Catholic Summer Camp Fun in Ladysmith !
Totus Tuus is a summer Catholic youth program dedicated to sharing the Gospel and promoting the Catholic faith through evangelization, catechesis, Christian witness, and Eucharistic worship. In short, it's a week jam-packed with fun, friends, games, laughter, and worship!
Every year Totus Tuus has a different theme and focuses on different mysteries of the rosary.
Every year Totus Tuus has a different theme and focuses on different mysteries of the rosary.
Program Information and Scheduling
Day Camp (elementary school)Age: 1st-6th grade during 2025-26 school year
Date: July 21-July 25 Time: 9:00 am - 2:30 pm Location: Our Lady of Sorrows School (gym) Cost: FREE Program OverviewThe Grade School program that Totus Tuus provides is designed for children going into 1st through 6th grades. The parish program runs Monday through Friday.
Students learn about Christ and the Catholic Church through classroom lessons, skits, and saint visits. They experience Christ through daily prayer, Mass, and the sacrament of Reconciliation. Fun activities such as games, songs, skits, and recess complete the Totus Tuus experience for elementary school students. Children make new friends and learn that it is cool to be Catholic! Friday afternoon is the highlight of the week for many kids. It is the incentive for the kids to continue to 'Pray, Play, and Learn' throughout the rest of the week. After lunch there is the "water fight" in which students can bring squirt guns and buckets to drench each other and their teachers! One teacher will be chosen to get "creamed" with shaving cream by the kids! Water-balloon tosses and bucket relays, along with songs, complete this fabulous afternoon. Daily Schedule 9:00 a.m. INTRODUCTION
9:15 a.m. Warm-up/Songs 9:25 a.m. CLASS PERIOD #1 9:50 a.m. Snack Break 10:10 a.m. Music Preparation for Mass 10:20 a.m. CLASS PERIOD #2 10:45 a.m. Mass Preparation/Confessions 11:15 a.m. MASS 12:00 p.m. Lunch/Recess 12:55 p.m. Water Break/ Cool Down 1:00 p.m. Saint Skit 1:15 p.m. CLASS PERIOD #3 1:40 p.m. Break 1:50 p.m. CLASS PERIOD #4 2:15 p.m. Gather, Review and Closing Prayer 2:30 p.m. DISMISSAL |
Youth Evenings ( jr./sr. high)Age: 7th-12th grade during 2025-2026 school year
Date: July 20 - July 25 Time: 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Location: Our Lady of Sorrows School (gym) Cost: FREE Program OverviewTotus Tuus offers an evening program for junior and senior high youth (entering grades 7-12). We have found that vibrant, faithful college-aged teachers can effectively impact the junior high and high school youth, because of the close proximity of age and the ability to establish mentor relationships (i.e. big brother or big sister). The Totus Tuus Junior/Senior High Program includes games, instruction, small group discussions, quiet meditation, prayer, and fellowship. The team teaches in such a way as to continually offer a dialogue and to challenge young people to embrace a life of discipleship.
On Tuesday evening the youth experience adoring Christ face to face during Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. During the same time, each youth has the opportunity to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Wednesday evening is devoted to Vocations and Apologetics, where teens have the chance to ask questions about the Faith and get answers from the team. Concluding the week, the team will be spends time in fellowship with the youth on Thursday night. This usually means a quick walk to the elementary school playground for all kinds of fun games, bonfire, and lots of laughing. Evening Schedule 7:30 p.m. Introduction/Review
7:45 p.m. SESSION #1 8:30 p.m. Break 8:45 p.m. SESSION #2 9:30 p.m. Night Prayer 9:45 p.m. DISMISSAL |
Mission
The mission of Totus Tuus is to inspire in young people a true longing for holiness, a deep desire for daily conversion, and an openness to their vocation by constantly challenging them to give themselves entirely to Christ through Mary and by continually strengthening their prayer lives in imitation of Her.
Motivation
Totus Tuus, a Latin phrase meaning "totally yours," was the motto of St. John Paul II. Taken from St. Louis de Montfort’s True Devotion to Mary, it signifies our desire to give ourselves entirely to Jesus Christ through Mary. It also expresses our effort to give our all to every young person we encounter. Through the teams’ example of joy and service, the youth see that these men and women are ON FIRE with the Catholic faith and long for the same thing in their lives.
Method
Totus Tuus calls upon college students and seminarians from the Catholic Diocese of Superior and across the United States to carry this mission to every young person they encounter in the parishes. Students are hired for their energy, enthusiasm, love for the faith, commitment to spiritual growth, ability to work with a team, and desire to work with youth.
The mission of Totus Tuus is to inspire in young people a true longing for holiness, a deep desire for daily conversion, and an openness to their vocation by constantly challenging them to give themselves entirely to Christ through Mary and by continually strengthening their prayer lives in imitation of Her.
Motivation
Totus Tuus, a Latin phrase meaning "totally yours," was the motto of St. John Paul II. Taken from St. Louis de Montfort’s True Devotion to Mary, it signifies our desire to give ourselves entirely to Jesus Christ through Mary. It also expresses our effort to give our all to every young person we encounter. Through the teams’ example of joy and service, the youth see that these men and women are ON FIRE with the Catholic faith and long for the same thing in their lives.
Method
Totus Tuus calls upon college students and seminarians from the Catholic Diocese of Superior and across the United States to carry this mission to every young person they encounter in the parishes. Students are hired for their energy, enthusiasm, love for the faith, commitment to spiritual growth, ability to work with a team, and desire to work with youth.
