{"id":87228,"date":"2025-08-29T13:14:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T11:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/creati-per-la-relazione-esercizi-spirituali-per-bambini-e-giovani-a-niepokalanow-lasek\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T13:17:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T11:17:52","slug":"creati-per-la-relazione-esercizi-spirituali-per-bambini-e-giovani-a-niepokalanow-lasek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/creati-per-la-relazione-esercizi-spirituali-per-bambini-e-giovani-a-niepokalanow-lasek\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cCreated for Relationship\u201d: Spiritual Retreats for Children and Youth in Niepokalan\u00f3w Lasek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In August of 2025, spiritual retreats for children and youth were held at the friary in Niepokalan\u00f3w Lasek, Poland, a presence of the Province of the Immaculate Mother of God in Poland (Warsaw). The theme of each retreat was <em>\u201cCreated for Relationship.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>August in Niepokalan\u00f3w Lasek is traditionally marked by a strong presence of children and youth. Between July 28 and August 23, four weeks of spiritual retreats were conducted in the spirit of the Militia of the Immaculata. Three of the retreats were for children and one was for youth. In total, around 350 participants from all over Poland attended.<br \/>\nEach day of the retreats was dedicated to a different type of relationship, with oneself, with others, with the Lord, with Mary, and with the saints.<br \/>\nThe retreats were led by Friar Grzegorz Maria \u015aWIERKOSZ, supported by youth leaders. During the fourth retreat, Friar Grzegorz Maria SZYMANIK gave the homilies. The retreat participants engaged in group sessions, themed activities, fraternal evenings, and Eucharistic adoration.<br \/>\nThe program also included outings to Julinek Park (a nature-themed amusement park) and, during the final retreat, a paintball match in Teresin, Poland. The third retreat featured a special guest, the newly ordained Father Kacper PAWELEC from the Diocese of Cz\u0119stochowa, Poland, who imparted the blessing from his first Mass.<br \/>\nThe children and youth also visited Niepokalan\u00f3w, learning more about its history and heritage. A particularly interesting moment of the program was the \u201cCourtroom Trial\u201d game, during which the participants discussed the value of online and offline relationships.<br \/>\nThe highlight of each retreat was the admission of new members into the ranks of 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>In August of 2025, spiritual retreats for children and youth were held at the friary in Niepokalan\u00f3w Lasek, Poland, a presence of the Province of the Immaculate Mother of God in Poland (Warsaw). The theme of each retreat was \u201cCreated for Relationship.\u201d August in Niepokalan\u00f3w Lasek is traditionally marked by a strong presence of children [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87224,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[132,115,148],"tags":[2896,1135,227],"class_list":["post-87228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-federations","category-femo-en","category-news","tag-niepokalanow-lasek-en","tag-spiritual-retreat","tag-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87228","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=87228"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87232,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87228\/revisions\/87232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}