Come & See Days 2025

During Holy Week 2025, the Spiritual Family The Work invited young men for Come & See days at the Collegium Paulinum, our house of formation in Rome. Six men from Austria, Hungary, Lithuania and Israel participated in this spiritual adventure.

The celebration of the liturgy, fraternal community life and working together in the house and in the garden were at the centre of these days. We also talked about fundamental topics of being a Christian, following the Lord more closely and the vocation of the Spiritual Family The Work.

We visited the Papal Basilicas and passed through all the Holy Doors. We took part in liturgical celebrations at St Peter’s Square, visited the catacombs of St Sebastian and took a walk along the Via Appia, the ancient road via which St Peter and St Paul arrived in the Eternal City of Rome.

The celebration of the Easter Triduum at the Collegium Paulinum - with the Easter Vigil at 4 a.m. - was the liturgical highlight of the Come & See days, which came to a close on Easter Monday with an excursion to the old Cistercian Abbey of Fossanova. In this hallowed place where St Thomas Aquinas died, we celebrated Holy Mass for Pope Francis, who had just been called to the eternal paschal feast.

Impressions of the Participants

»The Come & See days allowed me to deeply experience the joy of Easter in community with like-minded people through prayer at the Holy Doors, inspiring guided tours of the basilica and insightful talks.«

»I am deeply thankful to you and the FSO for these wonderful and spiritual days. It was such a blessing and a faith-strengthening time «

»These days brought me clarity about what it means to be a Christian«

»During the Come & See days, I was able to get a comprehensive impression of the Spiritual Family The Work.«

»The past few days in Rome were a profound experience of living faith for me; the open community, moving liturgical celebrations and inspiring testimonies made Holy Week a special encounter with Christ«

Would you also like to participate in the Come & See-Days? Simply write to hermann.geissler@daswerk-fso.org

Come & See-Tage for women: click here