Frassati Fest is a retreat weekend open to all high school students in the Diocese of Madison hosted at the Kalahari Resort in the Wisconsin Dells! It's a weekend of encountering the Lord, building friendships with teens from across the diocese, and bonding as a pastorate community!

Weekend highlights include:

• Engaging speakers
• Adoration and Confession
• Mass with Bishop Hying
• Waterpark time
• Saturday night dance party
• And MORE!!!

Frassati Fest 2026 is Friday, February 6th through Sunday, February 8th. 

The first step should be to check with your parish leader (DRE, youth minister, priest). If your pastorate is bringing a group, then you will register directly with your parish leader. If your pastorate is not attending Frassati Fest this year, go ahead and fill out the Google Form at the bottom of the page. Caroline will send you the paperwork to attend as a Lost Sheep individual.

What are Lost Sheep? 

Lost Sheep are individuals whose pastorate is not formally bringing a group to Frassati Fest. Individuals attending as Lost Sheep are grouped together and chaperoned by diocesan staff and volunteers. 

The cost for individuals (teens and adult chaperones) attending with a pastorate group is $260 per person. Pastorates are welcome and encouraged to arrange fundraisers to help bring down the cost.

The cost for Lost Sheep to attend is $280 per person. 

The hard deadline to register for Frassati Fest 2026 is Friday, January 2nd. We are unable to accept any registrations past that day, so please make sure to get in touch with your parish leader or submit your Lost Sheep registration before then.