UCU Organizes Presentation of Cardinal Kasper’s “Spiritual Ecumenism” Book 12.12.2007, [17:26] “A Handbook of Spiritual Ecumenism,” by Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, has been translated into Ukrainian. A presentation of the book was organized jointly by the Institute of Ecumenical Studies of the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) and the Commission of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) for the Promotion of Christian Unity on December 8, 2007, at the Institute of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Kyiv. Read more...
UCU Honors Memory of Ukrainian and Polish Soldiers 11.06.2007, [14:16] Lviv – For the sixth year in a row at Lychakivskyi Cemetery in western Ukrainian Lviv on 1 November 2007 joint prayers were offered for soldiers of the Ukrainian Halychyna Army (UHA) and the Polish Orliata militiamen who died in the Polish-Ukrainian War in 1918-1920. Clergy of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church represented by the community of the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) joined together for the religious commemoration. Read more...
UCU Hosts Presentation of New Bible Edition 10.25.2007, [12:56] Lviv – A press conference dedicated to a new edition of the Ukrainian-language Bible translation of Ivan Khomenko, including corrections introduced by a special work group and approved by a committee in Rome, took place at the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) in western Ukrainian Lviv on 22 October 2007. Read more...
UCU Rector, Vice-Rector Address Student Conference in Ternopil 10.24.2007, [16:29] Ternopil – From 20 to 21 October 2007, members of Obnova (Renewal), the Federation of Ukrainian Catholic Students and Academic Societies, together with clergy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) and guests, including leaders of the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU), met in western Ukrainian Ternopil. They discussed the roles and responsibilities of youth in the Obnova movement and the apostolate and catechesis of the laity. Read more...
Holocaust Survivor Speaks at UCU, Praises Sheptytskys 10.17.2007, [11:49] Lviv – Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1901 to 1944, and his brother, Archimandrite (Abbot) Klymentii Sheptytsky, head of the Studite order, had “moral courage.” So said Dr. Leon Chameides, a Jewish cardiologist from the U.S. who survived World War II thanks to the two Sheptytskys, speaking to a group of students, staff, and visitors at the Ukrainian Catholic University in western Ukrainian Lviv on 12 October 2007. Read more...
UCU’s Institute of Religion & Society Marks 10th Anniversary 10.05.2007, [14:36] Lviv – A festive Liturgy on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Institute of Religion and Society of the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) in western Ukrainian Lviv was conducted at UCU on 3 October 2007. After the Liturgy, Fr. Borys Gudziak, UCU’s rector, congratulated Myroslav Marynovych, departing director of the institute, and institute staff, and announced the new director. Read more...
UCU Organizes Vanier Visit to Lviv 10.05.2007, [12:55] Lviv – Jean Vanier, a world-renowned psychologist, philanthropist, and founder of the international movement L'Arche [French for “the ark”] and the Faith and Light community, will visit western Ukrainian Lviv on 11 October 2007. The trip is being organized by the Emmaus Center of the Ukrainian Catholic University, which coordinates programs for the developmentally delayed. Read more...
UCU Vice-Rector Part of TV Discussion with President 10.03.2007, [11:08] Kyiv – On 28 September 2007 a special broadcast, “Freedom of Speech,” televised live on ICTV in Kyiv featured participation of Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko and representatives of the nation’s intellectual elite. Discussion focused on societal unity and the corresponding need to nurture intellect, patriotism and moral values. Myroslav Marynovych, vice-rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU), also took part in the discussion with the president from a Lviv studio. Read more...
Russian Orthodox Theologian Talks on Mission at UCU 09.25.2007, [10:55] Lviv – On 19 September 2007 at the initiative of Dr. Antoine Arjakovsky, director of UCU’s Institute of Ecumenical Studies, Deacon Andrey Kurayev of the Russian Orthodox Church delivered a lecture at the university entitled “Missionary work in the modern world.” Read more...
US State Department Mentions UCU in 2007 Religion Report 09.25.2007, [10:54] On 14 September 2007, the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the U.S. Department of State released the International Religious Freedom Report 2007 on Ukraine. As the report mentions, in 2007 the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv continued funding a grant to the Ukrainian Catholic University's Institute of Religion and Society to monitor religious freedom in the country and post the results on its Religious Information Service of Ukraine website, www.risu.org.ua. Read more...
