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RECTOR’S
REPORT
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Mission. The Ukrainian Catholic
M I S S I O N
University is an open academic
community living the Eastern Christian
tradition and forming leaders to
serve with professional excellence in
Ukraine and internationally –
for the glory of God, the common good,
and the dignity of the human person.
Glory to Jesus Christ!
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
This year brought many challenges to our
community. We lived under quarantine for
KATERYNA MOSKALYIK
the year which meant that we had a signifi-
cant decrease in human to human contact.
It was a year of hopes for a safe vaccine and
concerns for our neighbors’ health. It was
a year of fatigue from screens and virtual life.
But it was also a year of exchanging gifts and
a time of solidarity and mutual support. I am
glad that, despite the limitations of quaran-
tine, we managed to return to campus to con-
duct the process of education and formation.
Above all, I sincerely want to thank the whole
university community for its great sacrifi-
cial work. Our team is strong, level-headed,
creative, and focused. These qualities allowed
us to survive various challenges with the un-
derstanding that this difficult period was also
a time of great opportunities. The pandemic
also gave us a new stimulus for development.
It allowed us to find out how our community
should live; it showed the weaknesses that we
need to correct, and so we strove to do this.
In a few years we will see more clearly the
results of our steps and decisions to combat Rev. Bohdan Prach,
UCU Rector
this crisis, but for now we are working with a
view towards the long perspective.
In this difficult time, it is very important
to turn again to the legacy of our founder,
Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, and, once
again,, with new energy and strength, pres- Despite the pandemic and our brief shut-
ent and implement his teachings. The pow- down, we had opportunities to meet and
erful moral character of Metropolitan Andrey interact. This is extremely important for our
is a compass for us and the language by community, since our goal is to help stu-
which the UCU community strives to speak dents mature into their own beings. We are
of God, the human being, and the world. We proud of the successes of our students and
hope that each person in our community will professors. Let’s review their activities and
look on his or her work through the prism accomplishments.
of Metropolitan Andrey’s views and bring his
ideas into the world. All our work and activities would not have
been possible without the support of the
Yet another fascinating aspect of UCU’s work Senate, benefactors, and partners in Ukraine
in the past year was looking closely at our pro- and around the whole world. Without the
grams and revealing them anew to ourselves, countless circles of friends of UCU, who in
to our students, and to the university in gener- this difficult time support our university with
al. This is the reason why we have introduced understanding and pure hearts, this would
the service learning approach. The worldview not have been possible!
core integrated personal development, the
formational program – these are key aspects May God generously bless your work and
of our educational programs, and they are the sacrifice. Let us reach for the new heights of
result of the combined work of our entire team. our calling, and may the Lord help us!
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2160
U C U I N N U M B E R S
1430 STUDENTS IN BACHELOR’S
DEGREE PROGRAMS
THEOLOGY-PHILOSOPHY FACULTY
Theology 167
HUMANITIES FACULTY UNDERGRADUATE
777
History 82
Culture Studies 126
AND GRADUATE
Philology 115 STUDENTS
1383
HEALTH SCIENCES FACULTY / 36%
Psychology 115
Social Pedagogy 23
/ 64%
11
Social Work 80
APPLIED SCIENCES FACULTY
BACHELOR’S DEGREE PROGRAMS
18
Computer Sciences 184
Information Technologies and Business Analytics 135
MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMS
2
SOCIAL SCIENCES FACULTY
Ethics-Politics-Economics 184
PH.D. PROGRAMS
Law 96
Sociology 124
714
AVERAGE EXAM SCORES OF ENTRANTS*:
STUDENTS IN MASTER’S 2 0 2 1
189,8
DEGREE PROGRAMS 2 0 2 0
189,2
THEOLOGY-PHILOSOPHY FACULTY 2 0 1 9
187,9
186,98
Theology 64
Christian Pedagogy and Organization of Leisure 29 2 0 1 8
HUMANITIES FACULTY
History 15
APPLIED SCIENCES FACULTY
55,5% of UCU first-year students were
Data Sciences 57
SOCIAL SCIENCES FACULTY in the TOP 5% of their high school class.
