SANTIAGO CAMPS

We provide a beautiful rustic venue to hold your next religious event, retreat, conference, etc. that is comfortable and accommodating for both small and large groups. Please see our amenities page for all that Santiago offers.

VACATION

BIBLE CAMP

Camp

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BLOSSOM

THE CATHOLIC CAMP FOR GIRLS

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THE CATHOLIC CAMP FOR BOYS

CATHOLIC

FAMILY CAMP

"Not only was it a meaningful experience for our kids,

but they invited their friends, who are now also active in our parish"

— Melinda,  San Clemente

Vacation Bible Camp

June 28 - July 2, 2021

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Santiago’s Catholic Vacation Bible Camp is specifically designed to celebrate the richness of our One, True, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic faith and to lead kids closer to Christ. Each day is spent traveling through fun and engaging learning stations which reinforce the daily virtue and Bible theme in a hands-on way. Santiago’s VBC offers daily Mass and Eucharistic Adoration, rock solid songs, great games, creative crafts, super snacks, saintly skits and interactive faith lessons with 100% Catholic Truth!

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CAMP PARTICIPANTS

• Pre-K (Children Ages 3-4 Years Old)

• Campers (Kindergarten- 6th Grade)

• Junior High (7th and 8th Grade) will enjoy a customized program which includes servant-leadership training and faith formation geared to their level.
  *Grade Entering in the Fall

REGISTRATION FEES

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• $120 per participant – Participant Fee without Parent Volunteering

• $95 per participant – Participant Fee with Parent Volunteering 3-4 Days 

• $80 per participant – Participant Fee with Parent Volunteering  5 days
  **Additional $10 required Volunteer T-Shirt
  **Nursery provided for infant to 2 years old children of adult volunteers:

• Free – Nursery children under 1 year
  T-shirts and snacks are not included

• $20 per child- Nursery children 1-2 years
  T-shirts and daily snacks are included

• June 7th Registration Closes, Remaining Balance and All Forms Due

Santiago Scholarship Application

"Vacation Bible Camp has become one of the great summer memories for my kids. What a terrific opportunity to share the life of Jesus while having a lot of fun! They now want to come back to Santiago every year."

— Sheryl, Dana Point

CAMP EL CAMINO

July 6 - July 9, 2021

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For centuries, people have made pilgrimages in an effort to encounter God. El Camino de Santiago (“the Way of St. James”) is a famous network of pilgrimage routes across Europe leading to the tomb of St. James the Apostle, located in Santiago, Spain.

Here at Santiago Retreat Center, Camp El Camino provides youth with an exciting Christian pilgrimage experience in Orange County. Campers will make friends, have fun, grow in faith and holiness, and encounter Christ along “The Way”!

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Living Christian lives in our society is not easy, especially for youth. Camp El Camino offers youth a space to encounter Christ and find fellow Christian pilgrims in our Christian journey toward God.  It is an opportunity for each beloved pilgrim to intentionally begin their pilgrimage – their Camino with Christ and transform their hearts!

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CAMP PARTICIPANTS

• Rising 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Students

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REGISTRATION FEES

• $290 per camper

• Initial Deposit: $150 (Due at Registration)

• June 14th Registration Closes, Remaining Balance, and All Forms Due

Learn more about the Santiago Scholarship Fund

GIRLS BLOSSOM CAMP

2021 BLOSSOM SUMMER CAMP

July 11-16, 2021

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Blossom Camp is a week-long camp for girls ages 8-13 years old. We have plenty of laughs, get a little dirty, hike, swim, face the low ropes challenge, play games, sing campfire songs and make great friends.  But our greatest treasures at Blossom Camp are celebrating the Sacraments, reinforcing the beauty and dignity of every girl with unique formation themes, and getting to see and meet religious sisters from several different orders throughout the week as they lead us each day. This is what makes Blossom Camp a one-of-a-kind experience!

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FIAT ENRICHMENT WEEKENDS

February 12-14 "Family"
March 12-14 "Fathers"

April 16-18 "Lights"

May 14-16 "Mothers"

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FIAT girls enrichment weekends are designed to give young girls an adventure to be Fully Alive. Together they will play games, face challenges, sing songs, laugh, hike, pray, and make life-long friends. Campers will explore what it means to live their FIAT, saying Yes! “Be it done to me according to Thy word” through humility, purity, charity, and the openness to obeying God’s plan. Join us and take a step closer to radically embracing the beauty and dignity of every woman through Mary and the Sacraments. Each month will focus on a theme designed to address the monthly liturgical calendar and Saints of the Catholic Church.

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FIAT & BLOSSOM CAMP PARTICIPANTS

Campers: 8 -13 yrs

Jr. Counselors: 14-17 yrs

Counselors: 18 yrs+

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Santiago Scholarship Application

"Anyone who has a daughter should consider sending them to Blossom

Camp, there is nothing else like it to grow your Catholic Faith."

— Mike,  Mission Viejo

QUO VADIS - THE CATHOLIC CAMP FOR BOYS

2021 SUMMER CAMP

July 18-23, 2021

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QUO VADIS is a week long summer camp for boys (ages 8-13). It is designed to offer a rigorous yet joyful week of journeying toward manhood with and for the glory of God.  QUO VADIS will engage the intellectual, moral, and physical virtues of our boys as they face a variety of challenges.  On their week-long journey, boys will get dirty, pray, make friends, sacrifice, play games, attend Mass, hike, meditate, and learn about whom God is calling them to be.

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FORMATION WEEKENDS

February 5-7  "Family"

March 5-7  "Fathers"

April 9-11  "Lights"

May 7-9  "Mothers"

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Throughout the year, Quo Vadis Formation Weekend Camps are designed to teach young boys how to be Vanguards of hearts, minds, and souls.  Each month will focus on a theme designed to address the monthly liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church.

Quo Vadis Vanguards are young men who are heeding God’s call to be spiritual first responders, learning to lead others into the fray, positioning themselves to be right hand men, bravely going where lesser men fear to tread, paving the way, setting the example, being role models, serving as men for others.

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CAMP PARTICIPANTS

Campers 8-13 yrs

Jr. Counselors 14-17 yrs

Counselors 18+ yrs

Santiago Scholarship Application

CATHOLIC FAMILY SUMMER CAMP

July 29- August 1, 2021 

Family Camp is four days of fun, prayer, the sacraments and focusing on the things that matter most. Equip your family to face whatever lies ahead with faithful courage! Programming includes materials, lodging for 3 nights, 9 meals, use of all facilities including pool, low ropes, hiking trails and more!

CATHOLIC FAMILY WEEKEND CAMPS

Join us for some good ol’ fashioned fun, family and fellowship. This family camp out experience is close to the city, yet rustic and tucked away in the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains. Families will be treated to optional Catholic seminars and Sunday mass. Our Shroud Center exhibit will be available for campers to explore the science of the Shroud of Turin. Our camping site boasts 27 RV sites with 5 pull through full RV hookup locations. We offer space for tent camping, car camping, roof top tent camping, tear drop trailers, vanlife dwellings and, of course, RVs. Our grounds provide public bathrooms and showers, along with picnic tables and a beautiful swimming pool. 

Space is limited. 

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Overland OC hosts the campout event on the last weekend of each month. 

Santiago Scholarship Application

REFUND POLICY

If we are advised by state or local public health officials at a future date that we need to cancel our camps due to the safety of our campers and staff, we will fully refund any registration deposits or fees paid.