Absolute Value

Time of writing:

Autumn 2013

Place of the first retreat:

Babice, Diocese of Gliwice

Place of writing:

Diocese of Gliwice

Target group:

Open retreat for people aged 13 to 23

Retreat description:

The retreat helps discover the dignity and potential of the human person before God and teaches how to defend one’s values where one must stand firm as at Westerplatte. The final meeting calls for the responsible gift of time and sharing the values received with others, in the spirit of Christ’s mission.

List of small-group meeting outlines

• Meeting 1. - Discovery of human value
  • Goal
  • Prayer
  • Introduction to the meeting
  • Value of talent
  • Application
  • Ending
• Meeting 2. - Fight for value
  • Goal
  • Introduction for the animator
  • Prayer
  • Introduction to the meeting
  • My values
  • “As long as I have strength, I will go! I will run! I will not give up!”
  • Fight for intensity (for the taste of salt)
  • Fight for my value
  • “Rebuild the walls of Jerusalem!”
  • Application
• Meeting 3. - Birth of an Animator
  • Goal of the Meeting
  • Introduction for the animator
  • Prayer
  • Introduction to the meeting
  • Time is a gift
  • The fight of good against evil is happening here and now
  • Summary: my life is participation
  • Application
  • Prayer