On May 5^th, 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”.

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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 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.

When the John Paul II Foundation New York Chapter’s ad of the pilgrimage to Turkey appeared many of us began to wonder – why to travel to this unstable country? Also, most likely there is not much to see?  Some had a very poor country in front of their eyes. Is it worth it to go? – a question with which so many struggled.  Some lost this “battle” and stayed at home.  Brave ones decided to go. And what…? Huge surprise.  In front of us appeared a beautiful country with many natural, cultural and architectonic attractions, the country with a high level of infrastructure and friendly people; but, most of all the country in which the first missionary church was created.  After all, over here the great missionary – St. Paul the Apostle was active.  Over here we met with the characters – St. John the Apostle, St. Philip.  So many saints from the first centuries stood on our pilgrim’s path that only now we started to better understand the Letters of St. Paul, the Acts if the Apostles and the Revelation of St. John.  From the very first moments we started to enjoy the idea of our pilgrimage organized by the Foundation.