Fr. Jacek Olczyk S.J. is a Jesuit priest who has joined us in Castel Gandolfo from the North Poland province. He was born and raised in Lodz, Poland.
He joined the Jesuits after receiving his degrees Lodz University of Technology.
After studies both in Poland and Rome, he was ordained in Warsaw in 2013. Since then he’s held a number of chaplaincy and administrative posts, such as Director of the Evangelization Center “Mocni w Duchu” in Lodz.
He will be doing administrative and outreach work with the Specola, acting as minister of the community and assistant to the director. As such he’ll be taking a load off the shoulders of our community superior, Fr. Richard D’Souza SJ, and the Observatory’s vice director, Fr. Gabriele Gionti SJ; in this way he frees up Richard and Gabriele to spend more time with their science.
Education
- M.A. and Engineer degrees in Food and Nutrition Technology at the Lodz University of Technology in 2004
