On September 17 begins in Krzyżowa an exchange of school partners from Olkusz and Gräfelfing. During the meeting, 30 pupils (from age 16 to 18 years) will take part in integration workshops, language animations and activities around the exhibition "Courage and Reconciliation". Young people also will visit Wrocław together.
The meeting in Krzyżowa will last till September 21.
Read more: Polish-German School Exchange. Olkusz – Gräfelfing, 17-21 September 2019 (PHOTO)
A book about Stanisław Stomma, published in Polish in 2018 is extremely inspiring, colourfully written and based on extensive research. Stanisław Stomma's political and intellectual biography, one of the most important pioneers of the post-war Polish-German dialogue will be presented in Berlin.
The discussion about the book will be attended by Radosław Ptaszyński – author of the book (University of Szczecin) and outstanding experts in the work and activities of Stanisław Stomma – Wolfgang Pailer (Berlin) and Robert Żurek (Krzyżowa Foundation).
The meeting will take place on September 16th at 7 p.m. in the Centre for Historical Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Berlin (Mayakowskiring 47, 13156 Berlin).
Read more: Book presentation in Berlin – "Stommizm. Political biography of Stanisław Stomma" - 16.09.2019
We invite you to participate in a workshop on dialogue. The workshop is an ideological continuation of the "Religion-Culture-Education" program, inspired by Edward Skubisz, a Dutch theologian, for many years related with the Peace House Foundation (Fundacja Dom Pokoju) and currently operating within the DIALOGUE INSTITUTE (INSTYTUT DIALOGU).
In recent years, in the Edith Stein House has been read Edith Stein's (1891-1942) and Dutch theologian Henri Nouwen's (1932-1996) texts on empathy and compassion. Today, the Institute of Dialogue invites to discuss and reflect on the questions: Does empathy and compassion help in conducting dialogue? Are these terms not abused nowadays?
The workshop will be continued as part of the "Laboratory of Dialogue" meetings and the "School of Dialogue" programme, conducted by the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe. In Wrocław and Krzyżowa, the concepts of theologians such as Edith Stein, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Benno Jacob, and Katharina Staritz will be discussed.
Read more: The Meeting of DIALOGUE INSTITUTE - Wrocław, 15.09.2019 (Edith Stein House)
The 30th anniversary of the Polish-German Reconciliation Mass in Krzyżowa provides an opportunity to cultivate the memory of this event, but - what is equally important - it gives an opportunity to build a narrative about it, initiate a conversation about the meanings attributed to it, and reflect on the significance of the November events and their place in Polish-German relations. The participants of the ceremony will have the opportunity to look at the development of relations and cooperation between the two countries after 1989, as well as the political changes that preceded them in Poland and Germany, from the perspective of time.
The jubilee celebrations in Krzyżowa will be international and ecumenical in nature. They will be attended by representatives from Poland and Germany: representatives of national and local authorities, clergymen representing the Catholic Church and the Evangelical-Augsburg Church, scientists and publicists were invited.
Read more: 30th Anniversary of the Reconciliation Mass in Krzyżowa - 12-13 November 2019
