Diocese of Charleston Facilities and Camping Programs

The Antiochian Village Summer Camp
201 St. Ignatius Trail
Bolivar, Pennsylvania 15923

THE ANTIOCHIAN VILLAGE SUMMER CAMP is a 500-acre camping facility in the
Laurel Mountains of southwestern Pennsylvania, north of the historic village of Ligonier, which
provides an excellent program for children and teens from throughout our Archdiocese each
summer (June-August). *Antiochian Village Summer Camp applications* (for campers as well
as for counselors) and camping session dates are advertised by mail to each community, are
noted in “The WORD Magazine,” and are also available upon request from the Camp’s business
office. The Antiochian Village is also the site of the St Thekla Shrine to which a pilgrimage is
made each September, and the Holy Resurrection Cemetery where are located the graves of ST
RAPHAEL (Hawaweeny) and several other hierarchs and pioneer clergymen of our Church in
North America. THE ANTIOCHIAN VILLAGE HERITAGE AND LEARNING CENTER is our national
retreat and conference Center. It has fine, hotel-like accommodations and very comfortable
meeting facilities. Many of our Archdiocese’s special programs, retreats, seminars and
workshops - for the Parish Council, Choir, Chanters and Church School teachers, etc. - are held
there in surroundings which are most conducive to prayer and productivity. The Center is also
the headquarters for the Antiochian House of Studies. The Chapel of Ss Peter and Paul, the
Heritage Museum and the Village’s Library are three of the jewels of the Center which is fully
owned and operated by the Archdiocese. *Information on all special events and programs*
sponsored at the Antiochian Village is available through the Center’s business office.