CECOC In Poland

The Capuchin Conference of Central and Eastern Europe (CECOC) met from October 11-14, 2016 at the Padre Pio retreat house in Skomielna Czarna, Poland, near Cracow. The friars were gathered near the places of Pope St. John Paul II and St. Faustina Kowalska, whose sanctuaries the friars also visited during the meeting.

The members of the Conference meet twice a year.

During this meeting the Provincial Ministers reported on the fraternal life and the activities carried out in the different circumscriptions, sharing joys, sufferings, and hopes. Ministers were present from all the circumscriptions: Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine, and Hungary. As always, also present was the General Vicar, Br. Štefan Kožuh.

Some of the topics treated were the sharing of life, the Europe Project, the translation of the Constitutions, the meeting of post-novices in Prague, a look at the current statistics of the Order, and the Ratio formationis Ordinis. The updated website of the General Curia was also presented. As always the meeting was a good time to catch up on happenings in the Capuchin world, especially in listening to the General Vicar, who brought news from the central administration, such as on the recent letter of the General Minister on prayer.

Brothers Andrzej Włodarczyk and Robert Rabka were the interpreters for the meetings of the assembly. The next meeting of the Conference will be from May 29 to June 2, 2017, in Serpelice, Poland.

Br. Paweł Teperski OFM Cap., Secretary of CECOC

Present during the CECOC meeting in Skomielna Czarna:

• Bielorussia - Aleh Shenda, Custode
• Bulgaria - Jarosław Babik, Custode
• Croazia  - Jure Šarčević, Provinciale
• Lituania - Tomasz Pilch, Delegato
• Lettonia - Krišjānis Dambergs, Delegato  
• Polonia – Cracovia - Tomasz Żak, Provinciale
• Polonia – Varsavia - Andrzej Kiejza, Provinciale, Presidente di CECOC
• Romania - Lucian Iosif Dumea, Custode
• Repubblica Ceca - Jiří Bonaventura Štivar, Provinciale
• Slovenia - Vlado Kolenko, Provinciale
• Slovacchia - Miroslav Kulich, Provinciale
• Svezia - Ryszard Zieliński, Custode
• Ucraina - Błażej Suska, Custode
• Ungheria - Sergio Tellan, Delegatus
• Curia Generale - Štefan Kožuh, Vicario Generale
• Curia Generale - Paweł Teperski, Segretario della CECOC
• Polonia – Cracovia - Andrzej Włodarczyk, Robert Rabka, Traduttore

Photo – CECOC meeting in Skomielna

Photo – Skolmielna Czarna, Poland – Autumn

Photo – Shrine of the Divine Mercy, Cracow