Jubilee Congress of Mercy
On April 7, at the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Krakow-Łagiewniki, a Jubilee Congress of Mercy „Mercy in Pastoral Practice” will take place. The organizers are the International Academy of Divine Mercy, the Shrine of Divine Mercy, the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy and the Pontifical University of John Paul II. The Archbishop of Krakow, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, is the honorable patron of the Congress.
Schedule
9.00 am | – | Bp Jan Zając, Opening of the Congress. |
9.20 am | – | Bp Henryk Ciereszko, Chairman of the Commission for Shrines at the Conference of the Polish Episcopate, Building an environment of mercy. A shrine during the Jubilee of Mercy. |
9.40 am | – | Fr. Stanisław Wronka, PhD Gestures of mercy. The meaning and significance of “the Gates of Mercy. |
10.00 am | – | Fr. Prof. Edward Staniek, Wise mercy. The confessional during the Jubilee of Mercy. |
10.20 am | – | Discussion and break. |
11.10 am | – | Fr. Marcin Cholewa, PhD Mercy dilemmas. Between the psychologist’s office and the confessional. |
11.30 am | – | Fr. Marek Gilski, PhD Mercy to those who can not receive absolution. A way to forgive sins. |
11.50 am | – | Discussion and break. |
12.30 pm | – | Fr. Robert Woźniak, Ass. Prof. The role of indulgences in the practice of mercy. Indulgences for the dead, for the living, for yourself . |
12.50 pm | – | Sr. M. Elżbieta Siepak, MA, Z.M.B.M., Deed, word, prayer. Fullness of mercy. |
1.10pm | – | Discussion and break. |
3.00pm | – | Hour of Mercy and Chaplet of Divine Mercy. |
4.00pm | – | Fr. Prof. Jan Machniak, Mercy in papal teaching. From John Paul II through Benedict XVI to Pope Francis. |
4.20pm | – | Fr. Franciszek Ślusarczyk, PhD The missionary of mercy. The extension of the merciful hand of the Holy Father. |
4.40pm | – | Sharing the experience of mercy. |
6.00pm | – | Holy Mass celebrated by Stanisław Cardinal Dziwisz. |
Registration form and other information can be found at the Shrine Rectorate’s website: www.milosierdzie.pl