UCU Presents Bulgakov Book at 14th Lviv Forum 09.25.2007, [10:53] Lviv – On 14 September 2007 as part of the 14th Annual All-Ukraine Publishers’ Forum held in Lviv, UCU presented a new book of the UCU Press, “Fr. Sergei Bulgakov.” The author is Dr. Antoine Arjakovski, director of the university’s Institute of Ecumenical Studies. Read more...
Mrs. Yushchenko Praises UCU on First Visit 09.14.2007, [16:26] Ukrainian First Lady Kateryna Yushchenko made her first visit to the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) on September 13. The brief stop was part of her visit to Lviv for the 2007 All-Ukraine Publishers’ Forum. As head of the advisory council of the Ukraine 3000 International Charity Fund, Mrs. Yushchenko was particularly interested to hear about social projects at UCU and said that her fund will work together with UCU. Read more...
UCU Hosts Conference on Communist Persecution of Clergy and Faithful in Ukraine and Poland 09.11.2007, [15:45] Lviv – On 10 September 2007, the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) in western Ukrainian Lviv hosted the closing day of the conference “Religious Space of Central and Eastern Europe: Be Open to East and West,” conducted both in western Ukrainian Lviv and Polish Lublin from 5-10 September. Yanusz Kurtyka, president of the Institute of National Memory in Warsaw, Poland, signed an agreement on cooperation with Fr. Borys Gudziak, Ph. D., rector of UCU, regarding a research project on persecution of the clergy and faithful by the communist regime both in Ukraine and Poland. Read more...
UCU Professor Participates in Ecumenical Assembly in Romania 09.11.2007, [09:30] Sibiu, Romania – Ihor Shaban, a professor at UCU, participated in the Third European Ecumenical Assembly held in Sibiu, Romania, from 5 to 9 September 2007. He commented on the proceedings for UCU’s Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU) website. Read more...
UCU Co-organizes Jewish-Christian Seminar 09.06.2007, [15:31] Univ, Lviv Region – Almost 30 Ukrainian, Polish, and Jewish students from numerous cities of Ukraine and Poland met at the Univ Holy Dormition Lavra of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) from 30 August to 5 September 2007 to learn about their mutual past and explore paths to understanding. The Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) in Lviv co-organized the event. Read more...
First UCU Information Technologies Summer School Finishes 09.05.2007, [15:35] From 13 to 22 August 2007 an Information Technologies Summer School took place at the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) in Lviv, Ukraine. The basis of the school, held for the first time, was the instructional materials of the European method Teach-IT.net, the goal of which is to teach teachers in general education schools how to use information technologies in the instructional process and in their own education. Read more...
Education Minister Visits UCU 06.11.2007, [12:40] Lviv — Stanislav Nikolaienko, Ukraine’s minister of education, visited the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) in western Ukrainian Lviv on 5 June 2007. It was because of Nikolaienko’s constructive positive that the university was able in 2006 to receive state accreditation and licensing to prepare bachelor’s, specialists, and master’s students in theology, after many years of efforts to legalize the status of theology among other disciplines in higher education. Read more...
Church Should Set Role in Politics, Says UCU Rector 05.29.2007, [12:11] Lviv – During a press conference at zaxid.net on 23 May 2007, Fr. Borys Gudziak, Ph.D., rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University in western Ukrainian Lviv, expressed his ideas about issues like the church and politics and the role of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) in the creation of a single national Ukrainian church. Read more...
Pope Gives 100,000 Euros for UCU “Student Town” 05.24.2007, [11:40] Lviv—The blessing of the cross on the site of the new “student town” of the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) in western Ukrainian Lviv on 22 May 2007 was accompanied with very good news for the building project. Pope Benedict XVI donated 100,000 euros (US $ 130,000) for the project from money he received on the occasion of his recent 80th birthday. Read more...