Journalism 32
Media Communications 47 25,40% of entrants received UCU scholarships
Human Rights 49
Public Administration 56 * out of a maximum score of 200
Non-Profit Management 55
LVIV BUSINESS SCHOOL, LVBS
Business Administration 24
Innovations and Entrepreneurship 42 F I N A N C I A L D ATA
Marketing Management 46
Human Resources and Organizational Development
Technology Management
24
12
Donations and grants
from Europe 10% 14% Donations and
HEALTH SCIENCES FACULTY
Clinical Psychology Based
on Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy 68
Donations
and grants
from Canada
6% grants from
Ukraine
5%
29%
Psychological Consultation Based 61
on Psychodynamic Therapy
Physical and Occupational Therapy 25 INCOME Endowment
16
Donations
and grants
from the USA
STUDENTS
36% 36%
Educational
IN PH.D. PROGRAMS programs and
Educational services
THEOLOGY-PHILOSOPHY FACULTY / Theology 5
22%
programs
HUMANITIES FACULTY / History 11
40
Scholarly
institutes and
EXPENSES centers
STUDENTS IN PROGRAMS
RECOGNIZED BY THE CONGREGATION Academic development,
FOR CATHOLIC EDUCATION (Vatican accreditation) 10% Collegium, Library,
18%
and IT
LICENTIATE PROGRAM IN THEOLOGY (STL)
DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN THEOLOGY (STD)
23
17 Institutional
support
14% Maintenance costs
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GEOGRAPHY OF FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS
2
14 0
11
3
38
236 1 3 7
First-Year Students 30 12
from beyond Western Ukraine 4 0
41 5
29%
7 1 5
2021 / 4 3
2020 / 25%
3
5 2
2019 / 22%
0
2018 / 17% 0
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I N T E R N AT I O N A L PA R T N E R S H I P S 2 0 2 0 - 2 0 2 1
ERASMUS+ partners PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS
with active agreements
for the exchange of students, 3 continents
25 countries
teachers, and staff
75 institutions of higher education
3 active inter-university
projects КА2 ERASMUS
19 9
256
UCU STUDENTS
104
participated in a FOREIGN
virtual mobility STUDENTS studied
program for foreign students at UCU, 4 on
credit and did from 32 countries exchange (of which foreign students
distance studies took part in 1 student in the participated
through the the ONLINE virtual mobility in the ONLINE
Catholic University DATA SCIENCE format: UKRAINIAN-
of Manizales SUMMER USA, Great Britain, LANGUAGE
(Colombia). SCHOOL Poland, and others) SUMMER SCHOOL
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N E W A T U C U
A NEW SPACE FOR FORMATION AND SERVICE
Thanks to the generous support of our benefactors, we were able to build our new
Collegium in two years, despite the pandemic and a difficult financial situation.
Our new Collegium opened in June 2021. This “The Collegium’s formational program is our
large-scale formational space for students and great achievement because the students
curators (residential advisers) was designed not only live here but are formed here: they
to serve as a living learning community.
develop their own spirituality, personal
116 residential spaces are harmoniously joined Master of the Collegium qualities, and social skills by bringing
for the benefit of students. The Collegium in- Rev. Yuriy Kozlovskyi
together students, professors, priests,
cludes a unique modern student space and stu-
dent club, a mini movie theater, a fitness cen-
religious, and persons with special needs.
ter, bicycle parking, a green zone for recreation This distinguishes the UCU Collegium from
and leisure, UCU offices, and guest rooms. student residences in Ukraine and the world.”
“There is nothing in Ukraine
Tomáš Fiala,
similar to our Collegium. For
UCU benefactor, us, even more important than
Chief Executive Officer
of the investment modern living comforts is the
company Dragon Capital community. You won’t find
that anywhere else, so you
“I’m glad to support UCU. Seeing
always want to return to UCU.”
the Ukrainian Catholic University
Taras Kurylko,
today, we plan to double our history student
contribution to its development. I
thank you for the invitation.”
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THE POPE WHO BROUGHT
HOPE TO UKRAINE
UCU celebrated the 20th anniversary
of St. Pope John Paul II’s visit to Lviv.
Among the events:
A festive observance at the Lviv City Council with the
participation of clergy, scholars, civil authorities,
and those directly involved in organizing the pontiff’s
RECOGNITION
visit to Kyiv and Lviv.
Presentation of the film
“Rain Falls. The Children Grow.”:
Behind the scenes of Pope
John Paul II’s visit to Lviv
RATED TOP 10 IN FORBES
Prospect St. John Paul II is dedicated (formerly Forbes Magazine in April 2021 published a list
Khutorivka Street). This is the location of UCU’s of Ukraine’s 100 best faculties. Four faculties of
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy and the Holy Spirit UCU are among the top 100.
Seminary. The territory of the UCU campus near
Stryiskyi Park was also ceremoniously re-named Holy he Applied Sciences Faculty received the
T
Wisdom of God Plaza. highest rating among all Computer Science
and IT faculties in Ukraine – 22 points.
The leader in Humanities was the UCU
Humanities Faculty – 25 points.
he Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty
T
of Health Sciences in their respective areas
received the most points, rating the faculty by
students’ average score on standardized tests.
All four faculties have the highest average
score for entrants.
Onward – to new victories!
AMONG UKRAINE’S
TOP 30 PROJECTS
SINCE INDEPENDENCE
“May the Lord grant you peace, people of Ukraine. For,
The Ukrainian Catholic University is included
with persistence and determined self-sacrifice, you
in a list of the Top 30 most successful projects
have finally gained your freedom again and begun to started since Ukrainian Independence, which
find your true roots and made great efforts to walk are moving the country forward. LIGA.net
on the path of reforms and give all the opportunity presented the list. The list of projects was
to live and profess your own faith, your own culture, prepared by the PMI Ukraine Chapter team,
and your own convictions in freedom and justice.” the official representative of the international
Project Management Institute.
With these words, Pope John Paul II
blessed the Ukrainian people during his visit in 2001.
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P R O F E S S O R S
THE BEST PROFESSORS
FOR THE BEST STUDENTS
13 professors
received
stipends for their
achievements
in research and
education.
To see sto-
ries about
the best
professors,
scan the
“When we choose our teaching “Every person wants to see that his or her
QR-code
staff, we at UCU have high work was not in vain, but necessary and
requirements for the professional important. I received a stipend not only as a
and personal qualities of the ‘positive review,’ but as an encouragement to
educators who will teach and further work on myself for the good of UCU
form our students.” and our students.”
