Camp Savio
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Who: All current 5th-8th graders
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Includes a $450 cost directly from Camp Savio, transportation fees to camp, and a boost to help our chaperones attend for free
When: June 15th-20th, 2026
Where: Conception Abbey, 37174 State Hwy VV, Conception, Missouri, 64433
Cost:
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Camper: $590
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Chaperone: Free + 50% off child(ren)’s fees if chaperoning all five nights OR $50 off every night chaperoned
We need at least 7 chaperones! Contact Erica Sarmiento (esarmiento@sttheresenorth.org) if interested in chaperoning before making a payment
Additional St. Therese
Camp Information
Drop Off: June 15th
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10:50AM-11:30AM: Check-in at the Wooldridge Center
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11:30AM-11:50AM: Load luggage onto the bus + Group Picture
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12:00PM: Bus departs
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1:30PM-1:50PM: Arrive at Conception Abbey
Pick Up: June 20th
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Parents are required to pick up their child(ren) on the last day of camp. We invite all parents to attend the final session on Saturday. Lunch will be provided following Mass, and the camp store will be open
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9:30AM: Arrival time
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10:00AM: Final session
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11:45AM: Mass
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Please plan to arrive at camp on time. We understand that delays happen, so if you are running late, please send us a text. When parents arrive late, teens can experience increased anxiety and worry. Keeping us informed allows us to reassure them and better support everyone involved.
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Thank you!
CAMP SAVIO InFormation
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Camp Savio is a middle school summer camp hosted by the Diocese of Kansas City - St. Joseph at Conception Abbey in Conception, MO. It is open to parish youth currently in 5th - 8th grade (and will be in 6th-9th grade for the 2025-2026 School Year) and any parent who wants to serve as a chaperone and is VIRTUS certified (or will be before Camp starts).
The purpose of Camp Savio is to provide parish youth groups from around the Diocese to come together every summer for a week of faith, fun, and fellowship. Every day, a lineup of dynamic presenters, worship leaders, and priests serve alongside the camp staff to encourage a deeper relationship with Christ in each camper. Each year, camp is centered around a theme meant to help campers understand their faith and their relationship with God and each other.
A typical morning and afternoon is packed with a variety of games, activities, and team building exercises in the form of low ropes, obstacle courses, a mud pit, field games, and more. Campers are also given one day off-site at the lake and free time to shop at the camp store. Every day, Mass is offered, and a retreat-like session is given by the keynote speaker to help campers engage with the yearly theme and ponder their relationship with Christ. They are given the opportunity to engage with the sacrament of Reconciliation and spend time with Christ through Adoration.
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ROLES AT CAMP​
Group Leader: This is the person organizing the trip and the main group contact throughout the registration process and leading up to your arrival at camp. The group leader must be an adult, age 21 or older, who is actually attending camp with the group.
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Adult Chaperone: To attend as an adult chaperone, you must be at least 21 years old. While at camp, the adult chaperones are to participate as any camper would. They will be the role models of openness to God throughout every adventure. Along with having fun, they will be responsible for the actions and participation of your campers. Throughout the day, they will need to keep the campers on task to the adventure at hand. At night you will be sleeping in the same dorms as the campers. Therefore, we expect that you will help us with enforcing the curfew and lights out rule, as well as helping wake the campers in time for the day.
Campers: Participants at summer camp. For Camp Savio, these include incoming 6th graders through graduating 8th graders. For Camp Bosco, these include incoming 10th graders through graduating seniors.
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Savio Shepherds: Savio Shepherds are college aged students who have applied and have been accepted to serve you and your campers at camp. The shepherds will help run the sessions in the evenings, coordinate the daily activities and games, get to know your youth, provide a listening ear and prayerful spirit.
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Savio Servants: Savio Servants are high school aged students who have applied and have been accepted to serve. During Camp Savio, they run all the behind the scenes work: setting up and taking down, making sure water jugs are full, running the technology, working in the kitchen, taking photos, taking video, editing photos and videos, running song lyrics, delivering the night snack, working in the camp store, etc. During Camp Bosco, they attend as campers.
