More than seventy years ago, Sheldon Calvary Camp was established as a place for children and young people to experience Christian faith. The camp seeks to build a Christian community which nurtures friendship, models the acceptance of individual differences, and values all of God’s creation. Each summer, the camp stives to live this mission, believing [...]

About sixty junior and senior high school students experienced something last weekend that many said they had never been able to do before. They got to know others their own age from across the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh. The group, along with about twenty parish youth ministers, clergy, and other adult helpers, came together August [...]

The Christian Education Director at St. Brendan’s, Franklin Park, Joyce Donadee, has offered to form a network of religious educators among the parishes of the diocese. "My hope is that Sunday school directors will be able to support each other, and share information and materials… [I] hope we can get something started because it is [...]

Youth from around the diocese will be gathering in North Park on August 22nd for a day of games, hiking, lunch and liturgy. All junior and senior high school-age kids are invited. Lunch and t-shirts will be provided to all youth and registered adult chaperones. Here’s the schedule:   ♦  10:00 a.m. Meet at Wildwood [...]

In the Dining Hall last Wednesday, July 22nd, the voices of two hundred and fifty or so campers and staff cheered an enthusiastic (and loud) welcome to Bishop Johnson on his first visit to Sheldon Calvary Camp. With a hand painted sign featuring a sunset and the chapel cross, and wearing all the purple clothing [...]

St. Michael’s of the Valley Episcopal Church invites the community to a delightful summer evening of music on Friday, June 26 at 6:30 p.m. Tony Jackson and Pam Sovich are known in the diocese for their work with the Neighborhood Youth Outreach Program at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Wilkinsburg, Together, they make up the musical [...]

The following is excerpted from an article published by Episcopal Life Online on June 10, 2009 By Pat McCaughan ‘Holy ground’ Horseback riding, archery, arts and crafts remain summer staples at the Sheldon Calvary Camp in the Diocese of Pittsburgh, said David Dix, a third-generation camper whose daughters Maddy, 16, and Abby, 14, "are already [...]

As the school year winds down and sights are set on the summer, Calvary Camp is ramping up for its 73rd consecutive year of recreation and spiritual growth on the shores of Lake Erie in an environment filled with the love of Jesus Christ. There is good news for those that are still planning their [...]