Głównym celem przyjazdu było wzajemne poznanie się, wymiana doświadczeń oraz opracowanie planu działań dydaktyczno-wychowawczych, które przygotowałyby jak najlepiej wszystkich uczniów do spotkania z Patronem w Polsce. Aby pogłębić wiadomości o życiu i nauce Ojca Świętego, postanowiono zorganizować konkursy o zasięgu ogólnopolskim: wiedzy o patronie, plastyczny i literacki.

Jako duchowe przygotowanie do pielgrzymki Jana Pawła II podjęte zostały następujące zobowiązania:

• codzienna modlitwa na lekcjach religii w intencjach Patrona,
• uczestniczenie we mszach świętych odprawianych w intencji Ojca Świętego 16 dnia każdego miesiąca.

Spotkanie przebiegało w serdecznej atmosferze. Jego uczestnicy przyjęli z aprobatą pomysł współpracy szkół noszących imię Jana Pawła II. Jednomyślnie podjęli decyzję o kontynuacji działań: postanowiono dalej szukać placówek mających za patrona Papieża. Ustalono, że następne spotkanie odbędzie się w Szkole Podstawowej nr 1 w Sułoszowej.

Pomysł pana Zbigniewa Gumińskiego dotyczący współpracy szkół noszących imię Jana Pawła II okazał się strzałem w dziesiątkę.

Przygotowała: Lidia Wojtkowicz

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This is how it started…

Lista uczestników spotkania. (The list of the participants of the meeting.)

On the 16th of October 1998, on the 20th anniversary of the Holy Father John Paul II’s Pontificate, in Primary School no 41 (present Conductive Schools) in Radom a ceremony giving the name of John Paul II to this school took place. Accepting such a Patron was an honour to the students, the teachers and the parents, and a commitment to undertake the teachings of John Paul II. This event inspired one of the parents, Mr Zbigniew Gumiński, who had three children in this school, to find all the schools in Poland which have the Holy Father as their patron . Mr Gumiński wanted the students from those schools to meet with John Paul II during the 7th Apostle Trip to Poland planned for June 1999. The Head Teacher of Primary School no 41, Mrs Halina Marciniak, kindly accepted that idea.

Through diocese curias and school superintendent’s offices an uneasy stage of looking for John Paul II schools began. It was not an easy task as no one had such information. At the same time letters were written to the organisers of the Pilgrimage to get the approval and decide on the place of meeting with the Holy Father. Taking suggestions of Bishop Jan Chrapek and the organisers as well as the programme of the Pilgrimage into consideration, Łowicz was chosen.

On the 20th of November 1998 the first meeting of the representatives of schools which have the Holy Father, John Paul II, as their Patron was held in Primary School no 41 in Radom. The invitation was sent to 33 schools found as a result of tiresome searches. Despite very severe weather conditions (heavy snowing and sharp frost on the roads in all parts of Poland), 20 representatives from 15 schools from around Poland arrived (Cygany, Dąbrowa n/Czarną, Florynka, Gołkowice Górne, Grabin, Klimkówka, Krosno, Nowosielec, Nowy Targ, Paprotnia, Stara Błotnica, Sułoszowa, Toruń, Zawóz). The main aim of this meting was to get to know each other, exchange experiences and to work out a plan of didactic-educational activities in order to prepare all the students for the meeting with our Patron in Poland as well as possible. To increase the knowledge about the life and the teachings of the Holy Father it was decided to organise national competitions: concerning the knowledge about the Patron, art and literary competitions.

As spiritual preparations for John Paul II Pilgrimage the following commitments were accepted:

• everyday prayer for the intentions of the Patron during Religion lessons,
• participation in the holy masses celebrated for the intention of the Holy Father on the 16th day of every month.

The meeting was held in a pleasant atmosphere. Its participants took the idea of the co-operation of the schools bearing the name of John Paul II with approval. They made the decision about the continuation of the work by common consent: it was decided to continue the search for the schools having the Pope as their Patron. It was also decided that the next meeting will take place in Primary School in Sułoszowa.

Mr Zbigniew Gumiński’s idea about the collaboration of the schools bearing the name of John Paul II was right on target.

Written by Lidia Wojtkowicz,
translated by Marzena Puto

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