Two important events took place at the Jesuits in Łódź (PMA Province). Grzegorz Ryś, Archbishop of Łódź established the Jesuit parish church – the Holy Name of Jesus Sanctuary. The second event was the start of the school year in the Ignatius of Loyola Primary School founded by the “Mocni w Duchu (Strong in the Spirit) Association”. Fr. Remigiusz Recław SJ became the curator of the Sanctuary and the school principal.

“It is not known what school Jesus attended. The Gospel did not write it - said the Archbishop during the inauguration of the first school year. But the gospel recorded what kind of teacher Jesus was. This is the gospel of the today: The Lord Jesus went to the synagogue in Capernaum and taught. And everyone was astonished by His teaching, for He taught with authority. I think it's a very good sentence for all the school years. It's not about how much you learn, it's about whether what you learn will have the power to change you, that the truth you learn will change you as people!”. “Let learning with POWER happen here” Archbishop Grzegorz Ryś wrote on the walls of the newly opened school.

Below, the fr. Provincial added: „Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam” (For The Greater Glory Of God) and grateful to the “Mocni w Duchu Association” for this bold initiative to open the school. Then he presented the first principal the key statuette with the inscription “Education in the Jesuit key”. “Let this key symbolize not only the power of the keys that the director has but let it allow one to find in the gray, everyday school life the ways of reaching the heart of every pupil and co-worker”, he wrote in thanks. 

The ribbon was symbolically cut by Mrs. Joanna Skrzydlewska - Vice mayor of the city of Łódź, Archbishop of Lodz Grzegorz Ryś and Fr. Tomasz Ortmann SJ – the Provincial of PMA Province of the Society of Jesus