"Don't seek for truth, seek for friends," was an often repeated saying of the late Father Joseph Tischner. He found many friends from different parts of Poland, and recently they all came together to remember him in Łopuszna.

As the priest said during the Mass which preceded the rememberance, all those for whom Father Tischner was simply "Joe" came together to remember him. There were his friends from the newspapers, from the publishing house Znak, Mountainmen from his village, family and actors who performed in the television movie version of 'A History of Philosophy as the Mountainmen Have it.' Archbishop Stanisław Dziwisz sent his well wishes in a letter to those assembled. "We would like to come together and remember him, but also come together for the purpose of sitting together, eating, drinking and talking together. This because the human aspect of life was, for Tischner, the most important," said Artur Więcek, who organized the event along with Witold Beres. Tischner's friends told stories about him. For example, a woman asked him what kind of Mother in Law she ought to be, to which Tischner asked 'what kind would you like to be?' and the woman replied 'a good one.' To this, Tischner adv