The Vineyard – latin vinea - mentioned by the title is the name refering to pastoral institutions run at the Jesuit residence in Poznań.  Vinea Foundation ( The Vineyard Foundation), started in 2010, focuses its  mission on cultural, educational, social and charity activities. Its’ important and the most developed branch is the Vinea Psychotherapy Center, founded in 2016. It offers therapy and pastoral counselling to  people of all ages. Both, the foundation and psychotherapy centre, are the fruit of CLC members initiatives welcomed by the Jesuit community in Poznań.

Since 2005, every Lent, the local  CLC members and Vinea have been offering the Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life. In 2020 and 2021 the retreat was guided online.

Poznań is one of the biggest population, economic and cultural centres in Poland and it has  rich tradition of Jesuit presence.

Presenting the Vinea’s  area of activity one cannot overlook the work which continues the artistic tradition of Jesuits activities in Poznań, both before and after the suppression. Two big halls of the former Dominican monastery, used for decades for theatre performances, since 1992 have been hosting the art gallery “U Jezuitów” (Jesuits’ Gallery). The art exhibitions, lectures and discussions taking place in the Gallery have formed its image as a meeting place of art creativity and religious experience. Since 2015,

The Gallery has developed the Creative Activity Workshop  (Pracownia Działań Twórczych). It offers courses and seminars for people interested in training, cultivating  and mastering of their  artistic abilities and skills. Basic programme focuses on  classical arts and crafts, icon painting tradition and derivative types of art  (tempera paint, mosaics, gilding and decorative arts).

The very name of Vinea (vineyard) reflects the multiple activities of the Jesuit pastoral centre in Poznań: it is  like a unique vine with many branches. The founding idea, hopefully, shall be  cherished in future in accordance to Jesus Christ’s words: “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing” (J 15, 5).