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More than 100,000 volunteers from Polish dioceses help those in need
Touchless food parcels, warm meals for seniors and people in quarantine, food collections, hospital equipment, virtual workshops and homework for children as well as spiritual and psychological support – these are just some of the charitable initiatives carried out by the Church during the coronavirus epidemic. More than 100,000 volunteers from all 44 Polish dioceses are involved – said the spokesman of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Fr. Paweł Rytel-Andrianik.
The Week in Summary (November 3-9)
The week began with the announcement of the second edition of the “Pole with heart” campaign, organized by the Catholic Youth Association. The campaign is taking place this weekend. The action consists in collection of food and SMS campaign for Poles from the East. The action is held under the auspices of Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, president of the Polish Episcopate. He said that thanks to this campaign, apart from material support, young people build relationships with our compatriots in the East.
Polish Bishops on Education Week: Religious Education in school is the right of students and parents
Religious Education in school is the constitutional right of students and parents – emphasized Polish bishops in a letter for the 15th Education Week, opposing decisions limiting religion classes. ‘It is impossible to live maturely without the formation of the heart and conscience,’ they wrote. The letter will be read in churches on 7 September.
Poland: virtual processions of #palms
“Virtual procession of palms” is a campaign proposed to the faithful in Poland. The epidemic makes it impossible to participate in the celebrations of Palm Sunday in churches, however, the Church in Poland encourages people not to give up making Easter palms. One can follow the Holy Mass broadcast with their own #palms and then take a photo and post it in the social media with the #palms hashtag.
80,000 pilgrims participated in the Eucharist presided by Card. Grocholewski in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
80,000 pilgrims participated in the solemn Eucharist in Marian Sanctuary of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska presided by Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, retired prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, and co-celebrated by Archbishop Marek Jędraszewski, metropolitan of Cracow. The Holy Mass and the procession concluded the celebrations of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary which lasted the whole week.
Poland: 24th Day of Judaism in the Catholic Church in Poland
The Day of Judaism in the Church for me, Rabbi, is a holy day - said Rabbi Michael Schudrich during the press conference for the presentation of the 24th Day of Judaism in the Catholic Church in Poland entitled "Life and death 'Here, then, I have today set before you life and prosperity, death and doom (Dt 30:15)'" which will take place on January 17.
Archbishop Gądecki wrote a letter to Rev. Aleksander Ziejewski
Increasingly frequent acts of hatred against believers, including priests, and acts of profanation of sacred objects, places and objects of worship, so important for the Catholics in Poland, arouse my highest concern - wrote the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, in a letter to Rev. Aleksander Ziejewski, parish priest of the Basilica of St. John the Baptist in Szczecin, who was beaten on Sunday 28 July.
Auschwitz: Eucharist for former prisoners with the participation of the Presidential Couple
The truth about what happened behind the wires of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau should not divide us in any way. Let us make an effort to build unity wherever we are” - said Bishop Piotr Greger, auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Bielsko-Żywiec, in the homily of the Holy Mass celebrated at the Center for Dialogue and Prayer in Oświęcim, on the eve of the official celebration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
