” “Dining together to speak of life and faith, with young believers and non-believers. It is one of the proposals of the university pastoral of Barcelona, that this year has invented the so-called "Dinners-cum-creative workshops" to "create new inner, psychological and spiritual meanings from the rites, symbols and metaphors of our past experiences". The first meeting was with a monk from the Benedictine monastery of Montserrat. Then the second time the debate was about sexuality and affective life. "These dinners are not only open to believers but to anyone who wishes to reflect on and explore spiritual and human topics", explains to SIR Elena Gelabert, organiser of the event. "The dinners-cum-workshops are not just interesting for the young but also for people of other age ranges", and she adds: "Personally, I am not a believer but this initiative offers very sound and essential contents to help us understand ourselves better: they are not self-help manuals but try to give the means for personal reflection, while having dinner with friends. They are a real hit". Christmas will be the subject of the next dinner. ” “
