Episcopal Retreats is a blog designed to provide information about Christian retreats and camps around the world and to provide feedback from those who have been there with hints and advice for making the experience more rewarding.
Welcome
August 24th, 2009
The Mandala Center – Des Moines, Iowa
November 22nd, 2011
“The Mandala Center is a place to burrow into on a journey of self-discovery. With beautiful facilities, gourmet meals, wonderful teachers, and other like-minded individuals, you are free to explore, participate, reflect, restore, and react to it all. The air is crisp and clean. There are no city lights or noise and you step away from the lodge into the Milky Way. The Mandala Center, like most things worth experiencing, is beyond words.”
Camp DeWolfe Long Island
November 22nd, 2011
Camp DeWolfe offers an 8 week summer camp season sponsored by the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island to serve the 150 parishes of the diocese and youth on Long Island.
Camp DeWolfe offers young people (grades 3-11) an opportunity to experience camping with one-week sessions (Sunday – Friday), by providing a natural setting for them to engage in community and empower them to live out an outward and visible expression of the love and grace of Christ.
Camp DeWolfe is a place where young people are encouraged to be themselves, to grow in their Christ-like identity, to explore their God-given gifts and to enjoy making friends in a picturesque beach and waterfront setting.
Camp McDowell -Alabama
September 22nd, 2009
Since 1948, people of all faiths and backgrounds have used our facilities to rest, learn, grow, worship, and play. Camp McDowell is “God’s Backyard.”
The Episcopal Church offers many programs and events here to meet your spiritual needs. Our comfortable, beautiful lodges and rustic cabins are available for use by groups who are educational or religious in purpose.
Camp Mitchell – Arkansas
August 24th, 2009
Camp Mitchell is both an event and a facility. Camp Mitchell, the event, was organized as a children’s summer camp by then Bishop R. Bland Mitchell and was first held in the mid-1930s on Stout’s Point (the actual site of Petit Jean’s grave) and later at Mather Lodge. By 1946 Bishop Mitchel and the Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas had purchased the point and the acreage extending westward and Camp Mitchell, the facility, was established.
A popular site for retreats, conferences, reunions and weddings, this beautiful facility is home to such annual Episcopal events as the Arkansas Youth Event, Winterstar, Women’s Institute, Cursillio, Clergy Conference, Commission on Ministry meetings and Deacon’s Retreat Weekend as well as eight Summer Camp sessions. Camp Mitchell is also the long-time host to many non-Episcopal groups such as the Ecumenical Buddhist Society of Little Rock and the Arkansas Konference of Young People in A.A. (ARKYPAA) which recently held its 21st consecutive annual convention event here.
Episcopal camps nurture faith and friendships
August 24th, 2009By Pat McCaughan, June 10, 2009[Episcopal Life]
It was the first full day at Camp Stevens at Julian, California, for 31 sixth graders, and every step along the hiking trail brought fresh discoveries.
Camille Furby, 12, a first-time camper, was part of a group receiving a mid-May mini-lesson on discerning dog prints from cat tracks. “I like it. I’m learning a lot,” said Furby, whose class curriculum included spending a week at the camp about 60 miles north of San Diego.
From merely taking time out to stop, be still and listen to meadow grasses shifting in the wind to contemplating varieties of energy, recognizing poison oak or settling in amid charred oak and pine trees for an impromptu fire safety lesson, “we want them to have this experience,” said Erin Brennan, a teacher at Furby’s school, All Hallows Academy.
Camp Washington
August 24th, 2009
Started in 1917 by the Rev. Floyd Kenyon as a summer camp for boys, Camp Washington , a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, has grown over the years to become a major residential summer camp for boys and girls. In 1990, work began on a vision to make the facility a year-round site serving the broader needs of the Christian community for retreats, training sessions and other church uses for all age groups.
In 1991, new construction and renovation of existing buildings provided a modern complex able to house and feed 175 persons. The 300 acres, laced with many trails, provide an attractive and quiet area for rest, reflection and environmental learning.
Camp Kanuga – North Carolina
August 24th, 2009
Camp Kanuga is a traditional co-ed summer camping program sponsored by Kanuga Conferences, an Episcopal center in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Camping has been an important Kanuga offering since the center opened in 1928.
Camp Kanuga offers young people ages 7-15 an enjoyable and stimulating experience in a Christian outdoor setting. The program enables campers to grow emotionally and spiritually while at the same time developing new interests, skills and friendships.
Camp Kanuga welcomed 639 campers and Trailblazer Adventurers in 2008. They came from 24 states, England, Spain and Israel. Kanuga’s national and international reputation gives campers and Trailblazer Adventurers great opportunity for friendships that cross the United States and oceans!
