CARMEL MEN'S WORK DAY

FROM: FRI NIGHT - March 28th, 2025 (Optional carpooling from Pittsburgh area to near Gettysburg)

TO: SAT NIGHT - March 29th, 2025 (Arrival back home)

DURATION: Friday Night & Saturday Day

WHO: Men interested in doing manual labor for God

WHY: Carmelite nuns need our help to build their medieval monastery so they can pray for us
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COST: FREE!
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LOCATION: 327 Water St., Fairfield, PA
EVENT OVERVIEW
  • Looking for men to help build a traditional convent. Will you give up 24 hours to help build a medieval monastery? We carpool from the greater Pittsburgh area Friday night and get back Saturday night. (1 day total) Housing is provided in a cabin. No prior experience in stone masonry or carpentry needed. Fellowship is guaranteed - iron sharpens iron. 
  • This is a great way to learn new skills or perfect a trade. Tasks may include operating heavy machinery, using chainsaws, splitting wood, clearing farmland, landscaping, painting, stone masonry, and more!
  • Latin Mass will be on Saturday morning. Pizza for lunch. Sign up so we can coordinate. This is a great way to learn skills for your own house!​​
  • Click here to learn more about the nuns
PACKING LIST (Everything you need)
  • Toothbrush/paste
  • Set of dirty work clothes and footwear
  • Set of casual clothes (clothes to drive in)
  • Sleepwear 
  • Pillow (optional)
  • Wallet
  • Phone and charger
  • Sleeping bag!!!
  • Water bottle ​​
  • Saturday breakfast snack 

Meet Our Team Leader

CAMDEN SARVER

Camden is the founder of Catholica Romana and is going on his 7th year helping the nuns. He is a certified DSWA stone mason in the UK and USA and has worked on countless projects on the nun's jobsite. He has been taking groups of men down for years to learn new skills to help build this unique Carmelite monastery. With a background in corporate finance and private equity, he now owns and operates an altar and statue company and is in the process of building more Carmelite monasteries. Camden also is a Master of Ceremonies and helps train servers and priests how to serve and say the Latin Mass. He currently lives on his homestead in Ligonier, PA with his wife.