Evangelization Training Camps
EC’s week-long training camps held across the United States have brought together over 275 people from 31 different campuses since 2006. During five days of formation, prayer and training campus ministers and student leaders learn how to bring the proven building blocks of outreach and evangelization to their home campus.
First we help participants have more vibrant prayer and sacramental lives. Then we teach them vital ministry skills they practice with each other. The last two days are dedicated to forming a comprehensive vision for their ministry that will bring new people into a committed Catholic faith in Christ, establish them in discipleship, and equip them for mission.
All 2012 camps co-sponsored by the University of Notre Dame Center for Liturgy
ETC 2012
This year we are offering three exciting tracks for students to choose from:
Track 1: Evangelization and Small Groups: $200
Track 2: Sacraments and One-on-Ones: $200
Track 3: (Wisconsin camp only) One-on-One Intensive: $400
Track 1 teaches the building blocks for outreach ministries. Track 2 features formation by Tim O’Malley, Ph.D., Director of Notre Dame Center for Liturgy. The more we understand the Mass, the sacraments, and how to encounter Christ in the Church’s rituals, the more alive we will be for Jesus and the love he wants us to share with the world. EC staff equips participants to share their transformed life one-on-one with fellow students in Track 2 or 3 in Wisconsin.
One-on-One Intensive – Wisconsin Camp Only!
For those who have already attended Track 1/Small group outreach, come again! Track 3 equips students to invite peers into one-on-one mentoring in the heart and habits of a disciple. Students learn to compellingly share faith experiences, dialogue at an appropriate spiritual level, and facilitate deep discussion of Jesus and his disciples using Scripture. Campus ministers learn to run discipleship training groups for formation and training of mentors.
Students and staff will leave spiritually refreshed so they can return to their campuses with contagious energy for sharing the Good News!
Testimonials
‘From being a participant, to a leader, to currently, the peer minister of small group leaders at St. Thomas Aquinas, I know I have a passion for small groups. The training I received through the Evangelical Catholic Leadership Camp helped me realize small groups are not just a place students can go to interact with each other, but they are a full-flegded and vibrant ministry that works towards bringing people into an authentic connection with Christ and a community of fellow Christians. Our focus is to help leaders grow in their faith and prayer lives so that they can more effectively facilitate discussion and minister to those in and out of their small groups, because as the EC says, “you cannot give what you do not have”.’ -Wisconsin ETC Participant, 2011
“The Evangelical Catholic guided our campus into clarifying and focusing our ministry so that we can share Christ’s love with our peers on their journey to becoming disciples.” -Massachusetts ETC Participant, 2010
“This camp was very helpful in helping me learn practical ways to reach out to others in order to share Christ. I feel I have many tools that I can use from here on after. Plus there was great food, fun, and fellowship which was the icing on the cake!” -Wisconsin ETC Participant, 2010
“The week of my evangelical Catholic training was seriously one of the best weeks of my faith life. The EC training definitely gave me some new skills when I thought there was nothing else I could learn about leadership….Not only have I emerged an entirely new and stronger person in my faith, but I’ve been given the tools and drive to get others to this point.” -Missouri ETC Participant, 2010
“Evangelization will only thrive through a surrendered heart in union with Christ. We must teach our people to pray and this week did that.” -Massachusetts ETC Participant, 2010
“I have been at a training camp before and gained a lot from it then but everything seemed so crystallized this time around and being back was a very fruitful privilege.” -Wisconsin ETC Participant, 2010
Upcoming Evangelization Training Camps
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Evangelization Training Camp -Wisconsin 2012
July 30th, 2012 — August 3rd, 2012
Oconomowoc, WI
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Evangelization Training Camp - Arkansas 2012
August 6th, 2012 — August 10th, 2012
Little Rock, AR
Past Evangelization Training Camps
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Evangelization Training Camp, Midwest
August 3rd, 2011 — August 7th, 2011
Nashotah, WI, Midwest
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Evangelization Training Camp, Northeast
May 15th, 2011 — May 19th, 2011
Dennis, MA, Northeast (Cape Cod)
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Evangelization Training Camp, Missouri (changed from Texas)
August 15th, 2010 — August 19th, 2010
Maryville, Missouri