WASHINGTON – “As the newly elected archbishop-metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the U.S., what do you want to do?” This was the question posed to the newly appointed Archbishop-Metropolitan Borys Gudziak as he met with the Synod of Bishops in 2019. The group of 52 anxiously waited as the archbishop pondered this question; after a brief period of silence, he answered: “I want to listen.”

In September of this year, the Synod of Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Bishops will convene to discuss the future of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church (UGCC). During this gathering, they will delineate a 10-year pastoral plan on how to address the current needs of the Church, and how to resolve the issues the Church faces in the 21st century.