UCU Rector Oleksandr Kashchuk
Rev. Bohdan Prach Associate Professor of the Theology Department
AN EXPRESSION OF RESPECT AND TRUST
UCU HONORS “PROFESSORS OF THE YEAR” 2021
The “Professor of the Year” award, launched in 2020, is a wonderful THIS YEAR’S HONOREES:
opportunity to thank professors for their masterly, inspired, systematic,
Oleksandr Avramchuk,
and multifaceted work with students, both inside and outside the
Candidate’s Degree in Psychology,
classroom. Candidates for the award can be nominated by other
Associate Professor in the De-
professors, staff, students, and alumni. With this award, UCU’s academic
partment of Clinical Psychology,
community and student body underline the importance of an appropriate
UCU Faculty of Health Sciences
assessment of quality university teaching and the enhancement of
successful teaching practices. Inha Kozlova,
Associate Professor in the
Sociology Department, UCU
Faculty of Social Sciences, Can-
didate’s Degree in Sociology,
Head of Sociology Laboratory
Danylo Sudyn,
Associate Professor in the
Sociology Department, UCU
Faculty of Social Sciences,
Candidate’s Degree in Sociology
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SCHOLARLY ACHIEVEMENTS:
AWARD FROM
Metropolitan Borys Gudziak
received an honorary doctorate CABINET OF MINISTERS
from St. Charles Borromeo
Seminary. Khrystyna Kovtsun, lawyer,
human rights defender,
The first dissertation for a Doc- head of the UCU Law School
tor of Philosophy was defended Legal Clinic, received an
at UCU. A doctoral candidate award from the Cabinet of
in the Department of Church Ministers for her significant
History, Anatoliy Babynskyi, contribution to the
defended his dissertation for a development of Ukraine.
Ph.D. in Theology. Under Professor Kovtsun’s
direction in 2020, 22 stu-
Volodymyr Pylypovych received dents provided legal
the honorary title Doctor assistance free of charge
Honoris Causa. The award was to veterans of the Rus-
presented in Przemyśl, Poland. sian-Ukrainian war from the
Pylypovych has worked with the Lviv Region. Over the last
UCU Institute of Church Music three years, students helped
for 20 years, and he has also in more than 500 cases,
taken part in the realization of including providing repre-
a number of scholarly projects sentation in court.
of the university. Thanks to
Volodmyr Pylypovych’s close co-
operation with the UCU Press,
17 publications have come to
SCHOLARSHIP
fruition.
AND RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT
UCU graduate student Rev.
Andriy Sydorak defended his
candidate’s degree dissertation
in Theology.
The UCU Scholarly Fund and
UCU awarded an honorary doc- the scholarly program Believe
torate to Michael Yarymovych, in Yourself are important
a pioneer in the field of space instruments to develop
flight research in the USA. He is scholarship at the university.
These programs provide
Vice-President of International
grant support to professors-
Technology at Boeing where
researchers.
he led the development of the
Space Shuttle and GPS. Prior In the spring of 2021, financing
to retirement, Dr. Yarymovych from the University’s Research
served as Vice-President at Requests was provided for sixteen
Boeing and VP of Engineering scholarly projects, with a budget
for Aerospace Operations at of 2.5 million hryvnias. A large
NASA where he led the develop- part of this research (12 projects)
ment of the Space Shuttle, GPS, was connected to the theme of
and critical systems for the the integral development of the
human being.
Apollo lunar missions.
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S T U D E N T L I F E
UCU BACHELOR’S STUDENTS 2021
417 189,8/200 1 55,5%
UCU IS FIRST
in the rating among
all universities for
of FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS
NUMBER AVERAGE the average score on
were in the top 5% of high
OF BACHELOR’S STANDARDIZED entrance exams
school graduates according
DEGREE TEST SCORE
to three standardized
ENTRANTS
certificates
1 out of 4 entrants * received 258
95,8%
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR STUDIES / WOMEN
* A charitable fund has been created at UCU to provide student scholarships.
OF ENTRANTS, who applied
159
The fund will be supported by charitable donations from private donors in
Ukraine, Australia, Germany, and other countries, and also the Ukrainian Catholic for the formational program
University Foundation in the USA, the Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation in and residence in the Collegium
Canada and in Great Britain. Students have three types of aid: academic-social,
social, and scholarships from academic divisions. / MEN were ACCEPTED
THE UNIVERSITY THAT SERVES
UCU is the first university in Ukraine that is introducing
Service Learning on an institutional level.
Instruction, practical skills, and social benefit are the
three cornerstones of this educational approach. UCU is
introducing this method on the model of leading world
universities as part of its Strategy 2025, The University
That Serves. The Service Learning approach has now
been introduced into 12 courses of study.
