Summer Outreach Week
Teens and adults work alongside each other serving those in need around the Hudson Valley while sowing seeds of faith. We spend our days working at various ministries, building beds for children without any; visiting the elderly and the ill in nursing homes; ministering on the streets, engaging with and feeding our needy brothers and sisters; and working with children at Vacation Bible School. Afternoons and evenings are a time for rest, recreation, and group reflection, where we share how we discovered the presence of God during the day. Lively prayer services and Masses fuel our work and enthusiasm. This program is consistently among CFM's most popular and often has a waiting list.
"I notice myself feeling thankful for all that I have. I notice my love for Christ strengthened and my heart is full."
"Thank you so much for all of the work that went into this. SOW was the greatest week of my life!"
Capuchin Appalachian Mission
Over CAM’s thirty-year history, 1,500 young people and adults have joyfully served the community in Harlan, Kentucky. There, the need is chronic and severe, with 41.5 percent of the people living below the poverty line. We have raised and contributed over $1 million in aid through building projects to improve substandard housing, outreach to provide families with food, supplies, and clothing, a free Vacation Bible School for local children, and ministry to seniors and those living with chronic illnesses.
Consider supporting CAM to offer God's word and love with those who need it most by sharing your time or financial generosity. Your selfless donation can move mountains as high as the Appalachians. Just $50 will help our outreach ministry provide for two families; $200 will buy plywood to make needed repairs to families' homes; and $2,000 will cover the cost of renting one of the vans we use to transport our missionaries. The value of the time and effort you devote as a missionary is impossible to calculate.
"Thanks to this experience, to the friars and other leaders, I reconnected with God. CAM reinspired me to try harder at my life goals and to make the changes I need in order to be who I need to be."
Catholic Literature & Arts Summer Program
We are a unique, universally fun, Catholic theater arts camp!
Acting, dancing, singing, music, set design, and staging! Peers and professionals enlighten, educate, inspire, and share our faith. CLASP builds confidence and creativity and allows you to discover and develop your gifts and talents! No prior music/acting/dance or theater experience is necessary. We have a great team of Catholic educators, dancers, choreographers, choir-masters, directors, acting coaches, religious, and priests.
The program is located at Mt. Alvernia Retreat Center in Wappingers Falls and St. Martin de Porres School, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
CLASP is for teens (rising 9th – 12th graders) & adults.
Jr. CLASP is for elementary and middle school students.
"In CLASP I learned that God really exists. You can see it in the people being so open and nice, and in how everyone can become a family in a week. I'm definitely coming next year!"
"The way CLASP includes all participants (adults and kids) with God in prayer, in teamwork, is excellent."
"A highlight was feeling God's warmth in my heart at adoration, as well as having a family away from home."
Women of the Waters Retreats
Sharing the Waters of Life: I to You, You to Me
The annual Women of the Waters retreat helps women grow and deepen their relationship with Jesus Christ. The name derives from the story in Scripture of the woman at the well, with whom Jesus wanted to share His living waters. The Women of the Waters shares Christ’s living waters with participants through meditations, teachings, witnesses, singing, and Mass. Prepare to laugh, pray, cry, and build relationships with each other but most of all with Jesus Christ, and be formed to carry out the mission of His church. Each year, more participants transform their lives through this retreat.
WOMEN'S RETREAT
The Suffering Servant: A Work of Mercy | January 30, 2027 • 8:30 am–5 pm
Centuries before Christ’s Passion, Isaiah spoke of the Suffering Servant who would bear our sins and bring us healing: “By his wounds we were healed” (Is 53:5). In Jesus, this prophecy is fulfilled. Through His suffering, death, and Resurrection, we receive forgiveness and the gift of God’s mercy.
This retreat invites women to contemplate Christ’s sacrifice and consider our response to the mercy we have received. Through Scripture, prayer, guided reflection, fellowship, Sacraments and Mass, participants will explore the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy—practical ways to carry Christ’s compassion into our families, parishes, workplaces, and communities.
Come encounter the mercy of Christ and be renewed in the call to extend that mercy to others.
The $75 per person fee includes the full program, continental breakfast, lunch, and Vigil Mass.
Location: Capuchin Family Ministries, 781 Route 9D, Garrison, NY.
Men's Retreats
More than ever, the world needs men who serve and lead like Jesus. Be renewed and strengthened, and gain a new perspective on your call to be the son, brother, and father God created you to be. Join other disciples to seek clarity of spirit, forgiveness for wrongs, and conviction of mind, allowing us to live out the Gospel in our day-to-day lives. Gain an appreciation for your unique, innate gifts for building up the Body of Christ, and reach out to the lost. Through witness talks and small group discussions, regular guys share life experiences, struggles, and joys. They cultivate spiritual growth and receive enrichment to live out their call. These retreats include in-depth presentations, prayer, large and small group sharing, reconciliation/confession, lively liturgies, and meals and breaks. If you seek to deepen your faith; develop your relationship with God; have honest conversations that offer significant insights into living Christian manhood; and desire to develop practical spirituality, then we invite you to join us.
2027 MEN'S RETREAT
Save the Date: February 6, 2027
Information on the 2027 Men's Retreat is not yet available. Updates will be posted here and to the events calendar.