Speakers

Mieczysław Polak, Doctor of Theology, University Professor at the Department of Practical Theology, Faculty of Theology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Dean of the Faculty of Theology.

The primary areas of research interest include pastoral ecclesiology, pastoral paradigms, parish pastoral ministry, mystagogy in the pastoral ministry of the Church, and pastoral presbyterology.

Major publications: The Parish Today: Foundations and Directions for Pastoral Renewal, Poznań 2007; Mystagogy in the Pastoral Ministry of the Church, Poznań 2012; From Pastoral Theology to Pastoral Ecclesiology, Poznań 2014; Pastoral Presbyterology, Poznań 2016.