The 3rd Annual Catholic Land Movement Mid-Atlantic Conference will once again be held at the beautiful Our Lady of Martyrs Shrine in Auriesville, NY. Once a 17th century Mohawk village, it is now a Roman Catholic shrine dedicated to the first North American martyrs and to St. Kateri Tekawitha, who was born there. It's a very beautiful and holy place!

The conference will begin early on Friday 6/28 for anyone interested in hog and sheep butchering. The butchering will take place at a nearby farm and will begin at 9:00am. We have a packed weekend with events including Mass, confessions, Divine Office, Rosary, workshops and discussions. Camping is available free of charge at the Shrine. Nearby hotel accommodations can be found in Amsterdam, NY. 


In order to keep costs low, food will not be included with your conference ticket, but will be made available for purchase. This year we are going to do all local and homemade food. Please indicate on your ticket form if you are interested in purchasing food, so we can have an accurate sense of numbers. You are welcome to bring your own food to the Shrine. Please note there is no refrigeration on site, although there is electricity at the Shrine campground. 

Please check back for an updated schedule, directions, maps and some frequently asked questions about the event. If you have a question that you don't see answered on the website, please feel free to email us (thank you for your patience with our response time, as we are a volunteer run organization). 

If you're interested in volunteering or hosting a workshop or a discussion group, please get in touch.

We look forward to being together this summer! May God bless you! 

Workshops, Discussions & Sacraments


  • Homestead Life

  • Homestead Defense

  • Homestead Kitchen

  • Gardening

  • Canning & preservation

  • Pickling

  • Prayer life at home

  • Traditional Latin Mass

  • Confessions

  • Rosary

  • Divine Office

  • Retreat Farm

  • Animal Butchery

  • Draft animals

  • Dairy on the homestead

  • Work & Land

  • Tools on the farm

  • Carpentry

  • Herb Walks

  • Stone Masonry

  • Wells & water

And More!

Registration now open.

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Volunteers

The Catholic Land Movement is a 100% volunteer run organization. We are blessed by the charity and good will of others to accomplish this apostolate. To make our conferences successful, there is much work to be done behind the scenes. If you can help at the conference, please sign up using the link below.

Photography by Ryan Brady.