XV Ignatian youth day in Poland.

Under the slogan "So little needed" in Stara Wieś near Brzozów in the Podkarpacie region, the XV Ignatian youth days (IDM) took place - a meeting of young people from older grades of middle and upper secondary schools. Five days of fun and joy, but also a great opportunity to develop.

The Ignatian Youth Days began with a solemn Eucharist. Almost 400 young people from all over Poland came to Stara Wieś, where for the next four days they considered the slogan "So little needs to be done". Father Tomasz Ortman SJ in his homily encouraged the participants to ask themselves the question "There id not much needed to meet God." At the end of the day a folk band "Graboszczanie" played on the IDM stage. Their music made even the resistant ones dance.

IDM are conducted in a workshop form. This year 32 different workshops took place. Among other things, sports, artistic culinary, knightly or even bartending activities were organized. IDM's goal is to offer young people a range of initiatives and ways to develop their personalities. The meeting is the culmination of an annual formation in the Jesuit Youth Pastoral Ministry MAGIS, preceded by a 10-day retreat, but it is also open to people not connected with the pastoral care.

Thanks to their workshop form Ignatian holiday meetings create a space for young people to discover and develop their skills and seek an answer to the question about their place in society and the Church. This is the time when young people can see that faith is the source of maturity and lasting friendship.