Lviv's Ukrainian Catholic University to be inaugurated in June (05/05/02)

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Lviv's Ukrainian Catholic University to be inaugurated in June

by Jeffrey Wills

LVIV - After almost a century, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky's dream will come true this summer when the Ukrainian Catholic University is officially inaugurated in Lviv.

A week of festivities will begin on the evening of Tuesday, June 25, with the opening of ceremonies by the university's grand chancellor, Cardinal Lubomyr Husar.

On Wednesday morning, Father Borys Gudziak Ph.D., rector of the new university - and of the Lviv Theological Academy on which it is based - will present the goals of the new institution. Three days of lectures, seminars and roundtables on the topics of the humanities, theology, and the role of a Catholic university in Ukraine will follow, with dozens of invited speakers and panelists.

The morning of Saturday, June 29, is devoted to speakers on the history and tradition of the UCU in Rome and the diaspora. On Saturday afternoon will be the blessing of the new foundations of the Seminary of the Holy Spirit and UCU Theological Faculty will be blessed that afternoon, and an evening concert will cap the day's events.

The climax of the celebration will occur on Sunday, June 30, with the morning liturgy at St. George Cathedral to open the Patriarchal Sobor and the afternoon inauguration ceremonies, which will take place on the great plaza of the new building of the Ukrainian Catholic University near Stryiskyi Park.

All friends of Ukrainian education are invited to attend the various events.

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