The 2026 Work Week will take place on June 22-27. More details will be posted by January 1, 2026.
Pray
St. Peter’s Monastery Youth Work Week is scheduled annually during the Fast of Sts. Peter and Paul. Services.Camp days begin at 7AM with an Akathist (a prayer service celebrating the lives and work of Sts. Peter and Paul), and they end each day with Vespers, often at the cross overlooking beautiful Madison Valley. On the feast day, whenever possible, local clergy celebrate Divine Liturgy with us. Parents and the faithful throughout Montana are invited to join.
Work
Participants in the Work Week will form construction teams and work daily from 9:00 until 1:00. Professionals are on hand to instruct and assist in gathering stones, mixing and pouring concrete, installing slip forms, and laying the stones and concrete into the forms. Participants also help with pruning trees, mending fences, and doing other ranch work.
Learn
One of the goals of the Work Week is to give young people the tools to become more supportive and engaged in the work of their parishes. To this end, each day there is time set aside for classes in iconography, hymnography, and liturgics. Each day there are also talks by monastics and opportunities for sharing our spiritual journeys with one another.
Play
St. Peter’s Monastery borders a mountain stream-fed lake where campers can swim, fish, and boat. (Canoes and kayaks are available.) There’s also a Montana-style softball field where participants in the Work Week enjoy staging their end-of-day contests before Vespers at the Cross at the top of the property.
