Youths cheer and confetti flies around Boone Lodge at midnight during the Dec. 29, 2024-Jan. 1, 2025 Christmas/New Year’s Camp at Gasper River Catholic Youth Camp and Retreat Center in Bowling Green. COURTESY OF GASPER RIVER

BY WKC STAFF

Every Dec. 29 to Jan. 1, current 8th grader and high school students are invited to attend Christmas/New Year’s Camp at Gasper River Catholic Youth Camp and Retreat Center in Bowling Green. This provides an opportunity for 8th graders to meet youths they will attend Camp LIFE (Live It For Eternity) with the following summer, and for high schoolers to reconnect with old friends from camp. Youths participated in Gasper’s regular activities, attended Mass and Adoration, and had the chance to go to confession.

Caroline Kunkel smiles while getting harnessed into the giant swing by program director Olivia Romero during the Dec. 29, 2024-Jan. 1, 2025 Christmas/New Year’s Camp at Gasper River Catholic Youth Camp and Retreat Center in Bowling Green. COURTESY OF GASPER RIVER

Campers and staff pose for a silly group photo while attending the Dec. 29, 2024-Jan. 1, 2025 Christmas/New Year’s Camp at Gasper River Catholic Youth Camp and Retreat Center in Bowling Green. COURTESY OF GASPER RIVER

Originally printed in the February 2025 issue of The Western Kentucky Catholic.