First successes:
Students of the Social Work Program created a map
of 76 organizations which provide services to military “Pope Francis said that real education ‘is not
combatants and their families in the Lviv Region. This only filling heads with concepts but teaching
will help active and veteran military to find essential how to use three languages: of the head, heart,
information and receive professional help. and hands.’ Executing such an assignment
requires the courage to train and spiritually
The development of the educational course “Basic
Needs and Social Interaction” for UCU’s Worldview develop people who will know how to serve in
Core Program in partnership with Novyi Yarichev, a their communities. The model and pedagogy
geriatric institution in Lviv, and the social institution of service learning is one of the best ways
Vbrani (“Clothed”). to form an educational environment in which
the young person can become aware of not
Students of the UCU School of Public Management
only what to do in society and how to do it, but
developed proposals for the development strategy
of the Verkhovyna community. During professional to find an answer to the question “Why””
practicum, they determined the most important Taras Dobko,
problems and needs of local residents and helped UCU Senior Vice-Rector
form a development strategy.
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AWARD
AT MODEL UNITED NATIONS WHY DO FOREIGNERS
UCU students took part CHOOSE UCU?
in the Model United
Nations Conference for
As a child, Brian Stein attended Divine Liturgy at a
the first time and received
Ukrainian Greek-Catholic parish in America. When he
an award for their
grew up and learned that there was a Catholic university
achievements.
in Ukraine where one could acquire an education in
Theology, he was thrilled. “I enjoy the educational
A team of six students from
process at UCU! It’s not often that you have access to so
the UCU Ethics-Policy-Eco-
“The participation of our team many works of noted Byzantine theologians like you do
nomics Program (EPE)
here. My classes are very interesting, and I also hope to
and the National Univer- had a specific mission – to get continue to study Theology.” Brian Stein, UCU foreign
sity Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Ukrainian universities involved student graduate , teacher of English at the UCU Modern
represented Ukrainian uni- in NMUN, and also to let the Foreign Languages Center
versities for the first time at
the National Model United
world conference of NMUN Yelyzaveta Mashkanova, UCU theology student from
Nations (NMUN) in New know about Ukraine. Our Belarus. When Yelyzaveta began to think about college,
York (USA). The resolutions team was one of the best.” her godfather recommended she consider UCU. She liked
developed by the Ukrainian Halyna Protsyk, professor, the school and its location in Lviv. The spring UCU Open
Political Science Department, Head House helped her finalize her decision: “Studying at UCU, I
delegates were successful- of the Department of International
ly adopted and reviewed by Academic Relations was able to grow not only intellectually but spiritually.”
the UN committees. Colin Kubik, psychology student from the USA. Colin’s
family hails from Ukraine. Colin had the opportunity to
volunteer at UCU in 2012 and later became a student.
“It’s cool that UCU has small class sizes, so each student
WORKING AT GOOGLE receives a lot of attention and has a relationship with the
AT 20 YEARS OLD! teacher,” explains Kubik.
Rita Markes dos Santos, a student at the Applied
Sciences Faculty from Portugal. She came to Ukraine
“Studying at UCU was a with two bachelor’s degrees from the University of
Lisbon – International Relations and Architecture. “Since
stimulus for incredibly swift I studied architecture, I was interested in electives in
development. Every month, machine learning and artificial intelligence, to improve
guest lecturers came to us: the quality of our cities and buildings. I’m glad that I
from programmers and the chose study at the Ukrainian Catholic University for this.”
CEO of Lviv IT companies to the
At 16, Tetyana Batsenko founders of startups from Sili-
decided to move from
con Valley. This gave me an op-
Kyiv to Lviv to study at the
Applied Sciences Program portunity to see the industry’s
at Ukrainian Catholic headquarters. I am infinitely
University. After her first grateful to the founders and
year, she was chosen for an the whole team of the Applied
apprenticeship program, Sciences Faculty for the quality
Google Inside Look, and
of education and the opportuni-
was later invited to par-
ticipate in an internship. ties which helped me become a
Tatyana began to work at Software Engineer at Google.”
Google in London in the Tetyana Batsenko, UCU alumna
summer of 2020.
Student Rita Markes with friends from Ukraine
11“Going out into the world, the most import- ant thing that you bring with yourself from UCU, in addition to knowledge, is what this university is. You are young, cool, clever, wonderful. You are ready! Go! Be UCU in the world – ‘for the glory of God, the common good, and the dignity of the human person.” Larisa Galadza, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine, Commencement speaker at the 2021 UCU commencement ceremony
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PROFILE OF A GRADUATE –
A ROADMAP FOR NEW GENERATIONS
Volodymyr Khitsyak,
The Profile of an UCU Graduate is an important roadmap graduate of the UCU Faculty of Theology
and Philosophy, director of marketing
for forming new generations in which we can take pride. company Artelogic (IT), professor at LvBS
This is a summary of discussions from focus groups with UCU “The skills of a philosopher and theolo-
professors, students, heads of programs, and potential employers. gian are good ‘baggage’ with which you
It was approved by the UCU Rectorate and Senate. The profile can realize yourself in many areas.”
underlines the common desirable characteristics for all graduates of
the university, regardless of specialization.
