Useful Information to know when you stay at Shalom
Meals
Our community prides itself on providing good wholesome homemade meals. Plan to go home a little holier, happier and …. heavier!
If you have any special dietary needs please tell us before booking in. Medical dietary requirements are catered for, and although we will try our best to provide for lifestyle dietary choices; it is not always possible.
Shalom provides clean linen and towels, so no need to bring them.
You might like to bring a dressing gown & slippers to wear to the bathroom.
Extra linen, towels and blankets are also available, just ask a community member.
Breakfast
Breakfast is self-service at your own leisure. The breakfast fridge is always supplied with milk, juice & yogurt.
We’ve got gluten-free cereal and bread, plus heaps of other cereals, bread and fruit. And we’ll have eggs every now and then, when our chooks are feeling generous!
Please scrape your plates & place your utensils in the scullery ready to be stacked into the dishwasher.
The laundry is adjacent to the lower back door entrance of the main building and is available for the use of guests upon request.
Lunch & Dinner
Lunch and Dinner are usually served in the dining rooms at set times. In the summer months dining can occur outside under the apple trees or Pergola. Please don’t be late or your food will get cold!
Phone and Internet Services
Mobile phones tend not to work well in the Carcoar Village area. However if you are with Telstra you can usually get a signal upstairs and in the main building foyer.Wifi access to the internet is available by logging onto the local network:
Shalomnet – password is Shal0mHOP
Tea & Coffee
Available 24hrs a day, feel free to use the coffee and tea making facilities downstairs in the breakfast bar/dining area. Instant and Plunger Coffee are available as well as Teapots and Teabags.
Staying in Ross Pinna or Emmanuel Units
The Self-Contained units are kept supplied with provisions for tea and coffee. Continental breakfasts can be arranged at a cost. Other meals are by way of self catering and the Units are equiped with a microwave oven, air fryer and rice cooker, and refrigerator. There is also a BBQ available for guests to use on request.
Pets are allowed in Emmanuel only and subject to certain conditions . An intense cleaning fee of $50 applies so future guests with allergies can breathe easy.
On your departure day
Would you please strip your bed of sheets and pillow case. If you are physically able please remake your bed with the linen provided. Please put your soiled linen in the laundry baskets provided at the top of the stairs in the old convent, or at the entrance to the old school house, and in the laundry if you are staying in the units.
Church Services
Catholic Saturday Vigil: 5.00pm – CARCOAR The Church of the Immaculate Conception, – second and fourth Saturday of the month (6.00pm in Daylight Saving Time) Sunday 9.00am : BLAYNEY St James’ Church, 71 Adelaide Street
Anglican – Sunday 9.00am – BLAYNEY Christ Church, 88 Adelaide Street
Upon request Shalom can provide a spiritual director for, confidential, one-to-one sessions. A spiritual director doesn’t “direct” you so much as companions you as a contemplative listener, while you seek to notice what God is up to in your life.
Nearest Services
Medical GP: 02 6368 93333 Osman St Blayney , Mon-Fri 8.30am-5pm + AH Service
Blayney Hospital: 02 6368 9000. Mon-Fri 8.30am-5pm(office) + 24hrs Emergency Service
Blayney Pharmacy: 02 6368 2025
Carcoar Post Office: Main St Carcoar. Open 9:00am-5:00pm Daily.
Bank and ATM – Blayney
EFTPOS – Shalom has an EFTPOS machine and payments can be made for bookings and other purchases during your stay. There is no facility for cash out, however the Carcoar Post Office does have cash out facilities.
Blayney Service Stations:
Caltex Petrol Station 140 Adelaide St, Blayney (02) 6368 2640
24hr BP Petrol Station 27 Orange Rd, Blayney (02) 6368 2233
Carcoar Cafes & General Store
a thousand words gallery Gallery Espresso Bar 11 Icely Street, Carcoar NSW 2791
Thursday to Sunday:
Open 8:30am – 4:00pm
The Village Grocer Carcoar Historic local cafe and general store 7 Belubula St, Carcoar NSW 2791 Monday to Sunday Open 8:00am to 2:00pm
Our Cancellation Policy
The policy for prepaid bookings is as follows:
- If the booking is cancelled prior to a week before the event there is a full refund of the booking fee or deposit.
- If the booking is cancelled less then a week before the event there is a 80% refund of the booking fee or deposit.
- If the booking is cancelled 48hrs prior to the event there is a 50% refund of the booking fee and no refund of the deposit.
Ignatian First Spiritual Exercises (FSE)
The First Spiritual Exercises (FSE), with its twin Ignatian ministries of initiating Spiritual Conversation and giving Spiritual Exercises, is the predominant form of the Exercises given most frequently by Ignatius to others as a layman and later with the early Jesuits to anyone of good will.
The FSE is about coming as you are and meeting the Lord where you are. You do not have to be a big prayer, churched or holy. All you have to do is come with the desire to meet the Lord.
Shalom community members, Bernadette Collins as well as Nick and Fran Hansen are trained and experienced in giving the First Spiritual Exercises and upon request they will provide a taster for groups or individuals who wish to get started with the FSE.