You can read our introduction into the theme of the retreat here . All are welcome!
Friday
5 pm
Arriving participants are assigned to their rooms. Time to get to know one another, for informal conversation (when most of the participants arrive, supper will be served).
10 pm
Compline
Saturday
Pulawy Youth Hostel where the retreat will be held
8:30 am
Morning Prayer
9 am
Breakfast
10:00 am
“To whom have I been sent?“
Conversation inspired by the story of the Jesus meeting the Syrophenician woman (Matthew 15:21-28). The participants will form groups of two/three and talk about what it means to them to be called/sent, and in what way has the horizon of their vocation, their faith, their spirituality changed. One group will be English-speaking.
12 pm
Noonday Prayer
12:30 pm
“To whom have we been sent?”
In March of last year, at the conference “Bringing the Episcopal Church to Cracow”, Jarek and Lukasz delivered a presentation entitled
May an Episcopal Congregation in Poland be an Answer to the Needs of Local Christians?
Half a year later, at the retreat in Poznan, we decided to establish the Polish Episcopal Network and to start regular services in Kraków. How do we see our common vocation as a community after a year? What do we expect from the Network, what are our dreams, visions and hopes? How do they relate to
Vision 2012
of the Concovation of the Episcopal Churches in Europe? How can we expand the horizon of our activities?
2 pm
Lunch
3 pm
Free time and a possibility to talk in private with the ministers, or for confession. Also Bishop Whalon will be available to you. If language is a problem, we can assist you and interpret into Polish.
5 pm
Evening Prayer
5:45 pm
“The Polish Episcopal Network – plans for the future, part I”
At the last retreat in Cracow
In this conversation we would like to make what will have been expressed in the previous one more concrete. We will also take up the topics related to organization and finances. Since we think that these matters may require a lot of attention, we divided this conversation in two parts.
7 pm
Supper
8 pm
“The Polish Episcopal Network – plans for the future, part II”
10 pm
Compline
Sunday
8:30 am
Morning Prayer
9 am
Breakfast
10 am
Preparation of the room for the service.
11 am
Eucharist
12:45 pm
After the Eucharist we gather traditionally for the last conversation before lunch and conclusion of the retreat in order to evaluate the time we spent together.
2 pm
Lunch and conclusion of the retreat.
