What about Mary and Mary in Bible and Koran

Training course for
Working with
Bibliodrama-methods
in religious and culturally diverse groups VILNIUS

Reflections and pictures

Interfaith work
with texts about Mary
from Bible and Koran
Liechtenstein

Reflections and pictures

We made new plans,
found a new team
and a new place...
We had a great course week
What about Mary +
from 8th to 12th March 2022

Two of our volunteers joined in at the course Mary in Bible and Koran in Liechtenstein ( april 2022)

See pictures here
Reflections on their experiences soon.

Content

We were happy with this completely new international, interfaith course:

Where you could experience and explore a rich variety of bibliodrama methods
We focused on working in religious and culturally diverse groups using bibliodrama and creative methods
We used exercises and reflection to encourage the learning and the use of these methods in the own working situation. We exchanged ideas and experience and increased the learning outcomes of each participant.
We chose the theme " What about Mary" and we used texts from different background to explore the way people pray, talk, experience, think... about Mary and discovered many more Mary's and powerful way on the way.
We used English as our common language. In the same time we will share tips and tricks to use other languages in your workshops.
We explored marvelous Vilnius
And we built a wider and warmer cross boarder network for exchanging experiences and working tools
We worked in an a creative way towards peace and hopes and we met and created our own personal Mary.

Link to more pictures

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Some reflections by participants

New ways of working with the text, talks with each other, Mary+ aspects (kinda found my calling again), but also the apporach to Mother Mary.
I got to know more about bibliodrama and would like to learn to be a good facilitator of the group. Still reflecting on Mary topic, my personal experience and relation with her. Nice that the group was actice, very various - age, gender, different countries. It helped to hear more points of view, to have precious sharings.
lovely people, live encounters, humorous and skillfull leaders
Days were long and heavy. I missed longer lunch break. To process more. Different methods varied well, there was enough of freedom of thought. :)
Very rich content. Methods were interesting to try and think will be easily applied in our work. Clear intructions were given, different ways of applying them. I would recommend more reflections during the seminar because method is realy deep and may be very touching. I would skip the cultural part in town and would do some group work, pray time or that group member could share about their cultures, countries, church traditions etc.
I was content. Perhaps I would have included more body work, especially in the mornings. But that is kind of my own personal ‘tradition’.
Catholics and protestants together from different countries and traditions came together, ate and lived together, worked and experienced together, prayed and learned together. Billiodrama connects!
You have to try to know the taste...:)
I was at first skeptical about the theme (being an ex-catholic lutheran). But the good thing with bibliodrama is that quite a lot of dimensions can be alive and in connection with each other. At one point I was little bit upset about the almost (not total) absence of the jewish side of mother מרים. But this is perhaps a personal issue of mine too. (German, with possible, by former generations muted and eradicated jewish roots).
I became bibliodrama leader just when corona began. I have been mostly in on-line bibliodramas since then. I tried to convince myself, that this on-line works too. It does, But boy, which difference to bibliodrama in real life! (”What a difference a stay made…”)