Retreat
Saints do not fall from the sky - assures Fr. Przemyslaw Krakowczyk SAC.... Saints are people like us, just like us they come into the world in families, they have family, they have friends, etc .... Saints live like us and yet they live as if they were out of this world. One becomes a saint only when one learns to love as God does," the priest gradually introduces the theme of the "Called to Holiness" retreat, which we are experiencing at the Retreat House of the Katowice Archdiocese in Kokoszyce. This is the first series of Retreats with Sr. Dulcissima addressed to those interested in the life, mission, vocation of the servant of God. The retreat is attended by about 50 people gathered from different parts of Poland. The time of the retreat is prayer, deepened reflection, concentration, but also exchange of experiences. It is a fact that many of the retreat participants have experienced the intercession of the handmaid of God and through participation in the retreat want to get to know her more. It is touching that people who did not know each other before are now very open to each other. During a break between conferences, a lady comes up to me and whispers : sister, it can't end like this, that we will split up after the retreat. Then another person and another. It happened! The Group of Friends of Sister Dulcissima has been formed. Friends, they want to get to know her better, they want to help her, what's more they want to pray and sacrifice for priests. The mission of Sister Dulcissima's servant of God continues. Sister Dulcissima's friends are eager to support the Ministers of Divine Mysteries with her help. The next retreat is next year. In the meantime, we stay in touch and hope to meet you at the Dulcissima Days. S.M. Małgorzata Cur SMI
Plan of the II Dulcissima Days
Friday, May 19, 2023 19:30 - 21:30 Prayer vigil Church of Saint Apostles Matthew and Matthias in Racibórz - Brzezie Saturday, May 20, 2023 9:00 The Eucharist presided over by His Excellency Fr. Bishop Waldemar Musioł, auxiliary bishop of the Opole diocese. Church of St. Nicholas in Racibórz. Dulcissima - Marian from Brzezie 10:30 Launch of the symposium entitled Dulcissima – Marian from Brzezie Racibórz Cultural Center - Strzecha Culture House, ul. Fr. Józefa Londzina 38 Introduction: Editor Agnieszka Bugała, journalist Preface:- Provincial Superior Magdalena Zabłotna SMI
- Mayor of Racibórz Dariusz Polowy
A gift from St. Therese of Lisieux
Will you go with us to Lisieux to St. Theresa? I was asked by Father Theodore Suchoń, the retired custodian of the shrine of St. Teresa in Rybnik Chwałowice. I can't hide the fact that the priest surprised me with this question, so I immediately didn't know what to say. I heard in the receiver: please don't worry about anything, just ask permission from your superiors. I asked Sr. Provincial Superior for her opinion, I got the green light. However, I knew that May would be a very demanding month for me. However, when I read that April 29 marks the 100th anniversary of the beatification of St. Teresa - I rejoiced heartily. I understood that this is a special time and when I thanked Fr. Theodore and said that I would go it was the Priest who calmly replied - There will be Sister Dulcissima walking in the person of a sister in the thanksgiving procession in Lisieux. I was touched. I also realized that the sender of the invitation to Lisieux that I had received from Fr. Theodore was a Carmelite saint. This is how St. Therese of the Child Jesus invited us to give thanks and adore God. The central celebration in Lisieux was held in a solemn atmosphere. It was a great celebration! At the shrine of St. Thérèse in Lisieux, Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline assured with simplicity of heart that St. Thérèse is teaching us as well as the whole Church today a valuable lesson. He said that St. Thérèse teaches us a Catholicism based on humility, total trust in God, and participation in Christ's saving mission through intercessory prayer and sacrifice. The cardinal noted that Pope Pius XI called her the star of the pontificate and also pointed out that she is the word that God speaks to us because even today He shows us through her , that for Him the most important thing is humility. Saint Teresa and Sr. Dulcissima how similar they are. This thought kept coming back to me like a boomerang. I realized, once again, that St. Teresa is a gift of heaven to Sr. Dulcissima, but also to our entire congregation. The 100th anniversary of the beatification and also the 150th anniversary of the birth of St. Therese of the Child Jesus were events that brought together large crowds for the Eucharist in the Basilica of Lisieux. After the Mass, there was an opportunity for personal prayer and veneration of St. Therese's relics. With gratitude in my heart, we returned, back to Poland. May God be glorified in His angels and saints. s. Małgorzata Cur
Always celebrating – today Knippmontag
A very peculiar tradition in Cochem is is Knipp Monday - a holiday for every Cochem resident. Once a year, one week after Easter Monday, all the eggs and other goodies left over from Easter are packed into a backpack along with a picnic blanket and off they go to a meadow slope behind the Reichsburg. There one makes oneself comfortable on the meadow, meets young and old and it is eaten in sociable being together, drunk, laughed and played music. According to legend, on this day over 300 years ago, a young castle servant and his sweetheart wanted to meet in the village of Faid. On his way there the servant discovered on a meadow (today's Knippwiese) heavily armed French troops. He crept up unnoticed and learned that an attack on the Imperial Castle was planned. He ran back as fast as he could and informed the Burgrave, who had his men prepared for defense. Thus the attack was averted the next morning and the surprised enemies were driven away. Out of sheer gratitude, the lord of the castle henceforth appointed the Monday after "White Sunday" to a holiday in Cochem. Yes, and because our residents all celebrated Knipp Monday on the meadow - but now can no longer go there - we celebrated it in our house. Sister M.Felicitas