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11 people connected with St. Brother Albert’s Aid Society, Branch in Przemysl, including 8 inhabitants of the shelter, have taken part in the pilgrimage of Archdiocese of Przemysl to Jasna Gora Monastery. The pilgrimage started on July 4 and ended on July 15. One of the pilgrims, Pawel Marosek, has made the pilgrimage for the 13th time.

On June 17 which is St. Brother Albert’s Day, the St. Brother Albert’s kitchen in Pabianice was consecrated. The soup kitchen, which is situated on Kosciuszki Street 22-26 is giving out 50 meals a day (soup with some meat) five days a week except Sundays and public holidays. The soup kitchen came into being thanks to the St. Brother Albert Help Society, branch in Pabianice with the help of municipal authorities, and especially Town Welfare Centre. After the Mass in the Church of Saint Mary of the Rosary, the parish priest Jacek Gasinski has consecrated the new soup kitchen. The representatives of the municipal and district authorities, journalists and those who benefit from social assistance were present at the opening.
The soup kitchen started giving out meals on June 2 but the official opening has been postponed to this special day. It is now the 15th kitchen in our Society.

Read 7 stories of the people who found the way to normal life in our homes last year. When reading them, one can find the meaning of our work.

On Saturday, June 14, in fine weather, groups from our Society gathered in the Ecce Homo Sanctuary in Krakow on our annual pilgrimage. 1050 people from 35 circles including 505 inhabitants of the shelters have come to the pilgrimage. There were also 8 guests from TIS in Lesna.
At the beginning the community was initiated and the groups were introduced. The Eucharist, led by Most Reverend Father Bernard Sawicki, Abbot of Tyniec, concelebrated by 14 priests, was the most important moment of the Mass. At the end we have been sharing communion and breaking bread brought by each branch of the Society.

On Saturday, May 24, 2008, a group of 22 pilgrims took the St. Brother Albert’s Green Trail to visit the Blessed Sister Bernardina’s birth place.

On Saturday, May 10, Polish Streetsoccer Championship of Circles Promoting Sobriety and Groups Preventing Homelessness took place in the Market Square in Wroclaw. 12 groups from different regions of Poland took part in the tournament.

On Tuesday, 6 May, His Eminence Bishop Gerard Bernacki consecrated the new outlet of the Rybnik Circle of our Society – St. Brother Albert’s House for women and single mothers in Leszczyny near Rybnik. The house has operated for a few months. The building was given by the district authorities and renovated by the Circle members. It has 7 rooms where 6 women and 9 children live now. The consecration celebrations coincided with presence in the “wandering rosary.” At present, the Society runs 9 houses for women and single mothers.

On 2 April 2008 the newest circle of our Society in Koszalin, by winning a competition,  has started to run a municipal hostel for the homeless at ul. Mieszka Pierwszego 6. There are 52 places for men and 24 places for women in the second wing of the building. The building handover was connected with its blessing by Father Tadeusz Dzwonkowski OFM Conv.

On Sunday, 30 March 2008, in the Rzeszow Art Gallery, the 10th auction “Blizniemu swemu…” (“To one’s neighbor”) took place.
269 works donated by famous Polish visual artists were exhibited (paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures). A five-hour event was professionally led by Marek Pietkiewicz. 120 people participated in the auction. Almost all works were sold. A picture by Franciszek Masluszczak achieved the highest price. 240 works in total were sold for a joint amount of 508,6 thousand zloty. 
The auction was preceded by exhibitions in Warsaw, Wroclaw, Katowice, Cracow and Rzeszow.
Main contributors to the success of this undertaking are artists who donated their works to help the poor and homeless. The auction is also a result of a two-year work of the “Blizniemu swemu…” Foundation’s team for the St. Brother Albert’s Aid Society in Rzeszow, chaired by Emil Jurkiewicz. There would not be such auction without the growing number of buyers and sponsors. We cordially thank all of them.
On the Foundation’s website, you may still take part in an auction of Magdalena Abakanowicz’s sculpture and Ewa Minge’s dress.