Board of trustees

Univ. Prof. Roman Buchta

Presbyter of the Archdiocese of Katowice, doctor of theology, habilitated in the field of catechetics, professor at the Faculty of Theology of Silesian University, deputy editor-in-chief of "Pastoral Studies", head of the Catechetical Department of the Archdiocese of Katowice, moderator of the Archdiocesan Centre for Pastoral Formation, Spiritual Director of Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of Katowice, member of the Section of Catechists in Poland, organiser of national conferences for catechists in special schools in Brenna, Ambassador of the International Educational Network PILGRIM (based in Austria), President of EuFRES (European Forum for Religious Education in Schools, 2018-). Research focuses on issues related to the initiatory-mystagogical function of catechesis, the biblical dimension of catechesis and the catechesis of persons in special educational situations. Author of numerous publications on catechetics and pedagogy. Licensed guide for pilgrimages to biblical countries.

Dr Tibor Reimer

Tibor is Associate Professor in Religious Education at the Roman Catholic Faculty of Theology of Cyril and Methodius of Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia) and consultant member of the National Institut for Education. He works in the field of Youth Pastoral, Religious Education and Catechetics. He collaborates on the inovation of the School Curriculum for Religious Education in Slovakia and as a trainer of teachers of Religious Education. He is a member of the Catholic Order of the Salesian of Don Bosco. Tibor has been involved in EuFRES since 2014. Tibor can be contacted via: Tibor.Reimer@frcth.uniba.sk

Prof. Dr Mirosław Stanisław Wierzbicki

Member of the Salesian Order. Graduate of the Faculty of Theology and the Faculty of Educational Sciences of the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome. Doctorate from the Faculty of Pedagogical Sciences of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. Since 1 September 2016, Associate Professor at the Chair of Religious Education in the Department of Catechetics at the Faculty of Education of the Pontifical Salesian University of Rome. From 2019, director of the Salesian Society Primary School in Konin and lecturer at Kujawsko Pomorska High School in Bydgoszcz (Poland). Member of the Scientific Society of St Francis de Sales in Warsaw, the Italian Association of Catechists (AICa), the European Forum for Religious Education (EuFres), the Polish Society for the Study of Religions and the Society for the History of Education. His research interests focus on religious education, didactics and teaching methodology, Catholic education, teacher training and Salesian pedagogy. He has participated in the EuFRES Forum since 2012. - Reachable at: mwierzbickispts@gmail.com

Dr Piotr Kubiak

Graduate of the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Poznań. Specialised studies at the University of Vienna, completed in 1995 with a doctorate in pastoral theology. Pastoral work among the Polish community in Kazakhstan. Scientific research at the University of Vienna at the Centre for Church Social Research. Since 1996 teacher of religion in Vienna. Initiator of the Amicus Award and numerous projects in the field of sustainability and spirituality at the Vienna Business School. Founder and coordinator of the Department for Pedagogy of Sustainability and Spirituality at the Kirchliche Pädagogische Hochschule Wien/Krems. Member of the board of the International Pedagogical Network PILGRIM and coordinator of PILGRIM in Poland. Organiser of numerous scientific PILGRIM conferences in various European countries. Author of publications on sustainable development and spirituality. Has participated in the EuFRES Forum since 2016.