When You Wish Upon A Star…
Don’t you wish sometimes that you could just wake up and find out that the last three years have been one big bad dream? Ever since the Twin Tower tragedy we’ve been besieged with threats of terror and bad news. Red alerts, blue alerts, amber alerts, scandals, murders, bombings, you name it…it’s not a nice world for kids to grow up in! Childhood memories should not be shrouded with fright, distrust and worry.
Break through the darkness that threatens to destroy the blossom of youth…look up…to the Morning Star!
This title is given to Our Lady and borrowed for our Summer Camp program dedicated to her. No matter how much the darkness around us grows we can pierce it with the light of faith instilled in the youth during this week retreat from the world.
It is only by our faith that we can truly withstand the forces around us and survive this crisi, making it is still possible to have a childhood filled with happy memories, good friends, rich meaning and hope for a bright future. And what makes that possible is our Catholic Faith. Discover it at Morning Star Camp…. a week experience centered on Jesus through Mary.
2004 Morning Star Update
Twenty-two years ago, we started Morning Star Girls camp in the convent back yard, with a small group of girls, a borrowed pony, and a few old army tents. Since then, we’ve grown alot, so for the last 10 years we’ve been renting lake-front sites. As it has become problematic finding available camps, we have been searching for property to make our own camp.
Till then we have rented a new site to hold us over one more year. But we’re hoping to have our own property for camp soon…so keep Morning Star Camp in your prayers!
Right at Home…
Yes, that is where Morning Star Camp was last year…. right at home! Many of our campers know our recent saga of searching for a permanent camp, which led us to end where we began many years ago, at the monastery in Still River, MA.
Last year was a new twist for campers, who woke every morning in tents nestled in a pine grove over looking acres of sunflowers. This was Evans Farm, generously lent to us by our abutting neighbors. Morning Mass and rosary were held at our own chapel in Still River, just up the hill from the campgrounds. Meals were served in the school dining room and eaten under a tent. There was dancing on the parking lot, races and games in the field! Morning Star activities and classes included water fun at near-by ponds, a bus trip to Mt. Kearsage (which we climbed), campfires and a delightful hayride. Campers rated this week of fun and Faith as one of the best years yet. It not only gave the MSC girls a chance to meet other girls, but they got a better idea of life as a Sister MICM living at Saint Benedict Center.
"O, say can you see by the dawn's early light…" MORNING STAR CAMP?
While the rest of the country, preparing to set off the fuzzy lights of fireworks in the sky and listen to the thunder of their flight, this 4th of July will bring to Massachusetts eighty Catholic Girls from all over the country. They will be getting ready to pick out their tents (two-man tents!), roll out their sleeping bags (bring the bug spray!) and join in the fun-filled schedule of a week at Morning Star.
The rustic (real camping!) beauty of this year's lake-front campground with its lodge, two man tents (on platforms), play fields, sandy beach and array of canoes and sailboats, will be a new and exciting experience for new and veteran campers alike.
From morning prayers to arts and crafts…from Monster kickball to a relaxing paddle across the lake…from hymns at daily Mass to the happy campfire songs…from sailing to dancing…these and a million other surprises are waiting at Morning Star 2004.
So send in your registration, pack your bags, and get ready for a memorable week… because when the last fireworks fade in the sky on July 4th 2004, the holiday will be over but the Morning Star will be just begin ing to shine in the lives of many girls who are seeking the Light of the world… to Jesus through Mary!
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