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Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - The Missionary Training Center in Warsaw hosted the School for Missionary Animators, organized and promoted by the team of the National Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Poland from 26 to 29 June. According to what the National Director of PMS, Fr Tomasz Atlas told Fides, 31 people participated at the School: seminarians, religious women and laity from various dioceses throughout the country. Participants were given the opportunity to learn how the four Pontifical Mission Societies work, as well as learning the principles needed to animate groups in different environments: schools, parishes, church groups, such as the movement founded by the Polish Francisco Blachnicki "Light and Life"). "During the School the participants were able to exchange their experiences on the work of animators and also share the difficulties in carrying out this service", said Fr. Atlas. In the three days of training, the Animators were able to hear several reports regarding: the missionary spirituality, the dynamism of the Children Missionary groups and the commitment to help their peers in mission countries, the missionary apostolate of the sick and on the 'missionary animation of young people. "All of them were very happy and full of enthusiasm and new ideas when they left in order to continue in their challenging task of missionary animation", concludes the National Director of the PMS. (SL) (Agenzia Fides 02/07/2011)
