Meeting of the Provincial Secretaries for Formation and Studies of Poland

On 5–6 March 2026 a meeting of the Provincial Secretaries for Formation and Studies of Poland was held in Poznań, at the friary of the Friars Minor of the Province of St. Francis of Assisi. The meeting was attended by Br. Franciszek Salezy Nowak, OFM, Br. Franciszek Chodkowski, OFM, Br. Grzegorz Chomiuk, OFM, Br. Oskar Maciaczyk, OFM and Br. Euzebiusz Skorupa, OFM. The event was organized by the Secretary for Formation and Studies of the North-Slavic Conference, Br. Sergiusz Bałdyga, OFM.

The meeting had a working and organizational character. One element of the gathering was a reflection on the letter of the General Secretary for Formation and Studies, Br. Darko Tepert, OFM, which became a point of reference for a shared discussion on the current tasks and challenges related to formation.

During the meeting, current topics concerning formation in Poland were addressed, raising several key questions: what are the most important challenges facing Franciscan formation today? Where we are and where the Spirit is leading us? What are the real difficulties faced by formators? How formators are prepared for their ministra? And what changes in mentality seem necessary in the present situation?

One of the main goals of the meeting was to discuss and plan further work on the Statute of the Postulancy and Novitiate and on the Ratio Formationis Franciscanae for the Interprovincial House of Temporarily Professed Friars in Kraków-Bronowice.

The meeting took place in an atmosphere of fraternal dialogue and active engagement from all participants, fostering common discernment regarding future directions of cooperation in the field of formation.