{"id":69846,"date":"2024-07-10T12:46:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T10:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofmconv.net\/polonia-giubileo-del-centro-francescano-per-la-prevenzione-e-il-trattamento-delle-dipendenze-di-checiny\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:11:15","slug":"polonia-giubileo-del-centro-francescano-per-la-prevenzione-e-il-trattamento-delle-dipendenze-di-checiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/polonia-giubileo-del-centro-francescano-per-la-prevenzione-e-il-trattamento-delle-dipendenze-di-checiny\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland: 20\u1d57\u02b0 Anniversary of the Franciscan Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Addiction in Ch\u0119ciny"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Conventual Franciscan Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Addiction, in Ch\u0119ciny, is now twenty years old. Anniversary celebrations for the Center were conducted on Saturday, July 6, 2024. Many of the Center\u2019s patients are now in recovery and have been able to start new lives in town.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe praise God for the twenty years that the San Damiano Addiction Treatment Center has existed in Ch\u0119ciny. This place has helped many people who were addicted to drugs or other psychoactive substances restart their lives,\u201d said the Director of the Center, Friar Wojciech SZYMCZAK, at the start of a Mass of Thanksgiving. \u201cThese people have regained their dignity. They have returned to society, created families, and are living and working normally in society,\u201d he added.
\nFriar Marian MICHASI\u00d3W, the Provincial Secretary of the Province of St. Anthony and Bl. James of Strepar in Poland (Cracow) presided over the Mass of Thanksgiving and offered the homily. \u201cDuring this Mass today, let us glorify God for the victories that have been achieved in the lives of real people,\u201d he said.
\nLocal civil authorities also extended their thanks and congratulations to the friars and their lay collaborators. Renata JANIK, an official of Poland\u2019s \u0160kowicz Province, wrote: \u201cWe would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to all persons associated with this extremely meritorious and esteemed institution. At the same time, we would like to thank you for your much-needed mission of helping drug addicts. You have performed this service for two decades with total dedication. One cannot overestimate the value of your activities in support of people facing difficult life situations, and your excellent, practical and successful program which has significantly helped those most in need.\u201d
\nTomasz DULNY, the Deputy Mayor of Kielce, Poland also spoke: \u201cYour daily hard work, your commitment to the development of the Center, as well as your sensitivity to the needs of other people, yield invaluable results in assisting drug addicts and their families and in helping them integrate into society. On this solemn day, we wish you continued success and renewed commitment as you take on new tasks. May you be strengthened in the therapeutic work you do and in the trust you place in others.\u201d
\nThe Mayor of Ch\u0119ciny, Robert JAWORSKI, views the San Damiano Center as a symbol of hope and support for thousands of people struggling with addiction. The Center has gained both a regional and national reputation. \u201cThe success you have achieved in the last two decades proves the important role you play in treating and supporting drug addicts. Your determination and dedication not only bring measurable therapeutic results, but also give thousands of families hope for a better life as they regain their loved ones,\u201d said the mayor.
\nThe Director of the San Damiano Center, Arleta KEMPKA, read a letter from the founder of the Center, Friar Piotr STANIS\u0141AWCZYK, who is currently serving in Rome as the Secretary General for Formation.
\nThere was a touching moment during the ceremony when a new graduate of the program was awarded a commemorative plaque. The award is given to persons who are living sober, who have demonstrated sustained success in living sober, who maintain ties with the San Damiano Center, and who have asked the community for this privilege and obtained approval from the treatment staff.
\nOthers attending the celebration included members of the District Health Inspectorate, the Municipal Commission for the Resolution of Alcohol Problems, the Cultural and Sports Center, the Provincial Center for the Treatment of Addiction and Co-dependency and representatives from various Friends of Poland Centers.
\nAll those attending watched a show put on by the patient community and afterwards enjoyed a meal the patients had prepared.
\nThe Conventual Franciscan Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Addiction in Ch\u0119ciny is a rehabilitation center for people addicted to drugs or other psychoactive substances. It includes the San Damiano hostel for addicts and the Rivotorto dispensary for treating addiction. There is also a treatment dispensary and a social-therapeutic center for children and youth which operates at the friary.
\nThe Conventual Franciscans also run a treatment center in Po\u0142aniec, Poland, which includes a hostel for alcoholics, a dispensary for treating addiction and another dispensary for treating addiction to psychoactive substances in particular.
\nFor additional information, visit the website of the Franciscan Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Addiction at: https:\/\/terapia.franciszkanie.pl\/<\/a> [Polish language only].<\/p>\n

Friar Jan M. SZEWEK<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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