emotional and interpersonal growth. The impact of the weekend and follow-up group sessions are enriching and often
life changing.