{"id":101391,"date":"2026-07-22T13:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T11:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/polonia-ritiro-mariano-per-le-famiglie-a-niepokalanow-lasek\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T13:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T11:30:12","slug":"polonia-ritiro-mariano-per-le-famiglie-a-niepokalanow-lasek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/polonia-ritiro-mariano-per-le-famiglie-a-niepokalanow-lasek\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland: Marian Retreat for Families in Niepokalan\u00f3w Lasek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On July 13-18, 2026, a Marian retreat for families in the spirit of the Militia of the Immaculata (M.I.) was conducted at the friary in Niepokalan\u00f3w Lasek, Poland. The friary is a presence of the Province of the Immaculate Mother of God in Poland (Warsaw).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Piotr and Maria SAWO\u015aCIAN led the retreat while Friar Robert M. STACHOWIAK offered spiritual direction. This year\u2019s theme was: <em>\u201cSo That Love May Be Loved in Our Home: A Franciscan Invitation for Daily Life.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em>Twenty-two families, from Poland and abroad, took part in the retreat. Each day, the adults attended meditation sessions and workshops offered by the SAWO\u015aCIANs, while the children, in addition to having playtime, participated in numerous workshops and other educational activities.<br \/>\nMany volunteers and seminarians from the seminary in \u0141\u00f3d\u017a-\u0141agiewniki, Poland, also contributed to the retreat\u2019s success by leading activities and assisting children.<br \/>\nEach day began with the recitation of Morning Prayer and the singing of the <em>Godzinki<\/em>, [Little Office], the traditional Polish Marian office of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Each day concluded with the recitation of the <em>Apel Maryjny<\/em> [\u201cMarian Appeal\u201d], a traditional evening Marian prayer. Mass was celebrated each day at noon. In the evening, married couples had the opportunity to spend time with the Lord Jesus during Eucharistic adoration for couples. The entire retreat was watched over by the true hostess of the house\u2014our Immaculate Mother. There was also time for relaxation and fellowship shared during social evenings and the community barbecue held on Thursday. At the end of the retreat, the families entrusted themselves to Mary\u2019s protection. The spouses renewed their wedding vows, and about fifteen people joined the Militia of the Immaculata.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Sister Teresa Maria GRABO\u0143, SFMI<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 13-18, 2026, a Marian retreat for families in the spirit of the Militia of the Immaculata (M.I.) was conducted at the friary in Niepokalan\u00f3w Lasek, Poland. The friary is a presence of the Province of the Immaculate Mother of God in Poland (Warsaw). Piotr and Maria SAWO\u015aCIAN led the retreat while Friar Robert [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101387,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[132,115,148],"tags":[2896,2078],"class_list":["post-101391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-federations","category-femo-en","category-news","tag-niepokalanow-lasek-en","tag-retreat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101391"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101395,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101391\/revisions\/101395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}