2025: Start of OIKOS in Poland

Introduction

The OIKOS Programme provides a foundational understanding of the roofs of Public Engagement. We create space for conversation, fellowship, and hopefully friendship.

The programme will run over the course of twelve months and will include a total of five meeting-points: three weekends and two online meetings.
Each weekend, we will discuss one building block for Public Engagement. This will include Biblical/Theological discussions and each weekend build up to questions of application and the connection between theory and practise. So, over the three weekends, our discussions will flow naturally from questions about God to our work. Between weekends, we will have a touch base moment online and discuss a text, led by an academic from the Quo Vadis Institute. The attendees are obligated to attend all five sessions.

Vision

We aim to inform and empower Christian thinkers in their professional pursuit in the public sphere. We do this by offering three things:

  • Continuity – of their learning and shaping of their thinking,
  • Community – in people who are fellow-travellers, aiming to give shape to their calling, and
  • Communion – in the communal act of worshipping God through work.

Speakers

Dr. Andrzej Turkanik

Andrzej completed degrees in music and art as well as theology before earning his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge (UK). He is deeply interested in the intersection of politics, religion, and art. Andrzej is an avid speaker and networker, with a passion for talking through hard questions and addressing complicated issues.

Dr. Jasper Knecht

Jasper completed his BA in Theology and Biblical Studies at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit (Belgium), and his MPhil and PhD in Systematic and Historical Theology at the University of St Andrews (UK). His interests include the history of doctrine, and particularly the development of Christological thought in the Patristic era, Late Antiquity, and the Early Medieval Church.


Practicalities

Dates and Schedule

All weekends start on Friday late-afternoon and end after Sunday lunchtime, and include a Sunday morning service of some sort. There are three 2h-2,5h sessions, meals, and some other relaxing activities (a walk, visit to a local town, etc.)

Weekend 1: 28-30 March
Weekend 2: 27-29 June
Weekend 3: 17-19 October

The two online meetings (14 May, 17 Sept) will be led by the QVI staff and start at 19:30.

Attendees and Costs

The Oikos Programme will be organised by the Quo Vadis Institute and hosted locally. This is an invitation only programme for 10-12 attendees. Couples may attend together. There are no costs for the attendees, but attendance at the whole programme is expected.

Hosts and Location

The Oikos Programme in Poland will be hosted in a private home in South Poland.

How can you get in touch?

If you are interested to join the OIKOS programme, connect with our network, or receive some more information, do not hesitate to email: Verena Schnitzhofer (v.schnitzhofer@qvi.eu).

We hope to see you soon! 

If you are interested in having this Programme run in your own country, please contact Jasper Knecht (j.knecht@qvi.eu).