Camp Optimum, Autrans, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France

Priest talking to a fraternity member at Camp Optimum, a residential camp for men only, run by catholic group the Emmanuel Community, taking place 31st March - 3rd April 2016, in Autrans, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The camps were first conceived by John Eldredge in America and now take place in France, Belgium and Switzerland. Camp Optimum is run like a religious retreat where men study gender roles from the bible and examine the meaning and status of masculinity today. The men become members of the Optimum Brotherhood and discover a fraternity with fellow men. The aim of the Optimum Fraternity is to exchange, pray, support and serve together. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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