Jesus is calling you today:
Follow Me!

How will you respond?

Are you ready? Voices The Weekends Info International

I am very happy about Follow Me! It is a special opportunity where young people from different groups go to the school of the Master, the school of Jesus.

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, Archbishop Emeritus of Vienna

Are you ready?

Have you ever wondered about your life and that perhaps you have been created for great things? Have you dreamt about your life having a real impact on your generation?

The Acts of the Apostles, the book in the New Testament that vividly describes the young church, ends quite abruptly. It only tells us that Paul stayed in his rented home for another two full years and preached the kingdom of God unhindered (cf. Acts 28, 30 and 31). It seems like a strange conclusion. Of course, the duration of rental agreements was already important back then - but why would Luke end his account of the early church in that way?

Many see this abrupt ending as an indication that we - you and I - should continue writing the Acts of the Apostles, the history of the church. For the history of the church does not end with a reference to the duration of a rental contract. On the contrary...

The story continues! With you and me.

And the exciting thing about the book of Acts is that throughout, we read of men and women who were quite different, but they had one thing in common: they were true disciples of the Lord! Regardless of whether they were men or women, whether they were young or old, whether they belonged to the Twelve Apostles or to the many disciples of Jesus - they all went to the same school: to the school of the Master; to the school of Jesus. Then they were filled with the Holy Spirit, again and again - and they impacted their generation in significant ways.

That’s what Follow Me! is about - going to the school of Jesus.

During eight weekends, over the course of a year, to make a significant impact in your generation. You will be the one of those who write the next chapters of the Acts of the Apostles.

Are you ready?

Whether you are going to be a mum or dad, whether you’re going to stay at home with the children, work ‘in the secular world’ or work as a missionary, whether you are going to be a religious, a cleric or married - we all need to learn what it means to follow Jesus. We all need to get close to Jesus, understand what He is like, how He sees us and what He thinks He can do through us.

We are already looking forward to meeting you!

The discipleship training programme “Follow me” deepens the faith received in baptism and confirmation within the framework of a communal church experience and enables the participants to actively engage in new evangelisation. Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer, Regensburg

I am grateful and pleased that young people from our Archdiocese have the opportunity to participate in the discipleship training programme “Follow Me” since many years. Quite a few take advantage of it and the positive fruits are undeniable. Franz Lackner OFM, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria

For me, Follow Me! was kind of like the Starter Kit (available to marathon participants) of my walk with Jesus! Marina, Salzburg

I have learned that difficult situations don't usually arise for no reason, but that God wants to use them to draw my attention to something. Thomas, Vienna