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Experience teaches us that usually the good which we do by ourselves is limited, uncertain and short-lived , (…) unless efforts are aimed at a common goal . St. Vincent Pallotti. Union of Catholic Apostolate in Poland. Pallottine Fathers and Brothers. Core Communities. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Experience teaches us that usually the good
which we do by ourselves is limited, uncertain and short-lived, (…) unless efforts are aimed at a
common goal.St. Vincent Pallotti
Union of Catholic Apostolate
in Poland
Pallottine Fathers and Brothers
Core Communities
Vocation of brothers and priests
apostolateMarian Sanctuariesmass-mediascientific activity
Pallottine SistersCore Communities
Consecrated life: living out religious vows in a community
AIDG cross, Our Way of Life
10- year preparation to final profession
80 communities all over the world, 25 in Poland
Prayer and apostolate
Queen of Apostles Communities
Established by Fr. Stanisław Rudziński SAC, 1984
UAC members
Andrychów /3/AugustówBiałystok /3/BiłgorajBrodnicaBydgoszcz /3/ Bystrzyca KłodzkaCekcynChełmno CiechocinekCzernica WrocławskaDębieńskoElblągFrombork
Gdańsk /Trójmiasto/GliwiceGrudziądzKatowiceKłodzko – Lądek ZdrójKonstancinKoszalinKwidzynLubiewoŁomżaŁódź /2/ŁukówMalanów k. Kalisza
MilanówekOlsztynOborniki Śl.PabianicePoznańRypinRzeszówSiedlceSkarżysko KamiennaSłupskSokółkaSolec KujawskiStarogard GdańskiStrzyżów
SuwałkiŚwidnicaTczewTychyWałczWarszawa /2/Wieprz k. AndrychowaWłocławekWrocławWyrzyskZakrzewo – Lipka k. ZłotowaZielonka /2/ŻagańŻory
60 communities, 400 UAC members, 1000 collaborators
Meetings in the Cenacle – animatorsRegular recollection days with the
Moderator, retreats, pilgrimages
Apostolic Communities – Otwock
Established by Fr. Henryk Herkt SAC, 1984
UAC members
First meetings: 1960-70sPresent moderator: Fr. Tadeusz Madoń SAC 156 members formally admitted4 communties: community of teachers,
community of Otwock region, local community and community of young married couples
since 2003 – Local Coordination Council
Infinitam
Established by Fr. Roman Forycki SAC, Sr. Aleksandra Podleżańska SAC, 1990
UAC members
roots: Jubilee pilgrimage to Rome – 1985
meetings: Provincial House of Pallotine Sisters (Warsaw – Zacisze)
At present: about 30 persons
Divine Mercy Community – Warsaw Wola
Established by Fr. Stanisław Rudziński SAC, 1985
UAC members
Union of communities in the CenacleAnimator and organiser of the community:
Mr. Stanisław KicmanLocal Coordination Council since 2011Community of young marriages Kana – in the
process of formationSpiritual adoption of two missionaries
Ecclesia
Established by Pallottine Sisters, 1986
UAC members
“three guys in the sisterly convent” in Zacisze
“learn to dance, otherwise the angels will not know what to do with you in heaven”
Cenacle Community maturing to the UAC
formation and prayer meetings , recollection days, service to the parish and universal Church
Flame of the Lord – Warsaw Ursus
Established by Pallottine Sisters, around. 2000
UAC members
roots: Cenacle Communities
Our Lady Of Fatima Parish in Ursus
Apostolate in the parish“singing Christmas
carols at homes”
Sychar
Established by Fr. Jan Pałyga SAC, 2003
UAC members
Community of Difficult Marriages - “every sacramental marriage can be saved”
16 persons: joined the UAC in 2008Many centers of the Community: Rzeszów,
Kraków, Lublin, Puławy, Opole, Żory, Rydułtowy, Wrocław, Legnica, Zielona Góra, Gorzów Wlkp., Poznań, Szczecin, Trójmiasto, Bydgoszcz, Płock, Marki, Warszawa, Bonn, Chicago
UAC Ołtarzew
Established by Sr. Lucyna Trzonkowska SAC
UAC members
foundation: Cenacle Communities2012: first members join the UAC!Formation in the communityPreparation of parish youth for Confirmation
Lamb of God Community – Gdańsk
Established by Fr. Stanisław Rudziński SAC, 1984
UAC members
Beginnings: three Pomeranian Communities - Divine Mercy, prayer group and youth community
Monthly meetings, yearly retreatIn 2010 – joined by a group of Hospice
employees and volunteersHospice in Gdańsk as a place of meetings
UAC Community - Chojnice
Established by Sr. Dobrawa Pólkowska SAC, 1984
UAC members
Parochial choirSinging was not
enough…21 members and
collaboratorsPrayer with the
community of Pallottine Sisters and a diocesan priest
Youth from Chojnice
Established by Sr. Barbara Rohde SAC, 1997
UAC members
Formation in Communities of Little and Young Apostle and then in Cenacle Communities
Preparation to the membership in the UAC, the community grows
Formation and apostolate: in the community and according to everyone’s capabilities
2012: admission of 9 persons to the UAC
UAC Community - Pisz
Established by Sr. Władysława Sitarz SAC, Sr. Ekspedyta Frenkiel SAC, 1995
UAC members
Community at Our Lady of Ostra Brama Parish
23 members admitted to the UACCommunity’s charism: apostolate of prayer
and looking after the sick and lonely
Community of the House by the Woods – Gniezno
Established by Sr. Anna Ozon SAC, 2006
UAC members
beginnings: Cenacle Community, Jesus’ School
From action to formation: spiritual and intellectual
serving othersMeetings and retreats
under the care of Pallottine Sisters as well as Pallottine and diocesan Fathers
Prayer for the community in Toruń, Poznań, Gniezno
11 members, 14 collaborators
2012 – meetings in Toruń
Divine Mercy Cenacles
Established by Fr. Maciej Wendelin Ryś SAC, 1984
UAC members
Biała (dek. Chojnów)BolszewoCzęstochowaElblągGliwiceGostyninHalembaKluczborkLublinŁódź
OpolePabianicePodwilk na OrawieRadzionkowo Stroń i Przyszowa k. LimanowejStrzebiń k. LublińcaWarszawaWejherowoZawadzkie
inspiration: Dives in Misericrdia and Pallottine charism
Mercy and CenaclePraying for mercy, deeds of mercy, proclaiming
God’s mercy
Community of Families Betlejem – Bielsko
Established in 1999
UAC members
beginnings: adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Thursdays
Friendship with Pallotine Fathers, call to the UAC
apostolate: solid and honest fulfilment of one’s duties (family, work)
Formation Community – Konstancin Jeziorna
Established by Fr. Jan Jędraszek SAC, 2008
UAC collaborators
beginnings: monthly School of God’s Worddesire for deeper formation25 persons who finished first year of
formation
Cenacle of Families - Koszalin
Established by Pallottine Sisters, 2011
UAC collaborators
inspiration: witnesses of the persons who were members of Cenacle Communities in the 90s.
First meeting: 12 adults, 12 children from 12 familiesmissionary charism: supporting Baffousam in Cameroon
Cenacle Community - Lublin
Established by Kinga and Agnieszka Pawlak , 2010
UAC collaborators
inspiration: adoration of the Blessed Sacrament for the intention of priests, desire for deeper formation
Students and graduates of Catholic University of Lublin
Marian spirituality