Join the men of Wilderness Outreach for a weekend adventure of camping, hiking, competition, campfire discussions, prayer and worship.

This weekend is for fathers and sons of all ages. It will include hiking and team competitions like horseshoes, tug of war, dodgeball, hatchet throwing and others.

This event will be held at the Dogwood Shelter House in Tar Hollow State Forest. See map below.

The cost of the weekend is $30 per participants

Suggested show up time Friday is 4:00 pm with earlier and later arrivals accommodated. The weekend concludes by 12:00 noon Sunday.

Join Father Michael Haemmerle and the men of Wilderness Outreach for a weekend adventure of camping, hiking, competition, campfire discussions, prayer and worship.

The weekend is for fathers with sons ages 14-18. It will include a hike in Boch Hollow Nature Preserve and, manly team competitions like horseshoes, tug of war, Carry the Cross, hatchet throwing and others.

This event will be held on the property of James and Nicole Hahn, 12085 St. Rt. 93 N. Logan, Ohio. The cost of the weekend is $30 per participants

Fathers, please consider making this a weekend for you and your son. Take half a day or a whole day off from work and share it with your son in the beauty of the Ohio backcountry. These types of memories are cherished for a lifetime.

Suggested early show up time Friday is 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Later arrivals will be accommodated. The weekend concludes by 12:00 noon Sunday.

This is an expedition into the western High Sierra in the Ansel Adams Wilderness. This is a backpack in expedition with horse and mule packers. We will be rebuilding a length of trail for outfitters so that their mules and horses can navigate more easily into the backcountry.

There are 15 slots open for this expedition.

Transportation to and from the airport and trailhead will be provided by the United States Forest Service.

The following is the responsibility of each man:

• Flights in and out of Fresno

• Food while outside the wilderness

Previous Ansel Adams / John Muir Wilderness Gallery

$300 per man.

This expedition is for the Columbus Diocese Propaedeutic Seminarians and the Lay Leadership Team.

The team will be camping in the Western Colorado backcountry. During the day the crew will be working on two country parishes replacing the wood floors. During the evening there will be seminars about formation around the campfire in the glow of the Milky Way Galaxy.

Transportation to and from the airport and trailhead will be provided by the local parishes.

The following is the responsibility of each man:

• Flights in and out of Denver Colorado

• Food while outside the wilderness

$300 per man.

Join the men of Wilderness Outreach for a morning of Prayer, hiking, and fellowship in the hills of Hocking County at Clear Creek Metro Park. 8:00 am to this rugged and prayerful 2:00 noon.

Fathers and Sons (ages 10-17). Please join us for a late winter almost spring Wilderness Outreach weekend, Friday March 15 through Sunday March 17 at Tar Hollow State Forest. The weekend will be filled with hiking, trail clearing and age-appropriate conversations about Faith and manhood. The cost is $30 per participant.

Directions to the Dogwood Shelter House: Go to Adelphi, Ohio, near Laurelville. Take 327 south to Bull Creek Rd. turn right and within 100 yards, turn left. Go south on Ridge Rd. (4) which turns into Ridge Rd. (3). until you come to the intersection of 3 and 9. The shelter house is to your right.

This will be the fourth time Wilderness Outreach will be working at the Nashville Dominican 100-acre retreat center west of Nashville, Tennessee.

The caravan will leave from the central Ohio area +- 6:00 am. Friday January 26 and arrive back in central Ohio late afternoon to early evening Sunday January 28.

The weekend will include physical labor to improve the retreat property, and seminars in masculine spirituality and the battle for the Good, True, and Beautiful.

Join Father William Hahn and the men of Wilderness Outreach for a weekend of camping, Worship, Work, Asceticism, Leadership, and Brotherhood at Tar Hollow State Park.

The weekend will consist of trail building and clearing and campfire discussions about manhood,

Fathers, please consider making this a weekend for you and your son. Take half a day or a whole day off from work and share it with your son in the beauty of the Ohio backcountry. He will cherish the memory for a lifetime.

Suggested early show up time Friday is 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm. Later arrivals will be accommodated. The weekend concludes by 12:00 noon Sunday.

This is an expedition into the western High Sierra in the Ansel Adams Wilderness. We will be rebuilding a length of trail for outfitters so that their mules and horses can navigate more easily into the backcountry. Our Chaplain will be Fr. Thomas Gardner.

 Here is the Schedule:

• Tuesday July 25: Fly into Fresno California. Transportation to the Sierra Trailhead. Set up a temporary camp for the night.

• Wednesday July 26: Backpack in and establish basecamp

• Thursday July 27 - Tuesday August 1 : Trail Work, Worship, Asceticism, Leadership and Brotherhood.

• Wednesday August 2: Hike Out, return to Fresno.

• Thursday August 3: Return Home

There are 15 slots open for this expedition.

Transportation to and from the airport and trailhead will be provided by the United States Forest Service.

The following is the responsibility of each man:

• Flights in and out of Fresno

• Food while outside the wilderness

• Hotel rooms at Fresno for the evening of the Wednesday August 30

Previous Ansel Adams / John Muir Wilderness Gallery

$300 per man.

Join the men of Wilderness Outreach on this high adventure into the theology of masculine spirituality, Worship, Work, Asceticism, Leadership, and Brotherhood, in the Oregon wilderness.

On this expedition we will be working on trails in the backcountry of the state of Oregon. The days will be filled with work and prayer. Each day the men will pray the Liturgy of the Hours and celebrate the Mass.

Each evening, following Mass and dinner, we will engage in lively 2-hour campfire discussions about the theology of masculine spirituality and becoming the men God made us.

$300 per man.

