We invitation you to participate in 2nd edition of the Festival for Life and Familywhich will take place May 10, 2026 on picturesque Tumski Ostrów in Wrocław.
It will be a time full of joy, emotion, spiritual depth and household fun. The festival will be composed of three main parts: household Festival, Good region and spiritual Events. In different corners of Ostrow Tumski everyone will find something for each another – for body, heart and spirit.
Festival Programme for Life and household – Wrocław, May 10
Ostrów Tumski and the center of Wrocław
Festival hours: 11:00–18:00
GOOD ZONE
Cathedral, Ostrów Tumski
11:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Meeting space with pro-family, charitable and assistance organizations operating in Wrocław. It is simply a unique chance to see how concrete aid translates into the regular lives of many people and families.
The programme includes:
- presentation of support offers for families, marriages and susceptible people,
- the chance to discuss with representatives of organisations and to learn about initiatives to engage in.
Who will you meet? They will be with us, among others: Evangelium Vitae Foundation, household Advice, Centre of Life and Family, kid Hospice “Formula Good”, Racheli Vineyard, Stationary Mission, Caritas, NURT Association, Brother Albert Foundation, Community of hard Marriages.
MARCH FOR LIFE AND FAMILY
“It is time to defend the marriage! Time to defend life!”
start: 1 p.m.
Start: Square in front of St. Elizabeth of Hungary's Garrison Church
End: Cathedral Square
The central point of the Festival – common, joyful passage through Wrocław streets in the spirit of affirmation of life and family. The march is simply a public evidence of commitment to value and an chance to integrate the city's inhabitants.
Participants will take the way from the city centre to Ostrów Tumski, carrying banners, symbols and the message of this year's slogan.
FAMILY FESTIN
Gardens of the Pontifical Theological Department, Ostrów Tumski
from 14:00 to 17:00
A space of joy, remainder and shared celebration for full families.
The programme includes:
- fans and children's attractions – including RoboKlocks stand and integration with Wroclaw Father's Club,
- animations and household entertainment,
- food area,
- place of integration and remainder for participants of the Festival.
Scene agenda and peculiar attractions:
14:15 – performance by Father Bartholomew Kot
15:00 – Licitation of Valuable Treasures to Evangelium Vitae Foundation
3:30–16:30 – performance of the band “40 sons and 30 grandchildren riding on 70 donkeys” (also known as Osiełki), a Polish band playing Christian music.
SPIRIT EVENTS
The spiritual dimension is the heart of the full Festival, giving it deeper meaning and direction.
In the program:
- Holy Mass – 12:00 p.m.
Garrison Church of St. Elizabeth of Hungary - certificates of participants and invited guests,
- prayer for Wrocław and its inhabitants,
- Concert of the Wrocław Cathedral Choir "Basilica Cantans" directed by Mirosławy Jura-Żegleń – after the Holy Mass, around 7:00 p.m. (on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Evangelium Vitae Foundation)
St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Wrocław
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The festival is the fruit of cooperation between many organizations and communities of the Archdiocese of Wrocław.
The honorary patronage over the event was assumed by Archbishop Józef Kupny.
Among the initiators are Evangelium Vitae, Caritas Archdiocese of Wrocław, Diocese of Families and Center of Life and Family. The event besides included people and communities active in erstwhile editions of the March for Life, including representatives of the Wrocław Group for Life and the Light-Life Movement.
Media patronage over the Festival TV EWTN, Radio Family, Lower Silesian Catholic portal New Life Wrocław Guest Sunday Sunday and Polonia Christian portal ♪ push24.pl ♪.
