Program

Friday, February 20, 2026

Theatrum Hall, Vene 14

• 14.00 Gathering and coffee
• 14.30 Opening of the conference. Moderator Hardo Pajula
• 14.35 Welcome address, Apostolic Nuncio to the Baltic States, Archbishop Georg Gänswein
• 14.50 Bishop Philippe Jourdan of the Archdiocese of Tallinn. "Be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy": Holiness in the Bible and in our lives.
• 15.15 Questions and Answers. Moderator
• 15.30 Coffee break
• 16.00 Dr. Thorsten Hoffmann (Germany). "Martyrs are Back" – Blessed Eduard Profittlich as a model for today's martyrdom
• 16.20 Dr. Olivier Peyron (France). Russian Martyrs and Blessed Eduard Profittlich – for a common goal: reflections on the canonization process of ten new Russian martyrs of the 20th century (Mons. Malechki and his nine companions).
• 16.40 Dr. Krzysztof Homa SJ (Poland). Ignatian Spirituality and Eduard Profittlich SJ.
• 17.00 Questions and Answers. Moderator.
• 17.15 Closing prayer

Saturday, February 21, 2026

Theatrum Hall, Vene 14

• 11.30 Gathering and coffee
• 12.00 Opening words of the second day of the conference by Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Georg Gänswein
• 12.05 Conference keynote address. His Excellency Archbishop Richard Paul Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See.
• 12.30 Questions and answers
• 12.40 Tomasz Materna. How to be a good Christian. In the view of Blessed Eduard Profittlich.
• 13.00 Dr. Marge Paas. Blessed Eduard Profittlich on the path to holiness
• 13.20 Questions and answers
• 13.30 Closing prayer
• Coffee break

Following is the celebration of the first memorial day of Blessed Eduard Profittlich at St. Peter and Paul Cathedral (Vene 18)

• 15.00 Consecration of the chapel of Blessed Eduard Profittlich. Cathedral crypt (by invitation)
• 16.00 Holy Mass. Cathedral.
•  17.30 Reception by Bishop Philippe Jourdan. In Ait (Vene 14, with invitations)