Formation and Training Meeting of Catholic Medical Associations in Zakopane 05-07 September 2025
INVITATION
Formation and Training Meeting of Catholic Medical
Associations in Zakopane
05-07 September 2025
(doctors, nurses, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, laboratory diagnosticians)
Place: Retreat House of the Polish Episcopal Conference “Księżówka”
Al. Przewodników Tatrzańskich 2, 34-500 Zakopane
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM:
Friday 05.09.2025
13:00 – lunch
14:00 – free time – possibility of mountain trips
18:00 – dinner
7:00 p.m. – Holy Mass with a homily in the chapel of “Księżówka”
20:00 – meeting in professional groups
9:00 p.m. – adoration of the Blessed Sacrament with the possibility of confession
9:30 p.m. – integration meeting
Saturday 06.09.2025
07:30 – Holy Mass with homily in the chapel of “Księżówka”
08:30 – breakfast
09:30 – exit to the Oscypek Museum, 28 Jagiellońska Street, Zakopane
13:00 – lunch
2:00 p.m. – bonfire with highlander music in Olcza (20 minutes on foot)
18:00 – dinner
7:00 p.m. – lecture: Life and death – two sides of the same road.
The program of the meeting:
– Sr. Karina, Canon of the Holy Spirit de Saxia – testimony of a missionary nurse showing the African approach to life and death;
– reflections of Paweł Fijałkowski – son of Professor Włodzimierz Fijałkowski, a precursor of conscious parenthood and defense of the dignity of human life from conception to natural death;
– discussion about the spiritual dimension of birth and passing.
9:15 p.m. – prayer at the end of the day.
Sunday 07.09.2025
07:30 – Rosary prayer for the defense of life from conception to natural death
in the chapel of “Księżówka”
08:15 – Breakfast
10:00 a.m. – Holy Mass at the Sanctuary of St. Anthony of Padua, Bernardine
Father, 33 Słowackiego Boulevards St.
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – lunch, ending, bed
Additional information:
Room for 1 person – PLN 160 per person (including breakfast) + lunch and dinner (PLN 50 each)
Room for 2 people – PLN 150 per person (including breakfast) + lunch and dinner (PLN 50 each)
Room for 3 people – PLN 130 per person (including breakfast) + lunch and dinner (PLN 50 each)
Room for 4 people – PLN 120 per person (including breakfast) + lunch and dinner (PLN 50 each)
Oscypek Museum:
Senior ticket PLN 36.
Normal ticket 41 PLN.
Bonfire with highlander music in Olcza – 40 PLN
Registration with a deposit of PLN 200, in case of resignation a deposit for the purposes of associations.
The reservation includes participation in the program.
I kindly ask the Presidents of the Departments to disseminate the information and for a list of doctors willing to go (along with an advance payment).
I wish you a good rest for your spirit and body! See you in Zakopane!
May God bless Elżbieta Kortyczko
