Workshops

Image of boys and men at a campout at St. Joseph's Farm

Father/Son Weekend

Our society has lost its rites of passage for young men, which traditionally came through work and craft in the West (apprenticing, guilds, etc.), and society has failed to replace them, leaving adolescent boys unfinished and confused. SJF offers programs for brotherhoods of men and their sons to learn and experience the necessary parts of maturity to ensure that they, and their sons, grow into mature men both naturally and spiritually.

Homesteading
Series

Stop Scrolling and get real mentors. Learning to homestead through YouTube can be exciting, but it can often lead to costly, naive mistakes for the novice "back-to-land" family. Our goal is to help coach and map out a successful transition for each family looking for land as well introduce them to practical and necessary skills and pitfalls to avoid.

Woman hand milking a cow on a homestead at St. Joseph's Farm

Man changing car filter at St. Joseph's Farm

Bachelor Bootcamp

Missed out on manual competency growing up? Elevate your eligibility and join us for a week long experience where you will be mentored in basic manual skills like framing, welding, mechanical maintenance and animal husbandry in real life situations on our working farm. No experience required, only a willingness to get dirty and learn. For men 18-30 years old.

Private Events

Look for a unique farm outing for your men's or boy's group? We offer custom events and programming for private groups looking to take a step away from the demands of the modern world and reconnect with reality.

Spaces are usually limited. Sign up to receive updates about SFJ in general, notices of upcoming programs, or to inquiry about bringing a group.

Get in Touch

What is an SJF experience?

Dirt

We are surrounded by the “glories” of man in cities and media, but at St. Joseph's Farm you will be renewed by the silence, organic order, and peace of God’s glory found in nature. You’ll also get your hands dirty.

Real Men

St. Joseph’s Farm events are taught and hosted by men in the trenches of living virtuously for the sake of God and their family – solid men with solid principles. SJF events aren’t at curated conference centers, but the real homesteads and family businesses of real men.

Granddad Skills

Did you miss out on granddad’s skills? Recovering traditional skills is not for nostalgia, but because they help form the character of a man and are rich in meaning. These skills can grow into craft or homesteading, or just offer a lens through which to examine and re-order your own work.

Grit

No “trust falls” or other forced experiences here. Plan on growing in brotherhood, wisdom, and maturity through normal and gritty things like work, prayer, and rest (true leisure). Organic growth through experience is better than manufactured sentimentalism.

Workable Principles

Programs at St. Joseph’s Farm provide the principles and mentoring needed to live the Catholic faith radically in any setting, not just a farm. The experience “lives on” in those that visit long after they leave the farm.