Press conference on Boym
On Friday, October 18th at 1 pm at the Warsaw headquarters of the Episcopate of Poland took place a press conference on Michał Boym organized by the initiators of the "Michał Boym AD 2019" Initiative.
This press conference "Michał Boym SI – the Pole who unveiled China before Europe - a great Polish contribution to the development of the world sciences" was dedicated to the 360th anniversary of the death of this Polish Jesuit, missionary, scientist, diplomat and discoverer. A new publication for children "How Michał from Lviv traveled to China", published as part of the "Michał Boym AD 2019 – Polish Marco Polo" Initiative, was presented to the public. This publication has obtained the official support of the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage as well as of the Commision for Missions of the Episcopate of Poland. We invite you to read a newsbreak on the event.
The conference saw a number of participants and friends of Michał Boym, and in particular several Chinese citizens who live in Poland. President of the Foundation, Mrs Ren Jun was also present in the pannel.
Click here to enter the official newsbreak of the Catholic Information Agency KAI (in Polish)
