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SERVANT LEADERSHIP
PROGRAM
Be transformed through an unforgettable summer of leadership, growth, and service in the mountains of Colorado!
CAMP COUNSELOR
BACKPACKING INSTRUCTOR
CAMP NANNY
MEDIA TEAM
SUMMER 2026 APPLICATIONS are now OPEn!
(We do hire on a rolling hiring process each year, so we strongly encourage you to apply early before spots fill up!)
If you have any questions before or throughout the application process, check out our FAQ, or contact us!
Camp Counselor
Impact the lives of middle school and high school campers through faith and adventure-based programming. Grow in your own Catholic faith as a counselor while receiving spiritual formation and learning valuable outdoor skills.
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Counselors at Camp Wojtyla are invited to dedicate ten full weeks to the camp mission by workingdirectly with middle school and high school students through Catholic outdoor adventures. As a part of a dynamic team, counselors live in close community with the other counselors who share the common goal of growing in holiness and virtue. The counselor’s role at Camp Wojtyla is one of servant leadership. This commitment is like a eleven-week mission trip during which staff grow spiritually and personally through incredible service and adventure. Counselors serve God first by placing prayer as a daily priority and build his Kingdom by giving of their whole selves to the campers and staff community.
View the full position description here!
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Dates: May 19th - August 4th, 2025
(optional Set Up Week May 10 - May 17)
Open to young adults who have at least one year since graduating high school.
We do not set an upper age limit, but the majority of our summer staff typically range between 19-23 years old.
Occasional age range exceptions made for seminarians, returners, and backpacking instructors.
Fundraised summer stipends range from $800 - $8000 (Optional)
Skills learned: leadership, small group facilitation, catechesis, outdoor adventure activities, wilderness first aid, and much more
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Check out our FAQ here!
Backpacking Instructor
Lead high school campers on backcountry trips in the Rocky Mountain wilderness. Hone your outdoor leadership skills while increasing your Catholic faith.
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Instructors will be on a small team who will take groups of inexperienced campers on two 6-day backpacking trips in the Rocky Mountains in July. They will also serve at Camp Wojtyla’s Outpost program during June, bringing their expertise in wilderness safety and hard skills to this more rustic program.
Both the Outpost and Backpacking programs embrace wilderness living, where campers are farther removed from the resources of our basecamp property. The safety of staff and campers is the most important element of these programs and is the responsibility of each instructor. At their core, the Outpost and Backpacking programs are steeped in faith-based growth and activities for campers.
View the full position description here.
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Dates: May 19th - August 3th, 2026
(optional set-up week May 9 - 17)
Open to experienced college students and recent graduates
Summer stipend provided
Backcountry Expedition Subjects: backcountry living and wilderness travel, adventure education, wilderness catechesis, Leave No Trace, wilderness first aid.
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Check out our FAQ here!
Camp Nanny
Experience the Camp Wojtyla mission and community through working on a team of 3 nannies to care for the children of our full-time staff members.
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Nannies at Camp Wojtyla are invited to dedicate eleven full weeks to the camp mission by providing love, care, and attention for the children of the full-time staff families (5 children with age range from 3-17). As a part of a dynamic 3-person team, the nannies will live in close community with the other Camp Wojtyla counselors who share the common goal of growing in holiness and virtue. The nanny’s role at Camp Wojtyla is one of servant leadership and a pivotal position to allow the leadership team to provide and serve the needs of Camp Wojtyla knowing their children are well cared for.
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Dates: May 19th - August 3rd, 2026
This position is open to discussion for partial summer commitments if one can only commit to ½ of the summer. Communicate this during the application/interview process.
Open to young adults who are at least 18 years of age as of 5/18/26 (and completed their senior year of high school). Hiring preference will be given to those who are at least one year post graduating high school.
This is a stipend position with a weekly stipend rate - amount details to be discussed during the application hiring process.
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Check out our FAQ here!
Media Team
Capture the beauty + joy of daily life at Camp Wojtyla and all of our adventures, through photography and videography alongside our counselor community.
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Media Team members at Camp Wojtyla are invited to dedicate eleven full weeks to the camp mission by capturing photography and videography for daily communication with parents, photography for programs, collecting film for weekly recap videos, as well as promo material for the marketing department of Camp Wojtyla. Our Media Team gets to photograph our middle school and high school students as they participate alongside campers in Catholic outdoor adventures — summit hikes, white-water rafting, rock climbing and all of our on-site activities. As a part of a dynamic 3-person team, Media Team members live in close community with the camp counselors who share the common goal of growing in holiness and virtue. The Media Team’s role at Camp Wojtyla is one of servant leadership and is an essential position to be able to gift our Camp families with joyful photo and video memories of their child’s time at Camp Wojtyla.
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Dates: May 18th - August 3rd, 2026 (optional set-up week May 10 - 17)
Open to young adults who are at least 19 years of age (graduated high school in 2023 or prior).
This is a stipend position. Compensation will be determined based on experience. Despite the compensation, this is still considered a Servant Leadership position. Compensation is provided because CW recognizes that many of the experiences, certifications, and skills required for this position are obtained through an investment of time and money of the candidate. Candidates may fundraise more in addition to their stipend up to $8000 total in order to increase/supplement their income.
Skills learned: outdoor photography + videography, editing in Adobe Lightroom, outdoor adventure activities, and much more
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Check out our FAQ here!
WHAT COUNSELORS ARE SAYING:
“This summer I had the realization on the top of a mountain that I am so small but also so significant. In the grand scheme of things we’re small, but at the same time we can change the hearts of so many when following God’s will for us. I was also able to experience the purest form of relationship between men and women in everyday life. This was by far the aspect I found most beautiful. I learned how to fully give of myself and love others at every moment, and as a result, I felt so full of life and fulfilled every day. Every moment becomes your favorite moment and it constantly assures you how happy life with Christ can make you.
-Counselor Alum
“Camp Wojtyla absolutely changed my faith and changed my life. On staff this summer, I was able to pursue sainthood with my now lifelong pals, be a kid again, and draw young girls and boys closer to their true identities as daughter or son of the King. The Lord redefined for my heart what it means to be second and crafted a summer that exuded the beauty of servitude. This job isn’t even a job. It’s a taste of Heaven. APPLY!!!”
-Counselor Alum
“One of the graces I received this summer was the beauty of dying to self. And what it truly means to give everything, to make yourself a gift to the mission, and to allow the Lord to work through you. It is not easy to surrender everything to him, like control and time, but that is such a beautiful way that He blessed me this summer. Among many other graces was the community. The community is just life changing to get to live with 40 college students who are just on fire for Christ and the mission of Camp.”
- Counselor Alum
