Hosting numerous groups is everyday life in Krzyżowa, but also a challenge that manifests itself, among other things, on culinary grounds. Nutritional issues play an important role both during school exchanges and other stationary projects.
More and more people who eat our meals are on vegetarian, vegan or exclusion diets, and in order to meet their expectations, we are constantly developing the offer of our canteen. For this purpose, on 8-9 February 2022, a training in vegan cuisine was organized by Katarzyna Gubała for our kitchen employees. On her blog you can read the report from this event and see how Krzyżowa looks from the inside.
Read more: Training in vegan cuisine – 8-9.02.2022
Urszula Pękala, Deputy Head of the Memorial Site, habilitated in Church History at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz. The subject of her habilitation thesis is: "Between theology and national and political interests. Catholic bishops as actors of Franco-German and Polish-German reconciliation after World War II (1945-1990)".The scientific title of "habilitated doctor" was solemnly conferred on Urszula Pękala on January 31, 2022 after her public lecture on: "Church - nation - state. Faces of a complex relationship in a European context".
Read more: Urszula Pękala with the habilitation degree
We observe with concern the current situation on the Ukrainian-Russian border. That is why we publish on the website of the Krzyżowa Foundation an appeal of historians from our Polish partner organizations, as well as our colleagues from Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, to which we are also joining. The appeal is aimed at citizens of 5 countries who may be directly affected by the consequences of the new war and the expansion of the Russian Federation's "sphere of influence". At the same time, we believe that the imposition of any state on other sovereign states to demand the establishment of new "spheres of influence" should be rejected by all Europeans.Supporting such divisions undermines and destabilizes order and peace in Europe.
The appeal is published in Polish, English, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Lithuanian and German.
dr hab. Robert Żurek, "Krzyżowa" Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe
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Read more: Appeal to people of goodwill in Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine to reject the...
The ongoing pandemic and the related sanitary regime are a challenge for all of us, both in everyday life and in the functioning of the foundation. However, we try to do everything possible to implement traditional, stationary projects in conditions that are safe for their participants. This is particularly important to us, because the beneficiaries of our projects are primarily school groups where the SARS-CoV-2 virus spreads easily, but also seniors, who are most at risk of falling ill.
Therefore, last year the foundation purchased two air sterilization devices that can work in any room and are equally effective in both large and small rooms. Thanks to these devices, the young people participating in our projects are provided with comfort and hygienic conditions.
Read more: Air sterilizers will improve the safety of our projects
