The Head of the UGCC: "UCU – the grandiose plan of Metropolitan Andrey"

 With the assistance of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC and the Catholic University leadership we have to pay special attention to establishing long-term systematic cooperation between the University and the larger community of the Church and its institutions.

It is written in a Pastoral letter about the identity and mission of the Ukrainian Catholic University on the occasion of the Year of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytskyi by the Head of the UGCC and the Grand Chancellor of UCU His Beatitude Sviatoslav.

Archbishop of the Church is convinced that these principles will help UCU to better and more effectively fulfil set by the founders task - "to be a living testimony of Christian faith in today's world." As for the idea of ​​creating UCU, the Primate of the Church notes that Metropolitan Andrey wanted it to become the focus of preservation and development of Ukrainian Christian civilization. "The grandiosity of this plan - which was later fervently embodied into the life by confessor of faith Patriarch Josyph Slipyi - you can fully appreciate it only when we take into account the threat of physical destruction and calls of different godless ideologies that rolled by waves in the last century onto committed to Metropolitan Andrey intellectual and educational Environment of the Church"- He explains further.

Considering the complex challenges of the present time the community UCU, according to His Beatitude Sviatoslav, should rethink its identity and mission, to work productively in scientific, educational and social areas and "not to stray from the way of righteousness, illuminated by the Divine Revelation."

The author of the Message emphasizes that UCU in recent years is rapidly developing the large-scale construction of new facilities, application of new programs and specialties, creating a dynamic environment of the meeting and dialogue of people from different areas: the Church, science, business, media, politics and public administration. "This successful development opens great prospects, but requires constant vigil and reflection on the core of Christian identity, vocation and mission of the institution, encourages us to become more clearly identify the basis, on which, according to the teaching of the Church, has been built Catholic University"- asserts His Beatitude Sviatoslav.

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