May 18th is the anniversary of the birthday of John Paul II, the patron of our Foundation and House in Lublin. To commemorate the memory of our Founder, all the faculty, students, and residents of the house, organized a celebration called “Foundation’s Day”. This year, our meeting took place at the religious house of the Priests of the Sacred Heart in Pliszczyna - a beautiful area near Lublin.
Celebrations began with a Mass, remembering John Paul II, asking for His intercession in the intention of our Foundation as well as our own private intentions. After the liturgy, delicious bigos and other treats were waiting for us at the table, giving us energy for the festivities to come. .
On the occasion of the second anniversary of the Polish Pope’s beatification, Fr. dr Krzysztof Wieliczko OSPPE, the Administrator of the John Paul II Foundation, came from Rome to our Mission. On May 3rd, 2013, Feast of Mary, Queen of Poland, Fr. Wieliczko celebrated a Mass at the St. Barbara Church, while on Sunday May 5th, he celebrated a Mass at the St. Joseph Church and in the afternoon he participated in the parish feast in Neuperlach.
On May 5th, 2013 at the St. Stanislaus Church in Rome, the main focus of the meeting was “The Church Knows Herself Better and Better”. It was our meeting in correlation with the series “The Second Vatican Council as the Compass for the New Evangelization”. The series is being coordinated by John Paul II Pontificate Center for Research & Documentation along with the Pastoral Staff at St. Stanislaus Church in the Eternal City.
Prof. Z. Zdzisława Kijasa OFM Conv and Rev. Andrzej Dobrzyński, they delivered lectures supporting the teachings of the Second Vatican Council. The meeting took place in order to express the significances of the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church “Lumen Gentium”.
Spotkanie z cyklu: Sobór Watykański II busolą nowej ewangelizacji
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"Kościół poznaje siebie coraz lepiej" - pod takim hasłem w niedzielę (5 maja, 2013 r.) w auli przy rzymskim kościele św. Stanisława BM odbyło się kolejne spotkanie z cyklu "Sobór Watykański II busolą nowej ewangelizacji". Cykl, którego organizatorami są Ośrodek Dokumentacji i Studium Pontyfikatu Jana Pawła II oraz Duszpasterstwo Polaków w Wiecznym Mieście, ma charakter wykładów popularyzatorskich prowadzonych przez o. prof. Zdzisława Kijasa OFM Conv. oraz ks. dr Andrzeja Dobrzyńskiego. Spotkanie było poświęcone przybliżeniu znaczenia i treści Konstytucji dogmatycznej "Lumen Gentium" o Kościele.
Fr. Krzysztof Wieliczko at the St. Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr Church in New York
Fr. Krzysztof Wieliczko OSPPE, administrator of the John Paul II Foundation in Rome and also longstanding pastor at the St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Church in Manhattan led the 40 hours celebrations in his former parish. Installation of the relics of Bl. John Paul II at the St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Church on Sunday, April 28, 2013 was the culmination point of the celebrations.