The Poland-wide Youth Meeting Lednica 2000 (known as Lednica

Lednica

Lednica is a lake and surrounding protected landscape area in Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship, located between Poznań and Gniezno. It is known for annual youth meetings that take place in early June. These religious events last for two days...

) is a major gathering of Polish

Poland

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 Catholic

Catholicism

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 youth, organized near Poznań

Poznan

Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...

, in Lednica

Lednica

Lednica is a lake and surrounding protected landscape area in Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship, located between Poznań and Gniezno. It is known for annual youth meetings that take place in early June. These religious events last for two days...

 (near the Lednica lake, a place where it is believed that the first Polish monarchs accepted the Catholic faith). Lednica gatherings have been organized since 1997 and take place on the first Saturday of June every year. Lednica 2000 is organized by a famous Dominican friar Jan Góra

Jan Góra

Jan Wojciech Góra OP – Dominican, Roman Catholic Priest, Doctor of Theology, academic chaplain. Since 1997, he has been the organiser of the Polish Youth Meeting Lednica 2000 at the Lednica Fields. Animator for the academic chaplaincy centre "Respublica Dominicana" in Jamna...

.

The gatherings are a significant demonstrations of Catholic youth activity.

The former pope John Paul II, sent an annual special message to participants of Lednica, a tradition which has been continued by his successor, Benedict XVI.

The meetings

• 2 June 1997, (20 000 participants) - We have to go
• 30 May 1998, (50 000 participants) - Never alone
• 4 June 1999, (60 000 participants) - To see the reason
• 10 June 2000, (70 000 participants) - Choose Christ!
• 2 June 2001, (90 000 participants) - Duc in altum!
• 18 May 2002, (100 000 participants) - Invite Christ
• 7 June 2003, (140 000 participants) - The talent liturgy
• 29 May 2004, (180 000 participants) - Let us be caught in the net of love!
• 4 June 2005, (150 000 participants) - Let us meet by the Source
• 3 June 2006, (70 000 participants) - Christ is the way
• 2 June 2007, (45 000 participants) - Send me, with the presence of Cardenal Stanisław Dziwisz
• 7 June 2008, (70 000 participants) - I called you friends!, with the presence of Archbishop Kazimierz Nycz
  Kazimierz Nycz
  Kazimierz Nycz is a Polish prelate, a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the current Cardinal Archbishop of Warsaw, having previously served as Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg from 2004 to 2007. Pope Benedict XVI elevated Archbishop Nycz to the status of Cardinal in the consistory of 20...
  
  
• 6 June 2009, (97 000 participants) - Recognize a time!
• 5 June 2010 - The Gift and Mystery of Womanhood

External links

• Official webpage of Lednica 2000