You Too?

Time of creation:

Fall 2011

Location of first retreat:

Babice, Diocese of Gliwice

Place of creation:

Diocese of Gliwice

Target group:

Open retreats for people aged 13 to 23

Retreat description:

We focused on community as a space for meeting. We fought to show that community is not a place where differences are erased but rather enriched by them. People living in good communities are the salt of the earth and infect others, awaken others. By their very existence they ask the question: “why do they live like this?”. We also strongly showed that each of us shapes and creates the community and it is as we are, and not as written in some books. Community is a dream. This dream is not without flaws and weaknesses, but it is real and more valuable than the price of certain disappointments that may come our way.

Table of contents of group meeting outlines

• Meeting 1. - Community - phenomenon of individuality or conformity?
  • Goal
  • Introduction for animator - for the whole retreat
  • Prayer
  • Introduction (not only) to the meeting
  • What is my “individuality”?
  • Loss of individuality?
  • A set is something different than community
  • Together, but individually?
  • Summary, application
  • Prayer
• Meeting 2. - What is a meeting?
  • Goal
  • Meeting aids
  • Meetings in everyday life
  • Meetings in real life vs. meetings in virtual space
  • Quality of meetings in real life
  • The issue of meetings and Meetings
  • Meeting as a space of difficulty
  • Community as meeting
• Meeting 3. - Community is a decision
  • Goal
  • For animator
  • Prayer
  • Introduction to the meeting
  • Key decisions
  • Decision to act
  • Openness to “always new”
  • Being a conscious participant in life
  • Prayer