On June 18, 2013, at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, a public defense of the doctoral dissertation of Fr. Damian Stachowiak CR titled "Dialogue in Priestly Formation as a Response to the Challenges of Contemporary Civilization. A Pedagogical-Pastoral Study." took place, written under the supervision of Fr. Prof. Dr. Hab. Janusz Mastalski. The reviewers of the work were Fr. Prof. Dr. Hab. Kazimierz Misiaszek from the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw and Fr. Prof. Dr. Hab. Tadeusz Panuś from the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow.