Activities

We gather here with young people who do not want to spend the end of the year only by having fun without the real meaning. We offer them spiritual crossing from “the old into the new.”


Easter

“Dear God, your Son saved me with His precious blood. Let not the proud speak evil of me; because I meditate on my ransom, and eat and drink, and communicate it.” (Confessions, 10.43)

 

We celebrate Easter from Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday and we offer young people an uncommon way of living Easter. We start on Maundy Thursday by celebrating the holy mass where we commemorate the establishment of the Eucharist and remind ourselves of its value for us.

On Good Friday, we commemorate the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. This is a mourning day and the program includes adoration in front of the Cross.

We continue on Holy Saturday. In the late evening, the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus starts. The joy from His victory keeps us awake through the whole night.


Feast of St. Rita

Our Augustinian family celebrates this feast on May 22nd. In every community, holy mass is held after which roses are consecrated. Roses are one of the signs of St. Rita.

“15 Thursdays of St. Rita” are in preparation for this day. There is a holy mass and time to ask St. Rita to pray for us on each of these Thursdays.


Pilgrimage Prešov - Gaboltov

All of us are pilgrims on Earth and we travel into heaven to be with our Creator – as our father Augustine says: “You have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.” (Confessions, 1.1)
We Augustinians remind ourselves of this by organizing the pilgrimage to Gaboltov, a place consecrated to the Virgin Mary in the Archdiocese of Kosice. This pilgrimage takes place in July. We start in Presov and we walk through the villages where the inhabitants give us a place to stay overnight. We walk physically on our feet on our journey to Gaboltov, and we walk spiritually on our journey to heaven by discussing different topics of the faith. Every pilgrimage has its own theme. There is a short lecture every morning followed by silence for everyone to reflect on the lecture. Later we get into small groups and share our thoughts. Every evening we hold holy mass in every village and prepare an entertaining program for the inhabitants afterwards.
We wish you a nice wandering through our website. :-) 


Life in the community

“What I do know of myself, I know by Thy shining upon me; and what I know not of myself, so long know I not it, until my darkness be made as the noon-day in Thy countenance.” (Confessions, 10.5)
If you are thinking about your life and you desire to dedicate your life to God, you can spend a few days with us in the second half of August to make sure you are following the right path. You can find out what life in monastery is like and learn some characteristics of the life in the order of St. Augustine.


Feast of St. Augustine

“Too late loved I Thee, O Thou Beauty of ancient days, yet ever new! Too late I loved Thee! And behold, Thou wert within, and I abroad, and there I searched for Thee; deformed I, plunging amid those fair forms which Thou hadst made. Thou wert with me, but I was not with Thee.” (Confessions, 10.27)
The feast of St. Augustine is very important for our community since he is our patron, our spiritual Father, and we try to live his spirituality admonished by his rules that he wrote in the fourth century.

This feast starts in the afternoon on August 27th when we celebrate the memory of St. Monica, mother of St. Augustine.

On August 28th, there is a holy mass after which we gather with our priests, friends, co-workers and admirers of St. Augustine.