Information service of the Pontifical Mission Societies since 1927
Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – In 2000, exactly 10 years ago, at the request of the Archbishop of Czestochowa, Archbishop Stanislaw Nowak, the Archdiocese began the "Missionary Workshops.” Organized each month (specifically on the third Saturday of the month) by the Diocesan Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Archdiocese, Father Jacek Gancarek, the workshops aim at offering an education for the missions. They are particularly dedicated to young people who want to participate as group leaders of the Pontifical Mission Societies established in schools and parishes.
The Missionary Workshops are also attended by priests, religious, catechists, missionaries, and all those responsible for the Pontifical Mission Societies in the parishes. During the Workshops, missionaries present their work, the missionary reality, the challenges for the Church, etc. Through this initiative, the missionaries visit the classrooms at the elementary schools, to meet students and present the Church's role in the missions. During meetings with students and teachers, they present the work done in Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Latin America.
"After 10 years of successful experiences of the Missionary Workshops in the parishes of our Archdiocese,” Fr. Jacek Gancarek, Diocesan Director of the PMS, told Fides, “today there are many groups and movements of the Pontifical Mission Societies. Even in schools, during the time of religion class, the missionary reality is presented. The rest of our missionaries, priests and also laity, have already been working for sometime in Africa, Latin America, and Asia." The new session of Missionary Workshops will begin September 18 at St. James the Apostle Parish in Czestochowa, on the theme “Missionary Leaders and Volunteers for Missionary Work with Young People and Parishes." (MF/SL) (Agenzia Fides 09/16/2010)
