In recent years, we have experienced a growing need in CFD for prayer with The Word Of God and a retreat in silence. More and more people are willing to participate in weekend retreat and formation sessions.

However, due to insufficient infrastructural resources, this activity is significantly impeded, and in the long term, in the absence of infrastructure investments, will be limited. The main reason is the lack of space, unsatisfactory conditions of stay for guests – participants of the retreat.

There is lack of rooms, especially single rooms. Participants do not fit in the conference hall and often sit in the corridor. There are sessions for which at least 100 people more would be interested in if there were places in the hall and free rooms. Due to the lack of places, it is necessary to refuse several dozen people who would like to take part in a retreat at a given time. There is also a lack of adequate reception, lobby area and offices. That is why it is necessary to expand.

CFD activities will not be interrupted during construction. Our work will be continued as usual, without changes in the program.

Archbishop Grzegorz Ryś invites you to support the expansion of CFD in Krakow

Archbishop Grzegorz Ryś, repeatedly preached a retreat at the Spiritual Formation Center of the Salvatorians in Krakow. He sees the great potential and the need for the functioning of this retreat center. He vouches that the money spent to support the expansion will be very sensible for a very good purpose.

We want to build an object that will have three floors with a total usable area of 2717.3 m2. The building was designed on an ‘omega letter’ plan, in a symmetrical layout. In the second stage of expansion, it will be connected through glazed connectors with the house of St. Józef and the main house of CFD. The following rooms will be located in the new house:

• In the central point on the ground floor – the hall (through two floors) for 260 people with accompanying rooms, such as: room for books and phonic materials, oratory, reception with storage facilities. On the second and third floors, auditorium, a cafe, an archive and a common room were designed.

• In the left wing there will be rooms for participants of the retreat.

• In the right wing, there will be offices, technical rooms, guest rooms and rooms for persons directly responsible for the CFD operation. It will be an energy-efficient, quiet building with high acoustic insulation, it will also be adapted for people with disabilities.