You and your family are invited to our first-ever Gasper River Catholic Youth Camp Homecoming, kicking off our 20th year! If you’ve ever been a summer staffer, camper, camp family, donor or involved with camp in any way, you are more than welcome to attend.
This summer, the Office of Youth Ministry announced the recipients of the 2026 Servant Leaders in Ministry (SLIM) awards.
Three years ago, St. Martin Parish director of religious education, Debi Hopkins, had a vision of creating more than just a summer activity for children.
At Gasper River Catholic Youth Camp and Retreat Center, “you learn to honor and glorify God in everything, not just prayer and Adoration, but also in adventure time and the canteen,” according to a Hopkinsville camper who attended this past July.
Thirty-six scouts and adults from Troop 2007, chartered by St. Thomas More Parish in Paducah, attended Skymont Scout Reservation in the Appalachian Mountains for Scout Camp during the week of June 7-13.
St. Thomas More Parish youth enjoyed praising God, praying, and celebrating the outdoors in the Cherokee National Forest and on the Ocoee River in southeastern Tennessee during the final weekend of May 2026.
Can one week really change your life?
This year, NET (National Evangelization Teams) held a retreat for Union County high schoolers during Holy Week and the Sacred Triduum.
Brave Catholic Youth, the shared youth group of the parishes in Union County, held a Scala Sancta devotion at a local park on March 28 in the evening before Palm Sunday.
Cooper Richison, son of AJ and Miranda Richison, celebrated earning his Eagle Rank through Scouting America with a Court of Honor at St. Thomas More Parish in Paducah on March 8.