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Skawina (Agenzia Fides) - “Gift of the Heart” opened its doors to eight adolescents and children entrusted to the Guanellians by a court in Krakow. The children are aged 4 to 17 years. “Gift of the Heart” is the family home which has just opened in the territory of Skawina, Poland. The property is located in the 'Centrum Don Guanella' that for 15 months now has been operating in the area witnessing to the Guanellian charism. “The idea was John Paul II's, who urged us to go to Poland to share Don Guanella's charism for the poor. Providence then did the rest,” said a statement by the spiritual director, Father Wieslaw Baniak, issued by the Guanellians and received by Fides. “Today, our chapel,” he adds, “welcomes hundreds of people for prayer and Sunday Masses.” The Center welcomes congregations, prayer groups, associations or movements in the area for formation or retreats in the summer months. (AP) (9/4/2011 Agenzia Fides)
