Archbishop Alfons Nossol, Professor of Dogmatic Theology, retired Ordinary of Opole, a great ecumenist, advocate of dialogue, member of the Council of Honour and a great friend of the Krzyżowa Foundation, celebrated his 90th birthday on 08.08.2022.
On 12 November 1989, he celebrated a mass at Krzyżowa, which was a milestone in the process of German-Polish reconciliation.
To honour the Archbishop's services, a German-Polish discussion took place at the invitation of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation at the Palace in Kamień Śląski on 05.09.2022. with the Archbishop, led by PhD Annemarie Franke, who is a member of the Supervisory Board of the Krzyżowa Foundation, and Prof. Dr Waldemar Czachur, Chairman of the Foundation Board.
The discussion event took place in a close circle, people and representatives of institutions connected with the mass of reconciliation and the German-Polish dialogue. Also taking part in the discussion were PhD Robert Żurek, a member of the Management Board of the Krzyżowa Foundation, Bishop Waldemar Pytel, a member of the Foundation's Council, and Teresa Mazurek, Head of the Świdnica Municipality, where the Krzyżowa Foundation's property lies,
We are delighted to have been able to take part in and co-organise this extraordinary meeting together with the House of German-Polish Cooperation, and we wish the Archbishop all the best once again.
