The central idea of EJIF 2016 was to be present during the World Youth Day in Krakow and accompanying MAGIS working as a group of young Jesuits in formation from all Europe. Previous
 EJIF meetings show that the best way of getting to know each other comes from common experiences like pilgrimages, sharing tasks and praying together. This year EJIF’s delegates took part actively in many different jobs during MAGIS and WYD in areas like spirituality, arts, social work, pilgrimage, etc.

This year the encounter was longer than usual: the meeting point was Warsaw at mid July. Then they travel to Łódź for the start of MAGIS and the group was spread through different youth experiments in different countries, they gathered again in Krakow for WYD, traveling afterwards to Zakopane for 8 days retreat in the Tatra Mountains.

During the MAGIS they gave logistical assistance for the kickoff meeting in Łódź . They guided the experiments taking care and serving small groups of 25 young participants. And they gave logistical assistance during Festival of Nations in Częstochowa.

Once in Krakow the EJIF group helped the Vocation Promoters team getting involved in the meeting points for Ignatian spirituality and participating on the events of the WYD.  


After all the work they deserved to pray and rest in the retreat house of Zakopane. Fr Dermot O’Connor from Ireland led the eight days retreat assisted for a team that accompanied the EJIF delegates in different languages. 
MAGIS and WYD gave delegates possibility to contact with people from all around the world and to discover the joy of the Gospel by serving others in many ways.