Środowisko means “environment” or “milieu”. The genius of John Paul II was to model how a pastor can move within a network of friends to build up and strengthen the bonds that consequently form a community of communities. This model seemed to fit what the Quiet Waters network of friends also lives, a network of persons made up of different spiritualities and members of different groups, yet united in friendship and experience. After meeting members of John Paul II’s Środowisko in 2007-2008, and seeing in Środowisko the ideal it was pursuing, Quiet Waters adopted the name Środowisko for the next summer event, which is something of a retreat, something like a camp, with aspects of a workshop. The name has since stuck.