Do you want to get a taste of a man’s call to manhood on the physical, spiritual, and intellectual levels? Then join us on this campout and work weekend at the Damascus Catholic Campus. Chain saws and splitters will be fully engaged prepping firewood for the summer youth camps. Experience “Camp Fire Word Wars”, where men compete for the coveted Ax Award. Arrive Friday evening, campout and work Saturday. Return home Saturday late afternoon. Coffee, breakfast and lunch will be served.

Join the men of Wilderness Outreach for a work weekend at the St. Martin De Porres Family Retreat House in the Hocking Hills.

This weekend will include two nights of discussion on the topic: “Navigating the woke culture in the corporate work environment”.

All participating men are encouraged to obtain and read the book: From Christendom to Apostolic Mission: Pastoral Strategies for an Apostolic Age.

This book is only 90 pages and is an easy and inspiring read.

For those looking for extra information and a good read on the subject of the weekend check out Awake Not Woke.

The work for the weekend will include chainsaw and firewood splitting and trail building.

There will be indoor, though spartan sleeping options for men who would prefer. Bring your own sleeping gear. For those who want to grow a little longer hair of the bear winter coat, and camp outside have at it.

Suggested show up time is Friday 4:00 pm. The weekend concludes by 9:00 am Sunday.

Join Father William Hahn and the men of Wilderness Outreach for a weekend of camping, Worship, Work, Asceticism, Leadership, and Brotherhood at Tar Hollow State Park.

Fathers, please consider making this a weekend for you and your son. Sacrifice your day or half day of work and invest it in your relationship with your son and his future. It is something that he will remember and cherish when he is your age.

Show up time Friday 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm. The weekend concludes by 12:00 noon Sunday.

This Expedition is Sold Out

No Other Registrations will be accepted

This is an adult Laymen expedition into the western High Sierra in the Ansel Adams Wilderness. We will be rebuilding a length of trail for outfitters so that their mules and horses can navigate more easily into the backcountry.

Our Spiritual Leader and Father on this Hero’s Journey into Manhood will be Fr. Spencer Howe from the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis.

Here is the Schedule:

• Monday August 8: Fly into Fresno California. Pick up trucks and head to the Clover Meadow area of the Western Sierra. Set up a temporary camp for the night.

• Tuesday August 9: Backpack in and establish basecamp

• Wednesday August 10- Saturday August 13,: Trail Work, Worship, Asceticism, Leadership and Brotherhood.

• Sunday August 14 Rest, Feast. and Adventure.

• Monday August 15; Complete trail project.

• Tuesday August 16; Hike Out

• Wednesday August 17: Return Home

  There are 15 slots open for this expedition.

Transportation to and from the airport and trailhead will be provided by the United States Forest Service.

The following is the responsibility of each man:

• Flights in and out of Fresno

• Food while outside the wilderness

• Hotel rooms at Fresno for the evening of the Tuesday August 16

Gallery of recent expeditions into the Sierra Nevada where we will be going.

Here is the Schedule:

• Monday August 8: Fly into Fresno California. Pick up trucks and head to the Clover Meadow area of the Western Sierra. Set up a temporary camp for the night.

• Tuesday August 9: Backpack in and establish basecamp

• Wednesday August 10- Saturday August 13,: Trail Work, Worship, Asceticism, Leadership and Brotherhood.

• Sunday August 14 Rest, Feast. and Adventure.

• Monday August 15; Complete trail project.

• Tuesday August 16; Hike Out

• Wednesday August 17: Return Home

  
  

• There are 15 slots open for this expedition.

Pickup truck rental and transportation to and from the Fresno Airport will be provided.

Food will be provided while in the wilderness.

The following is the responsibility of each man:

• Flights in and out of Fresno

• Food while outside the wilderness

• Hotel rooms at Fresno for the evening of the Saturday August 13

This is a high adventure wilderness expedition into Manhood, Worship, Work, Asceticism, Leadership, and Brotherhood. Fr. Christian DeCarlo will be our Chaplain. This expedition is for men from Ball State University and the Wilderness Outreach leadership team.

The days will begin and conclude by praying the Liturgy of the Hours. Mass will be celebrated each day in a wilderness sanctuary built by the men.

During the day the men will be clearing and building backpacking trails in the Domeland Wilderness.

Each evening, following Mass and dinner, the men will engage in 2-hour campfire discussions about becoming the men that God made them to be.

This will be the 6th time that the men of Wilderness Outreach have gone into the Domeland Wilderness. Below is a gallery of expeditions in the past years.

Please join us for a weekend, Friday through Sunday morning late winter campout. Boys ages 8-12.

Follow John Bradford, online via the Wilderness Outreach Facebook page as he hikes 70 miles for his 70th birthday in support of Wilderness Outreach. He will be hiking from his house in Lancaster to Bremen and then toward Logan, where he will intersect the Buckeye Trail at Boch Hollow. Over the next several days he will hike and comp on the Buckeye Trail and then arrive at Tar Hollow State Forest where he will finish off his week of hiking by doing the north and south loops of the Logan Trail.

Entries of the hike will be made three times per day where he will post pictures, descriptions and videos of the journey. Please participate with John by hiking with him (sorry ladies- men only), praying for him, supplying food and water, or by donating to Wilderness Outreach.

Do you want to get a taste of a man’s call to manhood on the physical, spiritual, and intellectual levels? Then join us on this campout and work weekend at the Damascus Catholic Campus. Chain saws and splitters will be fully engaged prepping firewood for the summer youth camps. Experience “Camp Fire Word Wars”, where men compete for the coveted Ax Award. Arrive Friday evening, campout and work Saturday. Return home Saturday late afternoon. Coffee, breakfast and lunch will be served.

Calling all men. This will be the third time Wilderness Outreach will be working at the Nashville Dominican 80-acre retreat center west of Nashville, Tennessee.