Girls Wilderness Adventure: 6-Day Middle School Program

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FEATURES

  • Duration: 6 days, 5 nights

  • Average group size: 10 campers* / 2-3 joy-filled and well-trained counselors

  • Encounter our Lord through incredible adventures in the Rocky Mountains

  • Spend the day soaking in the beauty and vastness of the outdoors and then go to sleep in 25 foot teepees 

  • Put Christ at the center of the fun with daily Mass, Adoration, and ample opportunities for Confession and prayer

  • Experience a joyful Catholic community while learning why the Catholic faith is so beautiful!

  • Try new things including fishing, hiking, archery, a highline course through the trees and more. Learn about God and His Church throughout each adventure experience 

    • Please note: rock climbing and white water rafting are NOT a part of the middle school program

  • Marvel at the night sky while camping overnight on Camp Wojtyla’s property

  • Form a sisterhood with fellow campers and learn from amazing counselor mentors

  • Learn the skills to camp confidently in the outdoors

  • Be challenged individually and as a team to do hard things, grow in confidence, and leadership skills

  • Elevation range: 7,000 to 10,000 ft

    *For campers entering 6th, 7th and 8th grade; Campers must be at least 11 years old by October 1st to participate. 

DESCRIPTION

During the Wilderness Adventure Program on Camp Wojtyla’s 1,200 acre wilderness property, campers experience an intentionally crafted and sequenced program that seamlessly integrates adventure, faith, and formation. Middle school campers live jam-packed days of adventure. They learn to shoot a bow and arrow, fish in our pond, traverse through the trees on our highline course, and participate in a variety of challenges and competitions among teepee groups. Counselors debrief each activity to help campers draw lessons which they can take with them off the mountain. The joyful celebration of the sacraments, particularly the Eucharist, are the center of each day. Campers form Christ-centered friendships as they take on challenges, both personally and as a team. The evenings are filled with bonfires, night games, and time to pray and reflect on the day. Our goal is for campers to leave with a deep sense of God’s love for them and a desire to live life to the full in Jesus Christ!

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A DAY IN THE LIFE

While no day is “typical” at Camp Wojtyla, campers can expect most of the following elements on most days:

  • 7am - Rise and shine as a teepee group. Morning hygiene routine, short prayer as a group, pack daypacks and dress for the days’ activities

  • 8am - Breakfast in basecamp

  • 9am - Morning activity block (could include archery, fishing, crafts, highline, relay challenge, prayer time, hiking, low ropes, or other activities)

  • 12:30pm - Sack lunch break, group processing

  • 1:30pm - Afternoon activity block (could include archery, fishing, crafts, highline, relay challenge, prayer time, hiking, low ropes, or other activities)

  • 5pm - All camp Mass

  • 5:45pm - Friendly group competitions and songs

  • 6pm - Hot dinner and skits in basecamp

  • 6:45pm - Trading post is open

  • 7pm - Night program (night game, adoration/confession, off-mainsite overnight, campfire, or other activities)

  • 9pm - Return to teepees for small group time; prepare for bed

  • 10pm - “Lights out”

*Campers are highly supervised.

*There is structured free time including time to pray together and what the campers know and love as Teepee time.

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