in 1997, he organized for the first time the polish youth meeting lednica 2000 nearby the lednica lake near gniezno. since that time youth meetings by the fish-gate have taken place, initially on the eve of pentecost and now on the first saturday of june. since 2004, annually, at the beginning of september, he also organizes lednica for seniors. he is founder of the museum of the history of lednica in poznań and of the john paul ii house on the lednica fields. on 21 december 2015, he died at the age of 67 in poznań.