GLOBAL INVOLVEMENT PROFESSIONALISM
AND ENTREPRENEURIAL
HUMANITY
THINKING
CIVIC ACTIVITY
VITALITY RESPONSIBILITY
AND ADAPTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
ABILITY TO MAKE
ETHICAL DECISIONS
Marta Didula,
graduate of the Social Work
Program, volunteer at Puntos
Corazón, an international religious
organization that helps the needy in UCU Senator Nataliya Popovych,
the poorest areas of the world founder of One Philosophy Group
“I became such good friends with the people “I am very impressed that, in creating the profile of
in Honduras that I didn’t see interaction with a graduate, the university uses that same strategic
them as volunteering but as an inseparable and farsighted approach which distinguishes it from
part of my life. They became family for all others. UCU asks: What do we want to achieve
me… I understood that I can do something in 10-20-30 years, and then plans its course to
useful, and this made me very happy.” this point with 5-7 annual strategies. This distin-
guishes UCU from many organizations, especially
institutions of higher education in Ukraine that ‘go
with the flow’ and don’t ask such questions.”
CHARACTER: EXPERIENCE: WORLDVIEW: SKILLS: KNOWLEDGE:
understanding volunteering, patriotism, active learning professional but
one’s calling, life in community, Christian values, throughout life, well-rounded
moral posture, international love of life and critical and visionary but
leadership as cooperation people creative thinking, rooted in the
service communication sources Christain
and team work tradition and
European culture
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HOW HAS COVID-19 AFFECTED
THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS?
UCU was one of the rare universities in Ukraine which managed to successfully Every year, staff help to
introduce a system of hybrid education from the beginning of the quarantine. service more than twenty
As a result, students can now acquire necessary knowledge and competencies individuals who are diabet-
not only in the classroom but also by studying online. ic or have cardiovascular
problems which can cause
The pandemic increased The Ukrainian Catholic difficulties in education or
international cooperation. University is the only school limit their mobility.
Professors from UCU and of higher education in Lviv
abroad began to work where, as of September Despite the pandemic,
together in order to make 2021, 80% of staff were vac- UCU students are de-
the educational process cinated, and the vaccination veloping not only intel-
more diverse. Students of students was being lectually but physically,
participated in joint promoted and facilitated at playing sports and visiting
international seminars a university-wide level. the modern gymnasium
“International classes together with peers from the uni- (fitness center) at the new
versities of Notre Dame, The university has had Collegium. Six sports sec-
are an opportunity to better Dubrovnik in Croatia, De a service to support tions are offered to those
understand how our peers Paul in Chicago, Bilgi students with special interested. Friends from
across the ocean think.” University in Istanbul, and educational needs for the Emmaus community
UCU student Sofiya Lyn others. the last four years. have a unique section.
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BEYOND CURZON RESEARCH CENTER
Sophia Opatska,
The work of the Ukrainian-Polish-Slovak Border Re-
NEW VICE-RECTORS
Vice-Rector for Strategic
search Center has been revived.Its task is to pursue Development,
Founding Dean and Head
historical research with Ukrainians of Zakerzonnia. of the Advisory Council
The results of this work will be available to the wider of the Lviv Business
School.
public to help promote understanding and reconcilia-
tion between the three ethnic communities that suf- “The UCU community has set
fered in this border region during World War II. ambitious goals for itself for
The theme of Lyask, Ivan Spryn, and map which will include 2025. They are already being
Zakerzonnia united three Yuriy Pukivskyi. They oral history accounts and implemented through a number
researchers: Vitaliy plan to create a digital visual sources. of strategic projects. We want
to keep moving forward as
WE ARE CREATING A CULTURE IN WHICH a university on a global level.
With high quality we need to
DIGNITY IS VALUED UNCONDITIONALLY use the new possibilities which
the pandemic revealed, in a
UCU has opened the Center for the Dignity of the Child, certain sense re-thinking the
the goal of which is to create a safe environment for role of various educational
children and to prevent sexual violence. instruments. Yet another of the
Khrystyna Shabat, The Center was created in focuses of our work is creating
Director of the response to a request of the an entrepreneurial university.”
UCU Center for the
Dignity of the Child Synod of Bishops and the
Head of the UGCC, UCU Grand
“Our global goal is to create an Chancellor His Beatitude Svia-
environment where children toslav Shevchuk. The Center’s
are safe , not only in a physical mission is to create a culture
sense but also emotionally.” in the Church and in society
where the dignity of the child Dmytro Sherengovsky,
Vice-Rector for
is valued unconditionally. Academic Affairs, Senior
Professor, Department
of Political Science.
WE’RE CONTINUING THE WORK
“The educational process
demands at the same time
OF A GREAT HISTORIAN responses to two questions:
What are we doing today for
The UCU Center of Religious Culture has been named scholarly seminars, inter-
today, and what are we doing
in honor of its founder Professor Ihor Skochylias disciplinary conferences,
and memorial lectures. today for tomorrow? So my
The Center of Religious priority is providing a quality
Culture is an interdisci- “Professor Skochylias educational process responding
plinary academic center was very persistent in his to today’s needs. We want to
based on the education- research. He traveled use various opportunities to be
al-research program extensively to uncover
even more flexible and offer our
Kyivan Christianity, whose new archival materials.
initiator and inspiration We deeply miss Ihor students ways to independently
was Ihor Skochylias. The Skochylias for his develop their own trajectories
Center’s programs include Professor Skochylias died on December 20, 2020 thoughts, propositions, of education according to the
due to complications from COVID-19. The news
interdisciplinary research was a great shock for our entire university and dynamism.” profile of an UCU graduate.”
projects, the publication community including colleagues and students. UCU Rector
UCU is making great efforts to continue the
of “Kyivan Christianity,” professor’s initiatives and projects. Rev. Bohdan Prach
15“The greatest danger of today’s world is not war or epidemic but the loss of faith, the loss of the desire to live. UCU’s role is to remain optimistic and believe in the growth of the human being, and then this will be projected to all Ukraine and, possibly, the whole world.” UCU Senator Emeritus Krzysztof Zanussi, Director of Films, Award-winning filmmaker hon- ored at the Cannes and Venice Film Festivals.
