Welcome Campers, Camper Workers, & Counselors...

Camp St. Malo was a part of my life experience from when I was age seven till fifteen (1971-1979). I would fly out from Chicago, where I grew up, and spend six weeks at the foot of Long's Peak with about 100 other boys. I learned to hike and camp in the St. Vrain Range, shoot a rifle, bow and arrow, tool leather, play dodgeball, capture the flag, ride horses, and drink "bug juice." Fr. Bob Gerrard was in charge back then as well as his mother, whom we all called "Mom." We rose every morning to the bell ringing that would call us to mass at St. Catherine's Chapel (more popularly known as "The Chapel on the Rock." I'm now 43 years old but have fond memories of the place that was so much a part of my childhood. The camp closed in 1985 and was turned into a retreat center by the Diocese of Denver; this was a sad development for me personally as my children will never get to go there as I did. The intent of this blog is to provide a place for others to share their memories of their camp experience, to understand how many generations went through there, and to create a virtual discussion about those experiences. Please feel free to post your comments, questions, memories here. Thanks, and may God bless you! - Deacon Pat