21st Century Church

This year edition was visited by over one thousand of guests.  The second edition of SAKRALIA Fair  featured a presentation of the latest offers of manufacturers, distributors and service companies addressed to the clergy as well as industry retail and wholesale outlets.    

Exhibitors  presented, among other things, vestments, liturgical vessels and equipment, hosts, candles, altar wine, confessionals, pews, altars, bells, organs, sound and multimedia equipment, equipment for heating churches, services in the area of renovation of monuments, sacred art as well as publications and a wide range of pilgrimages to sanctuaries in Poland and abroad. 

The fair was accompanied by interesting lectures and meetings. A conference whose central theme were modern parish management concepts, relationships of the clergy with the faithful and the use of new media in the ministry, was held during the fair. The second day of the fair was featured a meeting with experts in raising EU funds for parishes and church organisations, and a conference on modern teaching aids in religious education.

The exhibition hall of the SAKRALIA fair hosted for the first time in Poznań the Mobile Museum of John Paul II. It is an 18-metre vehicle with a trailer featuring display cases presenting exhibits made available by Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, the Archdiocese Museum and Archives of the Metropolitan Curia in Kraków. The Mobile Museum  presented photos and  videos from the life of the Polish pope in three cities - Wadowice, Kraków and Rome. Visitors could see personal memorabilia of John Paul II, among others, the papal cassock, skullcap, breviary, rosary, fountain pen or the pope's favourite skis.

An additional attraction of the fair was competitions for the clergy prepared by the exhibitors. Prizes  included a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Fatima, a pilgrimage to St. Petersburg as well as design of a parish or religious order website.