June 8-10: 405th Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops’ Conference in Łomża

The Secretary General of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Marek Marczak, announced that the main theme of the June Plenary Assembly will be the parish in its catechetical and evangelizing dimension. “The bishops will work in groups on a working document containing guidelines for parish catechesis,” he noted.

Another topic of the group discussions will be the reception in Poland of the post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation Amoris laetitia. “This topic will be the subject of consultations to which Pope Leo XIV has invited the presidents of Bishops’ Conferences from around the world to the Vatican in October,” the Secretary General of the Polish Bishops’ Conference indicated.

Bishop Marczak also stated that an important point of the deliberations will be the continuation of work concerning the Commission of independent experts established during the previous Plenary Assembly to examine the phenomenon of sexual abuse of minors in the Catholic Church in Poland. The bishops will also discuss the document The Path of Formation of Presbyters in Poland. Ratio institutionis sacerdotalis pro Polonia.

The Secretary General of the Polish Bishops’ Conference explained that the June Plenary Assembly is being held in the Diocese of Łomża due to the centenary of its establishment. The bishops will celebrate Holy Mass in the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in Łomża, which is celebrating the 500th anniversary of its existence. The principal celebrant and homilist will be Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda SAC, President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference.

The bishops will also celebrate the Eucharist at the Church of the Holy Cross, built as a votive offering for one thousand years of Christianity in the Łomża region. The Mass there will be presided over by the Primate of Poland, Archbishop Wojciech Polak, who will also deliver the homily.

Press Office of the Polish Bishops' Conference