Shared Education
We believe that education is responsibility of everyone. This is why at Nomadelfia we talk about "Education in solidarity”. The environment and the context of life are determining factors for the formation of a personality: children learn what they experience.
A child is a gift for everyone. It would not be possible to live fraternity if we did not all feel, individually and collectively, this educational responsibility towards the children who live next to us.
The family maintains its individuality, and for the children the first points of reference remain the parents. But at the same time, children know that they can rely on other adults, as both affective and educational figures.
The Family School
School is an important moment in the educational process; a moment that goes beyond simple education. The home school of Nomadelfia does not want to form Nomadelfi, but of balanced, honest and responsible citizens, who know how to fit serenely into the social fabric.
Our pedagogical model is called “Living School” because it aims to An education that prepares you for life, rejecting any form of notionism.
First of all, the teaching of the Home School of Nomadelfia is based on the solidarity and collaboration. At school, universal values such as fraternity, justice, generosity, solidarity are transmitted. In addition, theEducation is understood as a enhancement of their talents, as a service to humanity and not as an instrument of social ascent. Children are educated to feel personally responsible and involved in all aspects of life family, community and social.
The home school of Nomadelfia teaches valuing each person.
In teaching, we try to respect the child's time, evaluate his particular training needs, enhancing his specificities, developing All skills, even practical and socio-relational ones. Children learn to compare themselves with their peers without competition.
In the school of Nomadelfia Grades are not given, but we discuss with the families to consider first of all the commitment of the child.
Even in comparison with the adult, the relationship is a continuation of motherhood and fatherhood that is lived outside the classroom. It is a less hierarchical, more equal relationship, in the belief that One learns more from a brother than from a superior. At the end of each school cycle, the students take the final exam at the public school as private students.
At School All Life
According to the teaching of Fr. Zeno, All life is school. To possess a culture is not only to know, but to live what one knows. As citizens, as Catholics and as Nomadelfi We must be increasingly aware of our mission and up-to-date with the problems of modern society.
Culture
During the school year, the whole population gathers at 5.30 pm for a moment of reflection of about an hour and a half. Generally, a meditation by Don Zeno on the various aspects of community life is listened to and discussed, but the topics addressed may vary according to current events and the needs of the moment.
Spiritual exercises and retreats
Anyone who lives a vocation periodically feels the need to stop and reflect on his or her life, recognizing the difficulties and strengths. For this reason, every year a course of spiritual exercises is carried out for all those who live in the community.
The children also follow a course of spiritual exercises, appropriate to their age, which also includes many recreational moments. Formative moments are then dedicated to Postulants, i.e. people who have applied to live in the community, but are still carrying out a trial period.
The Study Centre of Nomadelfia
Every year, the Study Centre of Nomadelfia it offers those who wish the opportunity to deepen the charism and spirituality of Don Zeno. The Study Center originates from Don Zeno's idea of giving life to a university study of Nomadelfia, with two objectives: to give scientific dignity to the system of life values of Nomadelfia, and create a dialogue with contemporary culture.