From 22nd to 24th September 2006 in Gorzow’s Stilon hall took place the VI Indoor Football Society Championships, in which 7 teams, consisting of the occupants and carers of institutions participated. The teams were entered by the circles of Gdansk, Gorzow, Inowroclaw, Miechow, Przemysl, Slupsk and Wroclaw. This year’s Chairman of the Society’s Cup went to Miechow, Wroclaw took the second place and Gdansk – the third place. The team from Miechów appeared a dark horse of the tournament – it won the competition despite participating in it for the first time and one of its contestants appeared also the best scorer. The tournament was organized by the Gorzow Circle.

On Sunday, 24 September, the Sanok Circle of our Society celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of its activity. A celebration started with a camp service celebrated by the prelate Michal Drabicki, founder of the Circle, near the Disabled Homeless House. Then there was a dinner, a meeting at the eating place and a performance by the pupils from music school. In the celebration took part the mayor of Sanok, Mr. Wojciech Blecharczyk, numerous members of the circle, guests from neighbouring circles and the Chairman of the Society, Bohdan Aniszczyk. The Sanok Circle is one of the biggest circles of the Society – it runs the Disabled Homeless House, Social Aid Centre, a soup kitchen, a bath house, a clothes distribution centre and Motivation Centre for the homeless. For some years the circle is also undertaking a great task – a major renovation and conversion of a great building into a hospice. From the beginning the leader of the circle is Mrs.Wanda Wojtuszewska supported by a group of regular volunteers.

St.Brother Albert’s hostel for men in Jelenia Gora has been acting for 5 years. An institution was established in August 2001 in the building of a former kindergarten at 51 Grunwaldzka St. There are 78 places but in the winter even 120-130 people stay there. The hostel also helps the poor from the city by giving dinners and clothes.

According to the consulate, there may be even 3 thousand of homeless Poles in Great Britain. Today’s Polish daily “Rzeczpospolita” publishes the article by Wojciech Lorenz “Emigrants on the British street.” We recommend it.

W niedzielê 10 wrze¶nia 2006 r Schronisko ¶w. Br. Alberta w Bychawie obchodzi³o 20-lecie dzia³alno¶ci. Przez 20 lat znalaz³o tu swój dom 1905 starszych i chorych kobiet, którym rodzina nie mog³a lub nie chcia³a zapewniæ opieki. 3 siostry albertynki i 4 osoby ¶wieckie zapewniaj± pe³n± opiekê i rodzinny klimat 30 pensjonariuszkom. Pod bokiem jest ko¶ció³ i ksiê¿a czêsto odwiedzaj± mieszkanki. Od 15 lat placówk± kieruje z wielkim po¶wiêceniem i energi± s. Klaudiana – Henryka Pastuszko. Widaæ tu rêkê dobrego gospodarza - nie tylko mieszkanki ale i obiekt jest czysty i zadbany.

In the Reports section you can find the annual report for 2005. We invite you to read it.

Ko³o Grudzi±dzkie w okresie od 3 do 28 lipca br. zorganizowa³o pó³kolonie dla 120 dzieci w wieku od 7 do 13 lat (dwa turnusy po 60 dzieci). Dzieci zosta³y wytypowane przez Centrum Profilaktyki i Terapii oraz Miejski O¶rodek Pomocy Rodzinie. Pó³kolonie zorganizowali¶my w prowadzonym przez nas Klubie Integracji Spo³ecznej. Dzieci mia³y zapewnione ciekawe zajêcia przez 6 godzin dziennie.

W dniach 4-15.07.2006 11-tu mieszkañców schroniska ¶w. Brata Alberta i kierownik schroniska pieszo pielgrzymowa³o na Jasn± Górê w Pielgrzymce Archidiecezji Przemyskiej. Pielgrzymka taka by³a organizowana ju¿ po raz 12-ty. Mieszkañcy wêdrowali w grupie ¶w. Kazimierza. Po powrocie na spotkaniu w schronisku dzielili siê wra¿eniami z kolegami, kapelanem i zarz±dem ko³a przemyskiego. 6-ciu mieszkañców by³o pierwszy raz na takiej pielgrzymce, m. in. Piotr, który tak j± wspomina: