We are very much aware that we need the fellowship both as a place where we can live together and grow in our faith in Christ, and as a place of home, where we can feel accepted. One of our priorities is a continuous deepening of our relationships. One result of this was our decision to change an ongoing non-obligatory fellowship meeting to an obligatory one, though the question of what place the fellowship holds in our lives still poses a challenge for each of us.
Every Tuesday we gather together for a time of worship prayer – first for an hour with our community members, and then together with people from outside our fellowship who attend our worship meetings in the church. Our worship prayer is a time when we strive to put our Lord first in our lives again, surrender ourselves to Him and allow Him to free us and change us. These meetings include time for prayers of intercession for those who come forward with their needs and intentions.
An important part of our mission is giving the gift we have freely accepted. We want the life of God to flow through us, so we look for opportunities to offer it to our contemporary society. We use such means of communication—perhaps seen by some as novel in the Catholic church—as contemporary music, mime, dance, and, most importantly, our personal witness.But our work extends far beyond just this. Last year we visited the prison in Hrnčiarovce twice. We held 5 spiritual retreats for small groups and students from Žilina and a school run by religious of St. Ursula.
In collaboration with the Redemptorists and the Missionaries of Charity (sisters from Mother Theresa’s order), we held a retreat for homeless people. We additionally conducted several evangelization programs in schools, as well as mission meetings for youth in a parish mission in Šurovce and Senec. A few of us lead our own small formation groups from people who attend our prayer meetings. We led worship at several conferences and seminars. Last summer we organized a time of rest and formation in Zuberec with people from our meetings. In September, one of our members returned from Kazakhstan, and we sent another member back in her place.
