Highlights

Organization:

• Camp Veritas is a non-profit organization incorporated in the State of New York and organized exclusively for the purpose of inspiring and forming young Catholic Leaders.

• Camp Veritas has been approved by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops for listing in the Official Catholic Directory, which is also known as the Kenedy Directory.  Camp Veritas is recognized by the IRS as a non-profit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.  This classification allows donors to claim their contributions as tax-deductible.
  

Facilities:

• Camp Veritas rents space from existing facilities owned by other organizations.
  
  
• Starting in 2008 and every year thereafter, Camp Veritas has reserved in late August, for one week, the facilities of Camp Lakota, an existing camp located in the foothills of the scenic Catskill Mountains. This camp is located near Middletown New York, just 90 miles North of New York City, and 55 miles West of Poughkeepsie.
  
• The Camp Lakota facility is situated on 200 beautiful acres of land in Wurtsboro, New York, with access to the magnificent spring-fed Masten Lake which facilitates an array of water activities. The camp has a heated swimming pool, sporting fields, a beach volleyball court, basketball courts, go-carts, a climbing wall, a roller hockey rink, and a ropes challenge course.
  
  
• Starting in 2012, Camp Veritas added the Thornwood facility to provide for the expanding need to handle more teen campers.  The Thornwood facility is owned by the Alpha Omega Family Center, a not-for-profit corporation.  This facility is also used as a seminary and retreat center by a religious order called the Legionaries of Christ.
• The Thornwood facility is located 35 miles North of New York City, in Westchester County, and can be reached by public transportation.  This modern facility has a large gymnasium, sporting fields, regular and paddle tennis courts, and outdoor basketball courts.  A project to develop additional outdoor activity areas for campers is underway.
  

Spiritual Program: 

• The daily spiritual activities include the Mass, scriptural Rosary, Adoration, confessions, education, and personal testimonies.
• The structured spiritual program is led by Priests from the Archdiocese of New York and the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, and is supported by the Sisters of Life and the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal.
  

Safe Environment considerations:

• There are separate sleeping areas for males and females. There will be an adult chaperone for every 10 youth campers. 
• To ensure the personal safety of the youth, every Camp Veritas adult chaperone submits to a background check and attends a Safer Spaces training session designed by the Archdiocese of New York.