Fr. Benediktas Jurčys

Guardian of the Monastery of St. Francis of Assisi. Author and coordinator of the solidarity event with oncology patients and their relatives in Klaipėda “Vilties bėgimas”. He is the founder of “Mažųjų žvaigždučių” and St. Magdalene Night runs. Conceiver and founder of the socio-cultural cluster “The City of Hope of St. Francis”. The art gallery “Gallery 1252” of the Centre for the Cultural Diaspora and the J. Pabrėža Sensory Garden and Rose Garden were established on the initiative of Brother Benediktas Jurčys. He was awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Gediminas for the promotion of the spiritual values of the nation, and he was also awarded the golden badge of the Santarves Foundation.