Vatican State Secretary Calls Ukrainian Government to Support UCU 05.26.2008, [16:32] As part of his visit to western Ukrainian Lviv, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican secretary of state, during his meetings on 24 May 2008 with civil authorities of the city and region gave great attention to the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU). Read more...
UCU Catechists Share Experience with Russia 05.20.2008, [18:09] On May 7-9, 2008, Byzantine rite Catholic priests who minister on the territory of Russia met with Roman Catholic Bishop Joseph Werth. The meeting was devoted to catechizing Byzantine rite Catholics in Russia. Sr. Luiza Ciupa, head of the Patriarchal Catechetical Commission of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) and director of the Catechetical-Pedagogical Institute (CPI) of the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU), and Nazar Duda, a worker of the CPI, shared their experience of work in the catechetical field with the participants. Read more...
UCU Hosts Symposium of Catholic Universities of Central and Eastern Europe 05.12.2008, [14:53] On May 9-10, 2008, in Lviv, the 5th Symposium of Catholic Universities of Central and Eastern Europe was held. Rectors, vice-rectors and representatives of departments of international academic relations, and also representatives of the clergy were received by the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU), which is a member of the Association of Catholic Universities of Central and Eastern Europe. Read more...
Icon-screen Blessed at Holy Spirit Seminary in Lviv 05.07.2008, [17:25] The new iconostas (icon-screen) for the Church of the Holy Spirit at Holy Spirit Seminary in western Ukrainian Lviv was blessed on 4 May 2007. Archbishop Ihor Vozniak of Lviv blessed it before the Liturgy. Singing for the Liturgy was the Byzantine Men’s Choir from Utrecht, Holland. Read more...
UCU Rector Publicly Supports Independent Testing for College Applicants 05.01.2008, [11:29] Lviv— On 21 April 2008, Fr. Borys Gudziak, rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University in western Ukrainian Lviv, made a statement supporting external independent testing for high school graduates applying to institutions of higher education. Read more...
UCU Holds Conference “Conflicts and Reconciliation” 04.17.2008, [15:24] Lviv—The 11th All-Ukrainian Conference for Students and Young Scholars, “Conflicts and reconciliation through the prism of faith,” was held on 11-12 April 2008 at the Ukrainian Catholic University in western Ukrainian Lviv. The conference, organized by UCU’s Institute of Religion and Society, gathered Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants, Jews, and Muslims. Read more...
Catechetical Institute Organizes Seminar on Christian Summer Camps 04.14.2008, [10:40] The Catechetical-Pedagogical Institute of the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) and the Commission on Matters of Catechesis at the Patriarchal Curia of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) on April 4-6, 2008, held an academic and practical seminar on organizing and conducting Christian summer camps for children and teenagers, “Called by the Father’s love.” Read more...
UCU Initiates Candidacy of Head of the UGCC as “Honored Citizen of Lviv” 04.09.2008, [16:28] In an agreement with the city council of Lviv, the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) started an initiative to nominate the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), His Beatitude Lubomyr (Husar), for the rank “honored citizen of Lviv.” On April 2, 2008, after the traditional general-university Liturgy, the community of UCU at the meeting unanimously supported a decision to give the candidature of the Great Chancellor of UCU for the rank of “honored citizen of Lviv.” Read more...
RISU Represents UCU at Kyiv International Democracy Assembly 04.09.2008, [15:26] RISU, the Religious Information Service of Ukraine of the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU), represented UCU at an international gathering in Kyiv organized by the U.S.-based National Endowment for Democracy (NED) from 6 to 9 April 2008. Read more...
UCU Holds Press Conference on Cause of Sheptytsky Beatification 03.20.2008, [11:19] Lviv-- On 19 March 2008, the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) in western Ukrainian Lviv held a press conference in which Archbishop Ihor Vozniak of Lviv of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) assured the public that the beatification of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky is approaching finalization. Also participating in the conference was Myroslav Marynovych, UCU’s vice-rector for university mission. Metropolitan Sheptytsky was head of the UGCC from 1901 to 1944. Read more...
Vatican State Secretary Calls Ukrainian Government to Support UCU
