Your gift helps others encounter Christ.

Give to create a haven where faith flourishes, relationships deepen, and the joy of living one's faith in exciting ways knows no bounds.

Your support will ensure the comfort, safety and accessibility of all guests through expansion and upgrades to our facilities including:

1. Construction of the “Big Al” multi-purpose gym, auditorium and housing building to accommodate every retreat and summer camp group.
2. Construction of the Village Center to add much needed bathrooms, meeting space and housing for camp directors.
3. A new entrance to the property that is welcoming and safe.
4. Refurbishing the Leader Lodge to house on-site missionaries.
5. A new pool cover to provide a better swim experience and for a longer season.
6. Expansion of the dining hall and new covered picnic and recreation area to accommodate more retreats and larger camps.
7. Infrastructure upgrades to modernize utilities, improve accessibility features and enhance fire prevention and water resources.
8. Sustainability upgrades to implement the forest management plan, add recycling and composting capabilities experience for guests.

Give individuals space to encounter Christ, deepen their faith, and experience the beauty of God in a natural setting.

Your support will sustain Saint Edward Retreat Center (SERC) which includes several lodging options, multipurpose room and lodge, chapels and prayers spaces, dining hall, swimming pool, picnic areas, outdoor stage, outdoor sports areas including volleyball and basketball, game room, archery, hiking, high and low ropes, and ninja paintball.

SERC’s onsite chapel provides a spiritual space for holy Mass and Adoration. The heavenly Rosary Garden invites guests to pray the rosary while hopping wood stump to wood stump or be still on one of the many benches to enjoy God’s natural beauty. The Stations of the
Cross await guests on the Emmaus Hike where groups can embark, pray, and reflect on this spiritual journey that overlooks the mesmerizing Angeles National Forest.​

Give to form leaders in the Catholic faith and bring love, energy, and light back to the Church.

The Missionary Program is a transformative 9-month immersion for leaders in the Catholic faith where they experience a lifestyle of holiness, daily prayer, weekly faith formation, fellowship with fellow missionaries and staff, service at retreats and summer camp through programming, activities, and dining service, and outdoor work projects. This program expands SERC’s service and reach to teens and young adults to bring renewal to the Church and cultivate leaders in the faith.

Give youth a life changing week to experience Christ’s love in the Angeles National Forest.

Camp Lolek is a traditional sleep-away summer camp rooted in the Catholic faith where youth enjoy high and low ropes, swimming, archery, paintball, hiking, field games, crafts, nightly campfires with skits, songs, and motivating speakers, prayer, mass, the “Cape
Program,” and chapel. Campers grow in confidence and character and strengthen their faith, which often changes the trajectory of their life.