On November 25-27, 2025, ninety consecrated persons, clergy, and laypeople attended a three-day intensive course on effective communication. The course took place at the “Dobre Miejsce” retreat center in Warsaw, Poland.
Among other things, they learned how to write announcements and event reports, how to conduct and give interviews, speak on television, practice the art of public speaking, use artificial intelligence in pastoral care and evangelization, and promote people, institutions, and ideas using social media.
A number of radio, television, print, and internet journalists shared their knowledge and experience: namely, Blanka BARANOWSKA, Milena KINDZIUK, Malwina SZYMAŃSKA, Joanna PINKWART, Rafał PATYRA, Karol GNAT, and Bogdan ZALEWSKI.
The training course was conducted under the auspices of the Institute of Franciscan Studies. It was organized by Monika PRZYBYSZ, Katarzyna FERENS, Father Józef KLOCH, and Friar Jan Maria SZEWEK, OFM Conv.
Friar Jan Maria SZEWEK