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STRONG DESPITE COVID-19
This year our global charitable banquets were held both
online and in person. Under the motto “UCU is strong,
despite COVID” benefactors from all over the world
united in support.
Donations for the development of UCU:
Fundraising banquets in America including the East Region,
Midwest Region and West Coast Region – $650,000 USD
Fundraising banquet in Canada – $45,000 CAD
Fundraising banquet in Kyiv – 9 873 800 hryvnias
Fundraising event in Vienna – 30 000 €
for the development of the UCU Kyiv Center.
FRIENDS
OF THE Former Ambassador
of the United
ARCHBISHOP
Kingdom to Ukraine
Robert Brinkley
“The Ukrainian Catholic University
The international confer-
ence “Modus Vivendi UCU”
is creating an ethos that forms
was held on the occasion of people, and they carry the values
Archbishop Borys Gudzi- with them wherever they go.”
ak’s 60th birthday.
Invited speakers reflected on
UCU’s sources of inspiration Adrian Slywotzky,
and how a university can UCU Donor and world
serve society and transform business leader
the world in today’s realities. “Everyone who looks at UCU
Friends of the Archbishop and wants to repeat its ‘secret
(“Vladyka”) donated approx- sauce’ must look deeper, at its
imately $200,000 USD to the foundation and principles. This is
PERELAZ FOLK CHARITY BALL Bohdan Solchanyk Schol-
arship Fund in honor of the
like comprehending the figure of
Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky:
HELD IN PENNSYLVANIA Archbishop’s birthday. Solch-
anyk was an UCU professor not understanding his high ef-
Donations: and a Hero of the Heavenly fectiveness without deep faith.”
The Perelaz Folk Ball has been gathering friends of the Hundred who was killed on
Ukrainian Catholic University for 14 years. This year some the Maidan during the Revo-
67 scholarships were donated for students, 3 stipends for lution of Dignity in 2014. This
VIDEO
professors, a total of $260,000. fund will support the work of MODUS VIVENDI
young historians-professors
In total, 67 student scholarships and 3 professor stipends for many years.
were created as a result of generous donations.
17S T R A T E G Y
BRINGING
The community of the Ukrainian Catholic University learns how to live and serve
according to the principles of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky. One of the strategic
goals of UCU-2025 is “Andrey Sheptytsky in the world’s consciousness.”
ANDREY SHEPTYTSKY INTO
THE WORLD’S CONSCIOUSNESS
Our goal is to “translate” the person and legacy of Metropolitan Andrey COOPERATION
Sheptytsky into the language of today. We plan to further develop and
introduce his approaches and popularize them both in Ukraine and Ukrainians did not have great capital
throughout the world. and enterprises in the early 20th
Century. Andrey Sheptytsky united
SERVICE it would be a love of one’s own which them in cooperatives, getting them
does not lead to hatred of the foreign. accustomed to the introduction of
Metropolitan Andrey was a person of business and management based
deep prayer, a mystic in the authentic on Christian morality. Before the
sense of the word. His home always DIGNITY First World War, almost 1,500
remained a monastic cell. He accept- cooperatives, involving more than
ed the proposition of an episcopal “ca- Metropolitan Sheptytsky returns to 700,000 members of the Ukrainian
reer” without enthusiasm. Neverthe- the daily use such ideas as suitable population operated on western
less, after he agreed to this ministry, (“srodna”) work and human dignity. Ukrainian lands.
he remained faithful to the principle of He was the first in Halychyna (West-
“contemplation in action.” And so all ern Ukraine) to guarantee a “social
his activities were rooted in constant package” for his workers. The goal GLOBAL ASPECT
prayer and coming to know God’s will. was to help the person be him or
His ministry grew with this formula. herself and to maintain dignity. He revealed the global aspect of the
He recognized society’s needs and he UGCC as part of the entire Catholic
sought solutions which would be in Church and the world. He hoped
accord with God’s commandments to ENTREPRENEURSHIP to overcome its provincialism and
help the integral development of each AND INNOVATION its focus on petty questions. To do
person and society in general. this, he sent students to study in
He was born a count, was very wealthy, leading educational centers across
but he became a monk. Thanks to his Europe. He carried out visitations
LEADERSHIP AND ETHICS longsighted vision and entrepreneurial to the Ukrainian diaspora in North
aptitude, Metropolitan Andrey invested America, carried out extensive
Instead of a “balance of power,” in hundreds of projects and people. correspondence, worked on
Sheptytsky offers us, people of today, He helped talented students with forming the structure of the UGCC
a “balance of interests.” There were scholarships, supported entrepreneurs in other countries, and brought it to
few things that caused Sheptytsky to at their start, and invested in already- a new level of development, with an
react more strongly than hatred. If one existing businesses, thus forming a awareness that this would influence
had to briefly formulate his teachings, strong Ukrainian middle class. the Universal Church.
