I entered Salvatorian Novitiate and after one year I received my religious habit, took my first vows and began my Seminarian formation. During that time many times I was praying asking God for strength and guidance but one particular moment from that time I treasure especially. One evening when I was praying in our seminarian chapel in the midst of some difficult situation for the very first time in my life God gave me this clear understanding that to just trust Him is not enough, I have to trust Him completely, and right there in front of the Blessed Sacrament I made my personal act of complete entrustment of myself to God’s Providence. That simple act became a turning point in my priestly vocation. From that day on I never had any second thoughts or doubts and He would always show me the right path or help me to make my decisions in every difficult moment of my life. That’s why Eucharistic Adoration, Divine Mercy Devotion and the example of Saint Sister Faustina and Blessed John Paul II are one of my favourite.
After six years of Seminarian formation I graduated with Masters Degree in Sacred Theology and was ordained a priest in 2002 in Poland. After ordination I served for one year in Trzebnica at St. Hedwig’s Basilica, wonderful place with great history. I worked there together with about 14 other Salvatorians. This Parish has approximately 19,000 people and many responsibilities. Among many different duties I was teaching at the school for 16 hours a week, I was a Spiritual Director for two parish groups, I was looking after one of our Mission Churches, I worked at the Parish Office one day a week taking turns with other Assistant Pastors (no Parish Secretaries in Poland), plus all the regular priestly duties. In 2003 I came to Canada, I spent three years in Archdiocese of Vancouver in Langley (St. Joseph’s Parish) and Powell River (Assumption Parish) and seven years as a pastor at St. Peter’s Parish in Nanaimo (Diocese of Victoria). During this whole time, I never stopped thanking God for His gift of priestly and religious vocation and I never stopped asking Him to make me strong in my vocation.

Hobbies:
Anything and everything that helps me to relax: exercising, good book, good movie, cooking (living with three women since I turned 18, it was inevitable), outdoor activities – hiking, walking, skiing.

Favourite Saints: the simpler people the better (I do believe that it is actually possible to achieve an extraordinary things by ordinary means and in ordinary ways), St. Padre Pio, St. Francis, St. Faustina, Bl. Mother Teresa and of course Bl. John Paul II.