Experience teaches us that usually the good

which we do by ourselves is limited, uncertain and short-lived, (…) unless efforts are aimed at a

common goal.St. Vincent Pallotti

Union of Catholic Apostolate

in Poland

Pallottine Fathers and Brothers

Core Communities

Vocation of brothers and priests

apostolateMarian Sanctuariesmass-mediascientific activity

Pallottine SistersCore Communities

Consecrated life: living out religious vows in a community

AIDG cross, Our Way of Life

10- year preparation to final profession

80 communities all over the world, 25 in Poland

Prayer and apostolate

Queen of Apostles Communities

Established by Fr. Stanisław Rudziński SAC, 1984

UAC members

Andrychów /3/AugustówBiałystok /3/BiłgorajBrodnicaBydgoszcz /3/ Bystrzyca KłodzkaCekcynChełmno CiechocinekCzernica WrocławskaDębieńskoElblągFrombork

Gdańsk /Trójmiasto/GliwiceGrudziądzKatowiceKłodzko – Lądek ZdrójKonstancinKoszalinKwidzynLubiewoŁomżaŁódź /2/ŁukówMalanów k. Kalisza

MilanówekOlsztynOborniki Śl.PabianicePoznańRypinRzeszówSiedlceSkarżysko KamiennaSłupskSokółkaSolec KujawskiStarogard GdańskiStrzyżów

SuwałkiŚwidnicaTczewTychyWałczWarszawa /2/Wieprz k. AndrychowaWłocławekWrocławWyrzyskZakrzewo – Lipka k. ZłotowaZielonka /2/ŻagańŻory

60 communities, 400 UAC members, 1000 collaborators

Meetings in the Cenacle – animatorsRegular recollection days with the

Moderator, retreats, pilgrimages

Apostolic Communities – Otwock

Established by Fr. Henryk Herkt SAC, 1984

UAC members

First meetings: 1960-70sPresent moderator: Fr. Tadeusz Madoń SAC 156 members formally admitted4 communties: community of teachers,

community of Otwock region, local community and community of young married couples

since 2003 – Local Coordination Council

Infinitam

Established by Fr. Roman Forycki SAC, Sr. Aleksandra Podleżańska SAC, 1990

UAC members

roots: Jubilee pilgrimage to Rome – 1985

meetings: Provincial House of Pallotine Sisters (Warsaw – Zacisze)

At present: about 30 persons

Divine Mercy Community – Warsaw Wola

Established by Fr. Stanisław Rudziński SAC, 1985

UAC members

Union of communities in the CenacleAnimator and organiser of the community:

Mr. Stanisław KicmanLocal Coordination Council since 2011Community of young marriages Kana – in the

process of formationSpiritual adoption of two missionaries

Ecclesia

Established by Pallottine Sisters, 1986

UAC members

“three guys in the sisterly convent” in Zacisze

“learn to dance, otherwise the angels will not know what to do with you in heaven”

Cenacle Community maturing to the UAC

formation and prayer meetings , recollection days, service to the parish and universal Church

Flame of the Lord – Warsaw Ursus

Established by Pallottine Sisters, around. 2000

UAC members

roots: Cenacle Communities

Our Lady Of Fatima Parish in Ursus

Apostolate in the parish“singing Christmas

carols at homes”

Sychar

Established by Fr. Jan Pałyga SAC, 2003

UAC members

Community of Difficult Marriages - “every sacramental marriage can be saved”

16 persons: joined the UAC in 2008Many centers of the Community: Rzeszów,

Kraków, Lublin, Puławy, Opole, Żory, Rydułtowy, Wrocław, Legnica, Zielona Góra, Gorzów Wlkp., Poznań, Szczecin, Trójmiasto, Bydgoszcz, Płock, Marki, Warszawa, Bonn, Chicago

UAC Ołtarzew

Established by Sr. Lucyna Trzonkowska SAC

UAC members

foundation: Cenacle Communities2012: first members join the UAC!Formation in the communityPreparation of parish youth for Confirmation

Lamb of God Community – Gdańsk

Established by Fr. Stanisław Rudziński SAC, 1984

UAC members

Beginnings: three Pomeranian Communities - Divine Mercy, prayer group and youth community

Monthly meetings, yearly retreatIn 2010 – joined by a group of Hospice

employees and volunteersHospice in Gdańsk as a place of meetings

UAC Community - Chojnice

Established by Sr. Dobrawa Pólkowska SAC, 1984

UAC members

Parochial choirSinging was not

enough…21 members and

collaboratorsPrayer with the

community of Pallottine Sisters and a diocesan priest

Youth from Chojnice

Established by Sr. Barbara Rohde SAC, 1997

UAC members

Formation in Communities of Little and Young Apostle and then in Cenacle Communities

Preparation to the membership in the UAC, the community grows

Formation and apostolate: in the community and according to everyone’s capabilities

2012: admission of 9 persons to the UAC

UAC Community - Pisz

Established by Sr. Władysława Sitarz SAC, Sr. Ekspedyta Frenkiel SAC, 1995

UAC members

Community at Our Lady of Ostra Brama Parish

23 members admitted to the UACCommunity’s charism: apostolate of prayer

and looking after the sick and lonely

Community of the House by the Woods – Gniezno

Established by Sr. Anna Ozon SAC, 2006

UAC members

beginnings: Cenacle Community, Jesus’ School

From action to formation: spiritual and intellectual

serving othersMeetings and retreats

under the care of Pallottine Sisters as well as Pallottine and diocesan Fathers

Prayer for the community in Toruń, Poznań, Gniezno

11 members, 14 collaborators

2012 – meetings in Toruń

Divine Mercy Cenacles

Established by Fr. Maciej Wendelin Ryś SAC, 1984

UAC members

Biała (dek. Chojnów)BolszewoCzęstochowaElblągGliwiceGostyninHalembaKluczborkLublinŁódź

OpolePabianicePodwilk na OrawieRadzionkowo Stroń i Przyszowa k. LimanowejStrzebiń k. LublińcaWarszawaWejherowoZawadzkie

inspiration: Dives in Misericrdia and Pallottine charism

Mercy and CenaclePraying for mercy, deeds of mercy, proclaiming

God’s mercy

Community of Families Betlejem – Bielsko

Established in 1999

UAC members

beginnings: adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Thursdays

Friendship with Pallotine Fathers, call to the UAC

apostolate: solid and honest fulfilment of one’s duties (family, work)

Formation Community – Konstancin Jeziorna

Established by Fr. Jan Jędraszek SAC, 2008

UAC collaborators

beginnings: monthly School of God’s Worddesire for deeper formation25 persons who finished first year of

formation

Cenacle of Families - Koszalin

Established by Pallottine Sisters, 2011

UAC collaborators

inspiration: witnesses of the persons who were members of Cenacle Communities in the 90s.

First meeting: 12 adults, 12 children from 12 familiesmissionary charism: supporting Baffousam in Cameroon

Cenacle Community - Lublin

Established by Kinga and Agnieszka Pawlak , 2010

UAC collaborators

inspiration: adoration of the Blessed Sacrament for the intention of priests, desire for deeper formation

Students and graduates of Catholic University of Lublin

Marian spirituality