The story of Camp Stella Maris has been a century in the making, and we’re excited to share a preview while the full book is being prepared for publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Below you’ll find complimentary sample content from One Hundred Summers: Camp Stella Maris \u2013 1926 to 2026<\/strong><\/em> in both written and audio formats. Whether you prefer to read or listen, we hope this preview gives you a glimpse of the traditions, spirit, and memories that have shaped CSM for generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is just a small portion of the complete work, which spans 54 chapters and nearly 400 pages of stories, interviews, photographs, and historical research chronicling the first one hundred years of Camp Stella Maris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is no coffee table book. These are memories, homilies, love letters, and testimony about a place that has transformed lives for one hundred years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They bear witness to generations of campers, staff, families, alumni, and friends who discovered that Camp Stella Maris is more than a place on a map. It is a community. It is a calling. It is a second home. For countless people, it has become part of who they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If these pages stir a memory, inspire a smile, or bring a tear to your eye, then they have done exactly what they were meant to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you for your interest in this project and for being part of the Camp Stella Maris story. We look forward to sharing the complete book with the CSM community before the end of July 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Audio narration was generated using ElevenLabs<\/a>. While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, you may notice an occasional pronunciation that differs from local or historical usage.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Foreword<\/strong> by John Quinlivan<\/em> (Read<\/a> | Listen<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter 13<\/strong> – Father John DeSocio: Faith in Motion<\/em> (Read<\/a> | Listen<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sidebar<\/strong> – The Legend of John Beckerman by Armando Toppi <\/em>(Read<\/a> | Listen<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter 38 <\/strong>– Indiana Cook: The Distance Between Two Homes<\/em> (Read<\/a> | Listen<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The story of Camp Stella Maris has been a century in the making, and we’re excited to share a preview while the full book is being prepared for publication. Below you’ll find complimentary sample content from One Hundred Summers: Camp Stella Maris \u2013 1926 to 2026 in both written and audio formats. Whether you prefer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-936","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/campstellamaris100.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/campstellamaris100.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/campstellamaris100.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campstellamaris100.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campstellamaris100.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=936"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/campstellamaris100.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":967,"href":"https:\/\/campstellamaris100.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/936\/revisions\/967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/campstellamaris100.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}