Interfaith Camping 2025 - Nostra Aetate Edition
About This Event
The 2025 edition of Fraternity Circle was our inaugural camp with a special focus on Nostra Aetate - the groundbreaking Vatican II declaration on interreligious dialogue. Hosted at the Focolare Community, this residential program brought together young people and scholars from diverse religious backgrounds for two days of learning, sharing, and community building. Through seminars, workshops, and interactive sessions, participants explored themes of coexistence, faith in public life, and social responsibility. The event featured intensive Scriptural Reasoning sessions, group discussions, and reflective activities that deepened participants' understanding of their own and others' faith traditions.
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Event Program
Day 1: Understanding and Reflecting (February 8, 2025)
Registration and Breakfast
Opening Ceremony
Seminar: Historical Context and Evolution of Nostra Aetate - Dr. Mustafa Cenap Aydin (Director of the Istituto Tevere Dialogue Centre in Rome)
Workshop: Match and Learn
Coffee Break
Scriptural Reasoning Group Session - Katarzyna Kucharska Louar
Scriptural Reasoning Presenting Session
Coffee Break
Workshop: Empathy Circle - Magdalena Macińska (Polin Museum)
Coffee Break
Seminar: Gulen Movement and Dialogue - Dr. Mustafa Cenap Aydin
Coffee Break
Kahoot
Dinner
Free Time (Game Night)
Day 2: Building and Acting (February 9, 2025)
Registration and Breakfast
Opening Ceremony
Panel: Lessons from Nostra Aetate and Fratelli Tutti - Dr. Mustafa Cenap Aydin & Prof. Dr. Hab. Zbigniew Kubacki SJ (Professor at AKW Collegium Bobolanum)
Coffee Break
Workshop: Jewish Culture - Magdalena Pulikowska (Krakow JCC)
Scriptural Reasoning Group Session - Mateusz Łagosz (Krakow JCC)
Scriptural Reasoning Presenting Session
Coffee Break
Workshop: Muslim Tradition - Katarzyna Kucharska Louar
Collective Prayer Session
Closing Ceremony
Dinner
Speakers & Facilitators
Dr. Mustafa Cenap Aydin
Director of the Istituto Tevere Dialogue Centre in Rome
Co-founder and Director of Istituto Tevere (est. 2007), promoting dialogue and interreligious studies. Studied Catholic theology, interfaith studies, and Jewish-Christian relations at Pontifical Gregorian University.
Prof. Dr. Hab. Zbigniew Kubacki SJ
Professor at Catholic Academy in Warsaw - Collegium Bobolanum
Jesuit priest and professor of dogmatic theology and theology of religions. Former rector of Collegium Bobolanum and editor-in-chief of 'Studia Bobolanum' journal.
Katarzyna Kucharska Louar
Scriptural Reasoning Facilitator & Interreligious Dialogue Ambassador
Occupational therapist, cultural studies expert, and educator in Muslim religion. Ambassador of interreligious dialogue between Muslim and Jewish communities.
Magdalena Macińska
POLIN Museum
Expert facilitator of empathy circle workshops at POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews.
Magdalena Pulikowska
Krakow Jewish Community Centre (JCC)
Jewish culture educator and workshop facilitator at Krakow JCC.
Mateusz Łagosz
Krakow Jewish Community Centre (JCC)
Scriptural reasoning facilitator at Krakow JCC with expertise in Jewish texts and interfaith dialogue.
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