Early Registration fee is $135.00 The deadline is February 13, 2026. 

The registration fee goes up to $150.00 after the February 13, 2026 deadline.

Final deadline is Monday, March 2, 2026. 

It includes lodging at Camp Kappe for two nights, 4 meals, supplies and a retreat shirt. 

We provide 4 meals (2 breakfast, one lunch and one dinner).  If someone in your group has dietary restrictions, we will only be able to accommodate a vegetarian choice. You may want to bring your own food.

Yes, all chaperones receive the same benefits as the youth participants.

Registration fees are non-refundable.  However, substitutions may be made for group registrations.  If the retreat is canceled, participant may be refunded their full or partial registration.

The Group Leader can make substitutions at any time by modifying their group registration.

Group Leaders cannot remove group members once they have been added. Please reach out to OACE to have a group member removed.

Please note that Chaperone Modifications cannot be made after March 2, 2026. This is to provide enough time to ensure that all chaperones are current on their safe environment training.

The retreat is open for ALL high school youth (9th - 12th grades). 

Individuals must be at least 21 years or older and have been cleared through the Safe Environment/CMG Safe Haven Program to be considered a chaperone for the Next Gen Retreat. For those that need to complete the CMG Safe Haven, please click here.

There must be at least one adult for every 5 parish youth participants in attendance. Please review all Chaperone Policies and Procedures found in the Office of Adolescent Catechesis and Evangelization Archdiocesan Handbook.

catholic-youth-ministry-handbook-4th-edition.pdf (archgh.org) 

The weekend retreat will be from Friday, March 6th at 7:00pm to Sunday, March 8th at 12:00pm. Dismissal is at 12:00pm

T-shirts will be given out at the retreat. T-shirt will be worn on Sunday, last day of the retreat. 

• Twin size sheets (fitted and flat) or sleeping bag
• Blanket if desired
• Pillow
• Comfortable clothing (appropriate and non-offensive)
• Closed toe shoes
• Shower sandals
• Towel
• Toiletries (soap, shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, toothbrush, toothpaste, etc.)
• Bible
• Rosary
• Snacks to share

Cellphones - Cell phones may be brought to the retreat, but we are respectfully asking for the participants to keep them in their cabins during retreat activities. There will be designated break times or free time to use them.

Option 1 - Individual Registration (to be filled out by parents)

• Parents will choose the "youth participant" registration and fill out all the fields.

Option 2 - Add group members during your initial registration (for parish groups of 5 or more and who will need a chaperone.

• When completing the group leader registration there will be a page titled "Add Group Member."
• You must click the "Add Group member" button for each person you want to add. This means for a group of 20 people you will complete this process 20 times.
• When adding a member, you will have the option to add a name and email for them. This will trigger them to receive an email requesting them to complete their digital permission slip, consent, and liability form.

Option 3 - Add members by modifying your registration.

• if you do not have participant information at the time of registration you can add it latter by modifying your group registration.
• Click on the "Modify Registration" button in the site header and log into your registration.
• Navigate to the "Add Group member" page and add or modify the members of your group.

We recommend that you add the spots for your expected group size at the time of group leader registration.

This ensures you have the spots that you need and allows you to avoid late registration fees. Any spots added to your group after key deadlines will be subject to the higher rate.

You can add additional spots at any time, however, to remove spots from your group you will need to contact the OACE staff at oaceevents@archgh.org. 

• A Permission Slip and Liability Form is needed for all Youth participants and should be submitted by their parent/guardian.
• All Adult Participants (Key Leader and Chaperones) need to have a Medical Consent and Liability form.

All youth and adult forms will collect using a digital form.

• A parent or group leader is able to modify their registration.
• Group leaders are able to add participants to their group. They will have the option to add a name and email address; the email address will be a parent email for youth participants
• When the group leader adds an email address the parent/participant will receive an email with a unique link to complete their form.
• This form will update the participant's information in the Swoogo group registration.

When you receive a new form, you should immediately download a copy for your records. The Next Gen Retreat Team will also receive a digital copy and will have access to them during the event.

Group leader - It is highly recommended that you print several copies of these forms, one set to leave at the parish and one set to have with the group leader throughout the retreat.

Additionally, if you are arranging group travel (Bus or carpool) a copy of each from should be with the driver/designated leader in each vehicle.

The most likely cause of this is that one of the required emails was not entered correctly (misspelled or in the wrong format).

This does not mean that the form was not received, just that the automated flow sending the email was not triggered.

Email the Next Gen Retreat team to see if the form was completed. Please provide the following information:

• Group Leader Name
• Parish Name
• Participant Name
• Date the form was submitted