One of the events of the Ignatian Year in Poland is the peregrination of the relics ex ossibus of Saint Ignatius. Until July 31, 2022, Ignatius will visit all Jesuit communities and parishes in the country. It is also planned to extend this peregrination to Denmark, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kirgizstan.

The pilgrimage of the relics is accompanied by the icon of Saint Ignatius, which was created in the studio of St. Luke in Krakow, operating at the Christian Association of Sacred Art Creators "Ecclesia". It was painted according to the canons of Byzantine painting, on a linden board, primed and gilded, in the tempera technique, with natural pigments. The icon was designed and painted by Fr. Zygfryd Kot SJ.

The entire composition is based on the life of Saint Ignatius. The figure of the saint is painted in three perspectives:

• divine - golden background, symbol of the light of the Holy Spirit;
• spiritual - a standard with the sign of the cross referring to the meditation of two standards in Spiritual Exercises;
• historical - a figure dressed in the outfit of a priest from the 16th century.

During the presence of the relics and the icon with the image of our founder, the Jesuits organize prayer meetings, conferences, exhibitions and presentations of testimonies of people who, thanks to the spiritual exercises of Saint Ignatius deepened their spiritual life.

Wojciech Żmudziński SJ