Ukrainian Catholic University Presents Abortion Address for President 01.25.2006, [17:41] Lviv – Summing up the results of a conference on abortion held in Kyiv in December, representatives of the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) on 17 January 2006 presented the address which the conference participants prepared for the president of Ukraine. Read more...
“An unforgettable Christmas” 01.13.2006, [15:45] As part of the Christmas Together event for January 2006, Lviv hosted approximately 7000 guests from eastern and southern Ukraine. Of these, 560 high school and college students came to the city through the mediation of the organizing committee of the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU). The young guests came from Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Kramators’k (Donetsk region), Odesa, Poltava region, Simferopol and Kharkiv. Read more...
UCU Invites South and Center to Celebrate Christmas Together 12.23.2005, [20:15] Lviv – The Christmas Together project will again take place in western Ukrainian Lviv from 6 to 9 January 2006. Last year more than 2000 young people from eastern and central Ukraine came to Lviv to celebrate Christmas. The initiators of the action are Ivan Franko Lviv National University (IFLNU) and the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU). Also, 18 other higher educational establishments in Lviv helped organize it last year. Read more...
UCU Rector Edits Ukrainian Version of John Paul II’s Final Book 12.16.2005, [17:34] The Ukrainian version of the last book of Pope John Paul II was presented at the Apostolic Nunciature in Kyiv on 13 December 2005. Among those present were Prof. Antoine Arjakovsky, director of the Institute of Ecumenical Studies of the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) in Lviv, and Patriarch Lubomyr (Husar), head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), who wrote the introduction to the Ukrainian version. The book, “Memory and Identity: Conversations at the Dawn of a Millennium,” was edited by Fr. Borys Gudziak, rector of UCU. Read more...
UCU Institute Co-organizes Pro-Life Conference in Kyiv 12.16.2005, [16:44] Kyiv—UCU’s Institute of Marriage and Family Life co-organized the all-Ukrainian conference “Abortion: Denying the right to life,” which was held at the Ukrainian House in Kyiv on 3 December 2005. Read more...
UCU Represented at University Autonomy Meeting in Kharkiv 12.15.2005, [16:42] The sociological group of the project “University autonomy: A component of civil society,” implemented by eight universities of Ukraine, including the Ukrainian Catholic University, held its first meeting on 22-23 November 2005 in eastern Ukrainian Kharkiv. The project is aimed at creating a new model for the more independent activity of universities in Ukraine. Read more...
Ecumenical Institute Director Meets with Constantinople Patriarch 11.15.2005, [19:14] Antoine Arjakovsky, director of UCU’s Institute of Ecumenical Studies, at the invitation of Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople participated in a Conference on Peace and Tolerance in Southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia, held in Istanbul, 7-9 November 2005. During the course of the trip, Arjakovsky was also able to meet personally with the patriarch. Read more...
Quality Formation of Priests Priority for New Archbishop 11.11.2005, [21:17] Archbishop Ihor Vozniak was enthroned as head of the Lviv archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church on 10 November 2005 in St. George’s Cathedral in western Ukrainian Lviv. Among the top priorities for the new archbishop is the quality formation of priests. There is already an agreement between the Ukrainian Catholic University and Holy Spirit Seminary, which have developed a special program. Read more...
Joint Prayers Held at Lviv Ukrainian-Polish Cemetery 11.08.2005, [11:35] Lviv – For the fourth year, joint public prayer took place at Lviv’s Lychakivskyi Cemetery, where Ukrainian and Polish soldiers who died during the Ukrainian-Polish War of 1918-1920 are buried. On 1 November 2005, Patriarch Lubomyr (Husar), head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), and Cardinal Marian Jaworski, primate of the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) in Ukraine, together with the faithful came to honor the memory of the dead. Orthodox priests also joined in the prayer. This tradition was launched by “YI,” the independent culturological journal, and the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) in order to reconcile the two nations. Read more...
Institute on Non-profit management holds Community Philanthropy Conference 11.07.2005, [11:19] Lviv, Ukraine. The Institute of Non-Profit Management at Ukrainian Catholic University, in association with the U.S. Peace Corps, organized and conducted a one day conference on Community Philanthropy. The conference was held on Monday, October 24, 2005 in Lviv. Read more...
Ukrainian Catholic University Presents Abortion Address for President
