Quo Vadis Camp
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Registration Information for our Quo Vadis Camp can be found below!2024 Registration is now closed. Please stay tuned for 2025!
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How to Register
There are two steps you need to take to register: First, please fill out the Google Form found below. Filling out this form will secure your son's spot in Quo Vadis Camp. After filling out the form, please download and fill out the permission slips found here, and send them along with a $100 check made out to the Office of Vocations to: Sarah Catherine Jeffries, c/o Office of Vocations, 939 Charlotte Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI, 49048. We do have scholarships available. Please reach out to Sarah Catherine Jeffries at sjeffri2@nd.edu to inquire about one, or with any other questions you may have! Thank you, and God bless!
Google Form: Quo Vadis Google Form
After completing the Google Form, please fill out the following forms and send them in with your $100 fee:
Permission Slips: Michigan Catholic Forms
Photo Release: Photo Release Form
Registrants over the age of 18, please fill out the following instead:
Medical Release Form
Photo Release Form
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WHAT does QUO VADIS mean? Where does it come from?
The Quo Vadis tradition is the story of St. Peter’s flight from Emperor Nero’s persecution of Roman Christians in the first century.
As legend has it, Peter decided to flee Rome at the outbreak of the persecution, perhaps in fear, perhaps because he thought “the rock” should be somewhere safe so others could eventually find and cling to it, and to him.
Heading out the Via Appia, Peter meets Jesus, who is heading into the city of Rome to face the persecution. “Quo Vadis, Domine,” Peter asks – “Lord, where are You going?” “I am going to Rome to be crucified,” Jesus answers – and disappears.
At this point, Peter turns back to the city to embrace martyrdom.
In Rome, you can visit the place on the Via Appia Antica where this meeting is said to have occurred. Christians have built a church on the spot to commemorate it.
Quo Vadis Days is the place in which you encounter Jesus. Each one of us comes to this sacred place from different situations. Like St. Peter, we will meet Jesus here at Quo Vadis Days. We too will have a choice to make - Do we follow Jesus where He leads us or go our own way?
Ask Jesus as did St. Peter, “Quo Vadis, Domine?” Listen to Jesus, follow Him, and find your vocation and joy—the purpose of your life.
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What will the days look like?
It will include dynamic talks by local priests, seminarians, and others on the Vocations to the priesthood and marriage. Its goal is to challenge young men to begin asking themselves the fundamental question “Quo Vadis?” (“Where are you going?”), while equipping them with the tools they need to discern God’s will for their lives.
Quo Vadis Days will include daily mass, adoration, opportunities to learn about different forms of prayer, and time for fellowship with other young men within our Diocese. The Seminarians from the Diocese of Kalamazoo will be there as well, and will be able to answer any questions you may have about the life of a seminarian!
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Highlights from Quo Vadis Retreat 2023
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Who should I contact with questions?You can contact Sarah Catherine Jeffries through the Office of Vocations with any questions you may have, or to inquire about Scholarship opportunities. She can be reached at the St. Mary's Office by calling (269) 342-0621 or by emailing her at sjeffri2@nd.edu.
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