Poland - Inauguration of 2020/21 Academic Year of Krakow Theologate
Krakow, Poland - October 2020 - The inauguration of the 2020-2021 Academic Year of the interprovincial Theological Studentate of Krakow took place on 1 October. The opening Eucharist was presided over by Fr Tadeusz Itrych, Provincial of the Piła Province (PLN). Later, in the seminary hall, the "Canticum" cleric choir performed the hymn "Gaude Mater Polonia". The Rector of the Theologate, Fr Adam Paszek, presented a report on last year's activities of the theological studentate; Fr Wojciech Węgrzyniak, representative of the John Paul II Pontifical University in Krakow, gave the opening address. The words spoken by the Rector: "I consider the academic year 2020/2021 open" and the song "Gaudeamus igitur" officially started the new academic year.