{"id":59468,"date":"2023-09-25T07:55:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T05:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofmconv.net\/sulle-orme-di-san-francesco-esercizi-spirituali-per-i-frati-senior\/"},"modified":"2023-09-25T07:56:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T05:56:51","slug":"sulle-orme-di-san-francesco-esercizi-spirituali-per-i-frati-senior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/sulle-orme-di-san-francesco-esercizi-spirituali-per-i-frati-senior\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Footsteps of St. Francis: A Spiritual Retreat for Senior Friars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On September 10-19, 2023, some senior friars from Poland went on a spiritual retreat in Italy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The idea for the retreat came from the Vicar General, Friar Jan MACIEJOWSKI. He entrusted the organization and leadership of the retreat to the General Delegate for Formation, Friar Piotr STANIS\u0141AWCZYK. The main purpose of the retreat was to give senior friars of the <em>Foederatio Europae Mediae et Orientalis<\/em> (FEMO) who had never prayed at the tomb of St. Francis of Assisi the opportunity to do so.<br \/>\nEight friars from all three Provinces in Poland participated. Those from the Province of St. Anthony and Bl. James of Strepar in Poland (Cracow) included Friars J\u00f3zef CYDEJKO and Piotr MARSZA\u0141KIEWICZ from the friary in Legnica, Friar Stanis\u0142aw GLISTA from the friary in Kalwaria Pac\u0142awska, and Friar Jerzy BRUSI\u0141O from the friary in Cracow.<br \/>\nThose from the Province of the Immaculate Mother of God in Poland (Warsaw) included Friars Mariusz S\u0141OWIK, Franciszek REKOWSKI and Kazimierz DOME\u0141A from the friary in Niepokalan\u00f3w. From the Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in Poland (Gda\u0144sk) there was Friar Wies\u0142aw PRZYBYSZ from the friary in Dar\u0142owo.<br \/>\nThe visiting friars spent their first and last days at the St. Maximilian M. Kolbe Friary in Rome. On the second day, after Mass, Morning Prayer and breakfast, they went to Assisi, where they stayed at the <em>Franciscanum<\/em> Friary. While in Assisi, they went on pilgrimages, after Morning Prayer and breakfast, to places linked to the life of St. Francis. They celebrated Mass at the Basilica of St. Francis, the Portiuncola, San Damiano and Rivotorto. After lunch, there was time for rest, individually planned pilgrimages and personal prayer. Their days in Assisi concluded with Evening Prayer, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and dinner.<br \/>\nOn the last day, the friars went to Greccio and Fonte Colombo where they celebrated the 800<sup>th<\/sup> anniversaries of St. Francis\u2019 creation of the live nativity scene and the Later Rule.<br \/>\nOn Sunday, September 17, they arrived at the General Curia in Rome where they celebrated Mass at the Basilica of the Twelve Holy Apostles. Later, they met with the Vicar General who gave them a tour of the basilica and the friary. The retreat culminated with lunch shared with the Minister General and the friars of the General Curia.<br \/>\nThe senior friars thank the Superiors of the FEMO Federation for this initiative and for the funding provided to make this retreat possible. They also express particular gratitude to the Superiors of the General Houses of Rome and Assisi for the hospitality and cordiality they were shown. Everyone hopes that this initiative can be repeated in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Friar Piotr STANIS\u0141AWCZYK, General Delegate for Formation<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 10-19, 2023, some senior friars from Poland went on a spiritual retreat in Italy. The idea for the retreat came from the Vicar General, Friar Jan MACIEJOWSKI. He entrusted the organization and leadership of the retreat to the General Delegate for Formation, Friar Piotr STANIS\u0141AWCZYK. 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