Auschwitz
Bearing Witness Retreat
Nov 5-9, 2012
Bernie Glassman and the Zen Peacemakers
are returning for the 16th year to the old site of the concentration
camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau, in Oświęcim, Poland, for a Bearing Witness
Retreat in November 2012.
Bernie Glassman began the annual Bearing Witness Retreats in 1996, with help from Eve Marko and Andzej Krajewski. They have taken place annually every year since.
"I
so connect with last year's (2010) experience in Oswiecm [the original
Polish name for Auschwitz], I so long to go again, at least part of me
does. My parents never went back to Poland and in some ways something
about that feels like how I can align with them in a deep way,
my yearning to go back."-Estelle Hackermann, USA
Most of each day is spent sitting by the
train tracks at Birkenau, both in silence and in chanting the names of
the dead. There is time to walk through the vast camps, do vigils inside
women’s and children’s barracks, and memorial services. Prayer Services
from various religious traditions are offered daily. Participants meet
daily in small Council groups designed to create a safe place for people
to share their inner experiences. The whole group meets in the evenings
to bear witness to oneness in diversity.
Auschwitz
Bearing Witness Retreat
Nov 5-9, 2012
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~Bernie Glassman
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inspire hope in the corners of the globe touched by war, poverty and
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