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Andrey Sheptytsky
“Do not waste one minute. For only with
ceaseless effort, ceaseless sacrifices to the
point of blood and the death of many generations
does the nation move forward. And sometimes
it is easier to shed blood in one moment of
enthusiasm than to fulfill obligations for long
years with labor and to bear the heat of the day
and the sun and the anger of people and the
hatred of enemies and a lack of trust from your
own and inadequate help from neighbors, and,
with such work, all the way to the end to finish
your task, not waiting for laurels before victory
or awards before merit!”
(A word from Andrey Sheptytsky
to Ukrainian youth, 1932)
Новаківський Олекса. Портрет митрополита Андрея
Шептицького. 1931. Папір, перо, чорнило. Зі збірки НМЛ.
TRANSFORMATION their own lives to rescue more than AN ENTREPRENEURIAL UNIVERSITY
200 Jews.. This help for the Jewish
He did not avoid or fear dialogue community in the most difficult hour One of the goals of UCU 2025 is to form
with the culture of his day. Instead, of its history was a very important a modern management system and
thanks to his philanthropy, many manifestation of this merciful love, an entrepreneurial university. UCU is
artistic projects were founded. without boundaries and limitations. introducing an approach of co-financ-
He acquired a building for the Recognizing Metropolitan Sheptytsky ing and co-responsibility. “All our staff
establishment of the Ukrainian as “Righteous among the Nations” is a understand the business model for
National Museum and donated his question of historical justice. the university’s activities. We are also
private collection to the museum. explaining it to students and parents.
Our task is to balance various areas of
A UNIVERSITY THAT SERVES activity. For example, to create social
AHEAD OF HIS TIME enterprises, like the UCU Business
“We incarnate Metropolitan Andrey’s School, which financially support other,
The Metropolitan thought not in years principles in our daily work at the uni- less business-oriented areas.” Sophia
but decades. He understood the versity and in strategic planning,” The Opatska, Vice-Rector for Strategic
challenges which his church faced Ukrainian Catholic University is a space Development.
before they became evident to others. free from corruption, from disdain for
During the terrible war years, when human dignity and violence against the
the very idea of a Ukrainian state person, in particular against vulner- INTEGRAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
was fata morgana, he wrote his letter able persons.” Natalia Klymovska,
“The Ideal of our National Life,” in UCU Vice-Rector for Communication Integral human development is an-
which he reflects on the future of and Development UCU. is creating a other of UCU’s strategic projects. The
Ukrainian statehood. values-based university education in university offers a generous proposi-
Ukraine and introducing service learn- tion of personal development for the
ing. “Our goal is to build this approach community and outside. “The more
RIGHTEOUS AMONG THE NATIONS into the DNA of our educational pro- we stay together, the stronger we
grams and instructional courses. This will be in every matter,” Metropolitan
Perhaps the most important aspect will encourage professors and students Andrey encouraged. “As a university,
of Metropolitan Sheptytsky’s spiritual to become creators of social change, to we stayed together during the Maidan.
legacy is the love of one’s neighbor think in categories of their contribution Every day we create our community
and his all-encompassing mercy. In to civic life and their work’s influence in the name of the glory of God, the
the years of the German occupation, on the common good.” UCU Senior common good, and human dignity.”
he and his brother Klymentiy risked Vice-Rector Taras Dobko. Vice-Rector Myroslav Marynovych.
19INFLUENCING SOCIETY
RECOGNITION
“THE UNIVERSE BEHIND
BARBED WIRE” YURIY PIDLISNYI HEADS THE UGCC COMMISSION
ON THE FAMILY AND THE LAITY
By decree of the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic
Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Yuriy Pidlisnyi, Director of UCU’s
Ethics-Policy-Economics bachelor’s program, has become head of
the newly-created Commission on the Family and the Laity.
LEADERSHIP AND SACRIFICE IN ACTION
The university has for the first time awarded a prize for “Leadership
and Sacrifice.” The award was given to 33 staff of the university who
played a leading role in ensuring the viability of the whole community
during the pandemic, showing an example of Christian love and ser-
vice. UCU senators created the prize fund with personal donations.
SEVERAL PHYSICIANS AND A STUDENTS RECEIVE
THE LIGHT OF JUSTICE AWARD FOR MORAL, SPIRITUAL,
AND ETHICAL LEADERSHIP
The laureates include Olha Martynenko, Head of the Infectious
Diseases Department of the Central City Hospital in the city of
Rubizhne and Ivan Venzhynovych, Family Doctor-Therapist from
Pochaiv. The award was posthumously awarded to Dr. Venzhynovych,
who died of COVID-19 in September 2020. Yuliya Bondar, a UCU
School of Journalism and Communication student, also received
the award.The Light of Justice Award was established by Anastasia
An English translation of Myroslav Marynovych’s book Shkilnyk, a Canadian of Ukrainian descent, and Archbishop Borys
was published about his ten years living in a Soviet Gudziak, in honor of Ms. Shkilnyk’s father, Dr. Mykhailo Shilnyk, a
concentration camp and in exile in Kazakhstan. lawyer and civil and political activist who was active during the times
of the liberation movement in Ukraine from 1917 to 1920.
