The Living Camp serves, supports, and connects the Asian American Catholic community by providing avenues for discernment, fostering discipleship, and building fellowship.

Our roots are in an annual “living camp” conference in Canada that gathered Chinese Catholics for fellowship and spiritual growth. This concept of a living camp was brought down to California in 1998, and provided a comfortable environment for Chinese Catholic young adult immigrants to enrich their faith in their preferred language. This was important especially as Chinese Catholics were (and still are) a minority population within the US; the living camp introduced individuals to a larger community that shared both their faith and culture. Over time, the demographics of this community have evolved to mainly 2nd generation Asian Americans who share similar cultural backgrounds (whether Taiwanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Filipino, Indonesian, Singaporean, mixed heritages, etc).

In 2021, we incorporated “The Living Camp” as a nonprofit organization to be financially independent from any parish, enable more continuity outside the rotating leadership, and expand beyond the annual camp to other activities. CACCLC continues to be our main annual event planned by an Executive Committee, while The Living Camp has ministries and events throughout the rest of the year to continue the fellowship that begins at camp and provide more opportunities for deepening faith with other Asian Catholics.

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As a 501c3 nonprofit, your donations to The Living Camp are tax-deductible. Please support our ministry with one-time or monthly donations via credit card or Paypal. The Living Camp is 100% volunteer-run; every donation, big or small, makes an impact on the community we serve. Thank you for your generosity!

We are also eligible for company gift matching on Benevity; our EIN is 86-2319028. Please contact us at finance@thelivingcamp.org if you have questions about nominating The Living Camp for company gift matching.

CACCLC 2025
Labor Day Weekend: Aug 29 – Sep 1, 2025
Santa Teresita Youth Conference Center, Three Rivers, CA

Save the date for our main event of the year: CACCLC (California Chinese Catholic Living Camp). Asian American young adults (18+) from all kinds of backgrounds come together for a lively weekend of faith, fellowship, and fun. It’s more than a one-time retreat — it’s a community that feels like home, with campers coming back year after year. Follow us on Instagram @cacclc for updates, and contact this year’s ExCo planning team at cacclc@thelivingcamp.org.

Bible Study
Join us every Wednesday evening at 7:30pm for in person dinner, and Bible study on Zoom at 8:30pm! Host locations vary within NorCal and SoCal. Contact biblestudy@thelivingcamp.org for more details and the Zoom link.

Zoom Rosary
Join us virtually every Thursday at 8:00pm to pray the rosary! All the prayers are provided in a slide deck so it’s easy to follow along. Contact rosary@thelivingcamp.org for more details and the Zoom link.

Music Events
Stay tuned for the next praise night or Taize + Adoration event in NorCal or SoCal. Contact music@thelivingcamp.org if you’d like to get involved!