From 2 to 6 May, in the monastery of the brothers in Mokotów in Warsaw (Province of Our Lady of the Angels; ul. Modzelewski 98 a; Tel. +48 22 8484235), workshops were held for the formators of the North Slavic Conference.
The responsibility for their organization was about. Witosław Sztyk OFM.
The proposed theme: The Word of God in the formation of the Lesser Brothers was an attempt to take up and deepen the thoughts proposed by Benedict XVI in his Apostolic Exhortation fri. Verbum Domini.
We wanted to strengthen the ability to live with the Word of God in the personal and communous realization of the Franciscan vocation.
In achieving this goal, we were helped by invited guests, secretaries of formation and study of our Order, o. Vidal Rodríguez López OFM and o Sergei Bałdyga OFM.
The workshop program had the following course:
2 May – Monday
20.00 dinner combined with recreation in refectory
3 May – Tuesday
Prayers / Province of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary and the Most Holy Savior
07.30 Holy Mass with homily and tomorrow in the chapel / o. Sergei Baldyga
08.30 breakfast in refectory + coffee in the recreation room
09.30–12.30 The Word of God in Franciscan formation (intermittent classes) / o. Vidal Rodríguez López
1:00 p.m. lunch
15.30–17.00 The Word of God and vocations (classes with a break) / o. Sergiusz
5:30 p.m.
18.00 May church service
18.30 dinner in refectory
20.00 recreation in the recreation room
4 May – Wednesday
Prayers / Province of St. Francis and St. Michael the Archangel
07.30 Holy Mass and homily in Italian with tomorrow in Polish in the chapel / o. Vidal
08.30 breakfast in refectory + coffee in the recreation room
09.30–12.30 The Word of God in discovering vocation (intermittent activities) / o. Sergiusz
1:00 p.m. lunch
15.30–17.00 Word of God and the vow of obedience (classes with a break) / o. Sergiusz
5:30 p.m.
18.00 May church service
18.30 dinner in refectory
20.00 recreation in the recreation room
5 May – Thursday
Prayers / Province of Our Lady of The Angels and Saint Hedwig
07.30 Holy Mass with tomorrow in the chapel / o. Krzysztof Paszkiewicz
08.30 breakfast in refectory + coffee in the recreation room
09.30–11.30 The Word of God and the vow of poverty (classes with breaks) / o. Witosław Sztyk
12.00-12.30 Meeting with o. Zenon Stysi OFM, Director of FC for Eastern Europe and North Asia
13.00 lunch in refectory
15.30-17.00 leisure time
18.30 dinner in refectory
20.00 recreation in the recreation room
6 May – Friday
Prayers / Province of the Assumption
07.30 Mass tomorrow in the chapel / o. Vitoslav
08.30 breakfast in refectory + coffee in the recreation room
09.30–11.30 The Word of God and purity (classes with a break) / o. Vitoslav
11.00-12.00 organizational matters of the Conference's Secretariat of Formation and Study
13.00 lunch / end of the workshop
The participants of the workshop were:
Province of St. Peter Francis
1. about. Augustine Zygmunt / Master of Novitiate
2. about. Sylwester Brzezinski / Junior Master's Degree
Province of St. Peter Jadwiga
1. about. Alan Brzyski / Master of Novitiate
Province of Our Lady of the Angels
1. about. Grzegorz Chomiuk / Master of Novitiate
2. about. Krzysztof Paszkiewicz / WSD Rector
Province of St. Peter Michael Archangel
1. about. Romuald Zagórski / vocation animator
2. about. Konstanty Gawicki / v-c master of seminarians
3. about. Rafał Makowski / moderator of continuous formation
The Province of the Most Holy Saviour
1. about. Simeon Brindzák / animátor starostlivosti o duchovné povolania
2. Br. Matúš Racek / postnoviciátu master's degree
3. about. Cyril Brázda / Master of Noviciátu
4. about. Juraj Mihály / moderátor stálej format
Province of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary
1. about. Joachim Ciupa / Master of Temporary Professions
Province of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
1. about. Idzi Soroburski / vocation animator
2. about. Melchizedek Olejok / Master of Postulate
3. about. Jozef Czura / Master of Novitiate
4. about. Filip Kahlert / Master of Temporary Professions
5. Br. Konrad Zastawy / Vice-Master of Temporary Professions
6. about. Jan Vianney Sokalski / Master of Temporary Professions (Ukraine)
7. about. Ezechily Carpenter / Master of Novitiate (Ukraine)
8. about. Witosław Sztyk / WSD Rector
Invited guests
1. about. Vidal Rodríguez López / General Secretary of of of FORMATION AND STUDIES OFM
2. about. Sergius Bałdyga / Deputy Secretary-General of of Formation and Studies of OFM
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Total: 21 brothers + 2 guests = 23 brothers