Responsibility for the Community

Time of writing:

Autumn 2005

Place of the first retreat:

Miliardowice, Archdiocese of Katowice

Place of writing:

Archdiocese of Katowice

Target group:

Parish oasis, from pre-oasis to formation before 3rd degree

Retreat description:

Parish retreat organized by the local diakonia aimed at integration and increasing awareness of responsibility for one’s community. The retreat was created as part of traditional community integration trips. An idea arose to deepen integration by adding a formation thread. These were therefore (practically) the first weekend retreats we organized - hence only one group meeting. The feedback we received then from our participants became a motivation for us to develop this form.

List of small-group meeting outlines

• Meeting 1. - Life as a Response to the Call to Service
  • Introduction (not) only for the animator
  • Opening prayer
  • Introduction to the group meeting
  • The gift of life: what to do with it? What is it?
  • Vocation: what to do with my life? What is my path?
  • Service: an attitude to imitate
  • Vocation to service as a consequence of the gift of life
  • Application
  • Closing prayer