After studying for five years at Civil Law in Warsaw, Lukasz Szkarlat did a 180 Degrees turn in his life. He exchanged the possibility of studying a doctorate in law and working in a law firm for joining the seminar. "I had everything, but you can't live without happiness," says the youngest of four siblings from a Catholic family in southern Poland.

"It was March 25, 2003," recalls Lukasz, who says that although throughout his life he thought at many times about becoming a priest, "I was afraid to make the decision." The testimony of his parents, who have been married for 52 years; the experience of his sister, a religious of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul; and the example of St. John Paul II helped him to take a step forward. It was then that she made her own the passage from Corinthians: "Three times I prayed to the Lord to take it away from me. And he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.

In 2003 he joined seminar in Warsaw and was ordained a priest on May 30, 2009. "With God's grace, everything is possible," he says. Shortly after, he began his pastoral work in the parish of Virgin Mary Queen of Poland in Wolomin, near Warsaw. He remained there for five years, until his bishop encouraged him to come and study at the university.

He is 37 years old and on May 25 he graduated from the University of Navarra. Canon Law at the University of Navarra. After his stay in Pamplona, he is aware that meeting professors and students from different parts of the world will allow him to open new channels in the future.

From Spain, in addition to academic knowledge, he takes many things with him, such as the sincerity in the attention with whom he has shared classrooms and high school mayor; or the example of faith of the elderly people he has met in the Parish of the Heart of Jesus in Pamplona and in the parishes of the Navarrese towns of Cirauqui and Mañeru, where he did pastoral work. Next year he will begin the doctorate at the University. He does not know what the future has in store for him, but he will continue to bring people closer to Christ and to work with the people: "This is the most important thing", he assures.