Clergy from churches, which have not participated in the past, are given preference in the application selection. The weekends are operated in pairs. Men attend the first weekend and women attend one week later. Both weekends are held at the same site. Cristo team members live together as a community.
Complete attendance is required for the entire weekend.
Each weekend is presented by a team, which has gathered and trained together for that weekend only. The same format and time schedule is followed for each weekend. Once a church has participated it can continue to send both lay and clergy to weekends. These applications will be processed through an allocation system. A person must be over 21 years old to attend a Unidos en Cristo weekend.