‘Wet an’ Dry’ Camps Draw Boys and Girls
The camera, along with seminarians and campers, was splashed during the balloon toss at Jeremiah Days Camp for boys.(Observer Jeremiah Days Camp photos by Amanda Hudson)
The water balloon toss starts at Jeremiah Days Camps for younger boys.(Observer Jeremiah Days Camp photos by Amanda Hudson)
Girls wait for ice cream at St. Therese Camp for girls. (Observer St. Therese photos by Dorothea Barger)
Even the “winners” get wet at the girls’ water fight. A camper, who has just “showered” diocesan Vocations Director, Father Keith Romke, makes sure seminarian Robert “Bobby” Gonnella also gets drenched. She continued down the line, dousing the dry girls, too. (Observer St. Therese photos by Dorothea Barger)
Girls decorated frames in one of the craft sessions at St. Therese Camp. (Observer St. Therese photos by Dorothea Barger)
July 18, 2014
The Rockford Diocese Vocations Office has hosted two camps at Bishop Lane Retreat House this summer.
The girls’ St. Therese Camp was June 22-25 and the younger boys’ Jeremiah Days Camp was July 6-9.
Each camp features a variety of indoor and outdoor activities, as well as a chance to meet priests, seminarians and religious sisters on an informal basis.