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REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR 2024.
We look forward to seeing you in 2025!
A week-long summer camp set apart for middle schoolers entering 7th through 9th grade (Fall 2025). Join other Catholic youth from around the Archdiocese for a week of high adventure fun: water obstacles, adoration, kayaks, parish time, color wars, extreme faith, archer, talks, laser tag, rock wall, swimming, and so much more!
Extreme Faith Camp (EFC)
Dates TBD for 2025
Trinity Woods Camp, Trego, Wisconsin
Find more information on the camp activities and a paper registration form.
EFC Information
Extreme Faith Camp (EFC) is a five-day summer camp, started within the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis more than 20 years ago. From 2014 through 2019, our parish joined EFC, and we watched our youth fall in love with Christ and have a blast!
In the past, our youth attended Damascus Northwoods camp at Heartwood Resort in Trego, Wisconsin. Generous donors from the Archdiocese have now purchased this site and are dedicating the camp to youth ministry for our Archdiocese. Now named Trinity Woods Camp, we are excited to return to this beautiful location and share the Good News of the Gospel with our youth in a fun and faith-filled week!
This summer the Parish of Saints Joachim & Anne will again be bringing students in current grades 6-8 to this amazing overnight camp! We have secured many spots for the camp, but space is limited. Registrations are accepted until full.
More information can be found in the tabs below.
We are here to answer any questions or concerns. We are committed to the safety and faith development of your child. We want to partner with you in caring for them and ensuring that your concerns are answered. Don’t hesitate to ask us if you have questions!
This camp makes committed disciples of our young people. Ask your children if they have friends they could invite to join the fun!
Extreme Faith Camp is a week filled with fun, friends, and faith, helping your child build relationships with other youth and with God. They will experience the life-giving teachings of the Catholic Church in a beautiful, Northwood setting. Allow your children to come apart with Jesus so that He can build a firm foundation of faith!
Every camper is assigned to a small group of boys or girls for the week, from lodging and activities to prayer and discussion time. They will build deep friendships with other youth and with God!
Here are some of the things your child will experience at EFC!
Campers engage in high-adventure activities, providing opportunities to encounter God by testing their limits, all surrounded by God’s natural beauty, helping to break down “walls,” building trust among other youth and their counselors.
And of course...programs to grow in Faith!
Mass, comedies, Confession, dramas, Adoration, small group sharing, testimonies, inspiring talks, praise, and worship!
BUS TO CAMP:
TBD for 2025
The bus will take the youth directly to Trinity Woods Camp in Wisconsin.
PARENTS PICK UP FROM CAMP:
TBD for 2025
DIRECTIONS:
Hey, parents!
Do your high school kids want to go to summer camp?
Do YOU want to go to summer camp?
We are looking for high school and adult volunteers to join us for a fun week working with middle school students! Adults and high school students may be on the prayer team, be small group leaders, or help with many other tasks while enjoying the beautiful Trinity Woods camp and retreat center.
9th grade Prayer Team:
Students are invited to serve as members of the Prayer Team, spending the week interceding for the campers, and serving in various behind-the-scenes roles, while deepening their own interior life with the Lord. This prepares these 9th-grade students to serve not only as Extreme Team leaders in the following years but also as leaders in their parish.
10th - 12th grade Extreme Team ET:
High school students serve as small group leaders for a group of middle school campers. ET will disciple and guide the campers through camp activities and prayer. This is an opportunity for high school students to engage in the church’s mission of discipleship and is extremely impactful on the future faith life of the high schoolers and campers they serve.
Check your calendars and contact us to volunteer the week of....
Check back later for summer 2025 dates.
We would love to have you join us!
We will be selling chocolate bars and Watch ‘em Grow gardens, and participate in Charity Bingo at O’Brien’s Public House to cover the cost of the bus and provide $150 in financial assistance for each student. We ask each camper to sell one (1) box of the World’s Finest Chocolate Bars to pay for the bus. You may sell additional boxes to help pay for your child’s camp fee; you will keep the proceeds for these boxes.
We ask families and campers to help sell chocolate bars after Masses, to promote “Watch ‘em Grow” gardens, and to help with Bingo fundraisers. Watch for an email with a schedule of days/times for sales.
If you know of other ways to raise funds for summer camp, or if you would like to help directly with this, please contact us:
Harold Armstrong: [email protected]
Cathy Wideman: [email protected]
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