Five novices from the Southern Poland Province and the Greater Poland-Mazovia Province of the Society of Jesus pronounced their religious vows in Gdynia, Poland. They vowed poverty, chastity and obedience.
The event took place on August 26, 2023, in the home chapel of the Jesuit College in Gdynia, during the Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Częstochowa.
These novices are:
1. Bakhtier Alimov SJ (PMA) from Russia, born in Moscow in 1992.
2. Szymon Dębczyński SJ (PMA) from Poland, born in Włocławek in 1995.
3. Bohdan Melnytskyi SJ (PME) from Ukraine, born in Khmelnytskyi in 1997.
4. Yurii Nadra SJ (PME) from Ukraine, born in Tarnopol in 1992.
5. Adrian Wieczorek SJ (PMA) from Poland, born in Słupsk in 2001.
In October, they will begin philosophy studies in Krakow.
