Pro-Life summertime Academy

For the 3rd time, we organized the Pro-Life summertime Academy. It is simply a five-day workshop and lectures in Krakow for those who want to deepen their cognition on bioethical topics and the defence of human life, and peculiar teachers, educators, catechists and community leaders.

The basis of the summertime Academy is workshops. We work utilizing activation methods that make creativity and critical reasoning skills, grow our position and deepen communication – says Magdalena Guziak-Nowak, manager of Education in PSOŻC. We learn to talk to those who have different views. The key here are 2 things: sensitivity and openness to another man, the desire to perceive to him with respect and to build a affirmative message to delight the beauty of life.

Sometimes you can get the impression that the defence of human life is only crucial to a fistful of people, activists from foundations and associations, and we, as average people, cannot do much. Hence the initiative of the Pro-life summertime Academy, or workshops for current leaders and those who want to work to defend human life – emphasises Marcin Nowak, organizer of the summertime Academy. – Life must be defended wisely. Not to halt on emotion, but to talk on argument.

Participation in the Pro-Life summertime Academy is an chance to establish relationships with another pro-lifers and build networks of people working together to defend human life. 3 years of experience in organizing workshops show that participants support each other, share experiences or ask for help. The concrete fruit of the last summertime Academy are the 2 Pro-Life Clubs, which founded participants of the erstwhile edition.

Despite the large fascination with defending human life and the large joy of taking the first steps on this road, I had many doubts. The pro-life subject was not received positively in my surroundings – both home and school. I'm a fifth-year med student. Unfortunately, in this environment, the alleged "women's rights" are frequently referred to as "free choice", while fewer people are full aware that the choice ends where the another person's injury begins. – described by Sandra Wcisło, a associate last year.

Among the invited guests who met with participants, were professionals in their fields, among others. Dr n. med. Ewa Slizoń-Kuczapska – specialist obstetrician-ginecologist, med. Dorota Jarczewska – household medicine specialist and doctor Łukasz Cichocki A psychiatrist and a psychotherapist.

This year's participants came to Krakow from Ełk, Koszalin, Zielona Góra, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Warsaw, Mielec and so on. We have the largest group so far. Unfortunately, we could not accept all the volunteers, due to the fact that the Academy is not only lectures, but above all workshops.

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Day One It concerned, among others, the improvement of the baby in the womb, prenatal psychology and foetal therapy.

Day two. Another day of workshops ended. With Dr. Piotr Guzdek, a familologist, we talked about the worthy burials of children aborted and dead born, about the rights of parents in gynecological and obstetric wards. In turn, we have been dealing with pro-abortional “arguments” all morning, learning substantive debate. There was besides a tour of beautiful Krakow.

Day three. Dynamic, active, full of excitement – specified was another day of our workshops. Since this morning we have been discussing in vitro, discussing this subject from many perspectives. was a gathering with psychotherapist, educator and sexologist Magdalena Correction.