CHICAGO, IL (MW Communications) – Summer is just around the corner and the camping season is being prepared. Deaneries and parishes throughout the diocese offer various opprotunities over the summer.
Below are a list of camps with their respective dates and contact information. You can also call the Diocesan Chancery (email) for information on these and other summer opportunites. Camps within the diocese are open to all campers irrespective of deanery affiliation as long as space is available.
Chicago Deanery Summer Camp – June 27 – July 1 – Edwards YMCA Camp, East Troy, Wisconsin
Register by June 19 by contacting:
Fr. Tom Mueller (email) 414-671-5819
Pat Labun (email)
St Mary’s Summer Camp (Minneapolis Deanery) – June 28 – July 5 – Camp Wapogasset, Amery, Wisconsin
Register by contacting:
Deacon Benjamin Tucci (email) 612-781-5020 or by visiting the camp website here.
St John the Forerunner (Indianapolis Deanery) – July 26 – August 1 – Camp Rivervale, Mitchell, Indiana
Register by contacting:
Subdeacon Luke Seraphim Beecham (email) 317.635.7596 (option 3) or by visiting the camp website here
St Vladimir Cleveland Deanery Summer Camp
Ages 7 – 11 – June 28 – July 4 – St Vladimir Camp, Green, Ohio
Ages 12 – 16 – July 6 – 11 – St Vladimir Camp, Green, Ohio
Register by contacting:
Subdeacon Daniel or Catrina Kovalak (email) 216.524.3414
Eastern Orthodox Youth Camp (Pan Orthodox) – Kansas City Deanery
July 26 – August 1 – La Cygne, Kansas
Register by contacting:
Fr. Christopher Rowe (email) 913-231-9731 or Niko Platko (email)
Other Non Diocesan Summer Activities and Camps
Fellowship of Orthodox Christians in America (FOCA) – National Sports Tournament
July 12 – 18 – St Vladimir Camp, Green, Ohio
Register by contacting:
Subdeacon Daniel or Catrina Kovalak (email) 216.524.3414
The Group of Twelve – G12
G12 is yearly expedition of Orthodox Christian youth into the backcountry of the Canadian wilderness and is open to Orthodox students 18 years of age or older.
For more information visit the G12 website here.
