Retreats & Summer Formation
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St. Isidore the Farmer Pastorate, the Diocese of Madison, and neighboring pastorates offer various retreats and formation events for children and teens. See available opportunities below for more information and how to register your student for these great events!
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Camp GraySELECT WEEKENDS | MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL
Middle and high schoolers have the opportunity to spend time at Camp Gray during the school year as they learn to know Christ more deeply through prayer, spiritual formation, and community building. Registration for these retreats are done through Camp Gray at the link below. Pricing is VERY reasonable for these retreats. Register your student directly with Camp Gray and let Sarah Allen know you registered as she will manage chaperones for our pastorate group!
Upcoming Available Weekends
High School: April 25-27, 2025
Registration & Additional Information
**Please also notify Sarah Allen after you register with Camp Gray
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Frassati FestFEBRUARY 6-8, 2026 | HIGH SCHOOL
Register your teen by January 1, 2026 for Frassati Fest!
Frassati Fest is a Catholic conference at the Kalahari Resort for all high schoolers in the Diocese of Madison. Last year, there were nearly 300 faithful Catholic teenagers who came together for this event to grow in their faith, deepen their relationship with Christ, meet new friends and spend time with old ones, and, of course, to take a plunge at the waterpark! Information for this weekend retreat is listed below.
Check out the video at the bottom of this page to see what Frassati Fest is like!
Register by Contacting Sarah Allen, DRE
More Information
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Love Begins HereSUMMER | MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL
Registration for LBH Summer 2025 is now open! Register by April 17!
Love Begins Here (LBH) is a mission-focused summer teen formation program that brings together teens from across the Diocese to help out local community members with acts of service, pray together, and grow in faith and community together.
The impact of Love Begin Here has been far reaching and humbling. Each mission experience aims to serve those in need doing 'small acts of kindness with great love' based on the patroness of the mission experiences, St. Teresa of Calcutta. By showing kindness to others, we become God's hands and feet to do His work.St. Teresa of Calcutta, pray for us!
Check out the video below to see some clips from LBH 2024 at St. Isidore the Farmer Pastorate!
LBH Registration
Additional Information
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We will chaperone groups from our pastorate to the following LBH dates/locations:- High School: June 8-13, 2025 in Janesville, WI
- Middle School: July 7-10, 2025 in Dodgeville, WI
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Totus TuusSUMMER | GRADES 1-12
Registration for Totus Tuus Summer 2025 is now open!
Totus Tuus is a week-long “parish mission” for Catholic youth including days filled with fun games, silly skits, songs, snacks, lessons and prayer. The team of college age youth is dedicated to proclamation of the Gospel and promoting the Catholic faith through evangelization, Christian witness, the sacraments, Marian devotion, Eucharistic worship and FUN!
Check out the Catholic Herald article featuring the Totus Tuus program in 2024 at St. Philomena!
Totus Tuus instructs young people in the basic tenets of the Catholic faith to cultivate both a firm intellectual grounding and a solid personal relationship with Christ. Totus Tuus demonstrates that one can be a faithful, practicing Catholic and still have fun!
Totus Tuus Registration & Additional Information
*St. Isidore the Farmer Pastorate is not scheduled to host Totus Tuus this summer. Many opportunities are available across our Diocese to send your child(ren) to Totus Tuus for a week at the location that best fits into your schedule. You will find the full schedule and list of locations at the link above.
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Weekend Retreats Spring 2025
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Frassati Fest 2025
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LBH 2024 @ Holy Rosary
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