The Universe behind Barbed Wire. Memoirs of a
Ukrainian Soviet Dissident is the English-language
title of the book by UCU’s vice-rector, a human rights
defender and dissident. Noted historian Timothy
Snyder is the author of the foreword to this book.
In his foreword, Timothy Snyder writes: “…Myroslav
Marynovych was arrested in 1977 for telling the
truth about his country. The crime for which he was
sentenced was the distribution of bulletins about
human rights abuses in Soviet Ukraine. When he was
arrested at twenty-eight, he was an agnostic. When he
was released a decade later, he was a Christian ethicist
and political thinker. This memoir is a humble, and a
humbling, account of a man maturing in hell.” UCU SENATOR EMERITUS
RECEIVES ORDER OF
METROPOLITAN SHEPTYTSKY
UCU Senator Emeritus and benefactor Mykola Kmit
This is my obligation before those brothers
has received the highest honor of the Ukrainian Greek-
of mine who perished in the camps or Catholic Church, presented by His Beatitude Sviatoslav
who have already gone to the other Shevchuk during the national pilgrimage to Zarvanytsya.
world. They can no longer themselves
witness, so I hope to be their voice.” In His Beatitude Sviatoslav’s words, this award is received by
Myroslav Marynovych those who continue the work of Metropolitan Andrey, look on the
world with his eyes, and strive to reach the heights of his thought.
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75TH ANNIVERSARY OF LVIV PSEUDO-SYNOD
International conference “The ‘Lviv Synod’ of 1946:
Historical Circumstances and Modern Assessments” held in Kyiv
UCU’s Institute of Church Histo-
ry and UCU’s Kyiv Center spon-
sored an historic conference
dedicated to the 75th anniver-
sary of the Lviv Pseudo-Synod.
The conference featured leading “We were able to find new sources. We
experts from Ukraine, Poland, also have new opportunities to study
Romania, Slovakia, and the USA history. Thanks to the work of our
along with representatives of scholars, the truth has become clear,
government power structures as contained in the sources. This is the
and ecclesiastical structures. truth that liberates. I want to thank all
At four plenary sessions, schol- those who, with scholarly methodology,
ars discussed the forms and study the archives and reveal the truth.”
methods of the repressive policy His Beatitude Sviatoslav,
of the Soviet authorities and Father and Head of the UGCC, Grand Chancellor of UCU
security services, dedicated to
the liquidation of the Ukrainian
Greek Catholic Church.
INTEGRAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IN THE DIGITAL AGE
The UCU Applied Sciences Faculty conducted its third
annual international conference “Integral Human
Development in the Digital Age: Poverties, Migrations,
Pandemics, and the Idea of a New Social Ethics.”
Ukrainian Catholic University, Georgetown University, the
University of Notre Dame, and the Pontifical University of
St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome co-organized this confer-
ence for the first time.
“Many of today’s “When we speak of solidarity, it is worth-
problems should while understanding it in the light of the
be solved not on teaching of St. Pope John Paul II, not one
the technological against the other, but together. Such
level but on the solidarity overcomes the abyss and allows
spiritual level.” us to bear one another’s burdens.”
Clemens Sedmak, Sister Helen Alford,
professor at the University of Notre Dame Vice-Rector of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
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EASTER TOGETHER
STUDENT CHARITY CENTER: IN KHERSON
ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO DO THE EXTRAORDINARY For the 9th year in a row, UCU’s
olunteerU platform which coordi-
V Student Association organized
nates volunteer programs in Lviv the project Easter Together.
Three sites for volunteering – This event was held in Kherson,
the Children’s Building Blessing, where youth from eastern and
the Family Home Protection of western Ukraine gathered to
the Mother of God, and the Social work on joint social projects,
Center of the Sisters of St. Joseph; volunteer initiatives, and
the celebration of Christ’s
Students cooperate with the Resurrection.
The Ukrainian Catholic University’s volunteer organizations San
Egidio Community and Youth for “The great value of this project is
oldest student volunteer organization, the opportunity to observe Easter
the Student Charity Center, celebrated Peace and distribute lunches to
homeless individuals and families. while serving others. We wanted to
the 21st anniversary of its founding. create the warm atmosphere of a
Students volunteer at the Ukrainian family Feast Day for those who have
Students not only continue to support Society for the Blind to prepare no other opportunity like this.”
the University’s founding traditions but audio-recordings of books for Tetyana Yezerska,
also initiate new projects, including: people with limited vision. Student of the UCU Applied
Sciences Faculty
CHRISTMAS EVE CHRISTMAS IN THE EAST
FOR THE HOMELESS The UCU student organization
AND LONELY United Ukraine has traveled east
with a Christmas pageant
On Christmas Eve, staff and
for the last ten years.
students of UCU, following a
long tradition of many years, This year students caroled on the
organize the charitable event front lines of the combat zone from
Hospitality in Bethlehem for Stanytsia Luhanska to Mariupol.
homeless, needy, and lonely
“You can send material help to the
people.
east by post, but this won’t bring
This year over 70 people the atmosphere of Christmas and
individuals participated around gratitude,” says Yuriy Muryn,
the festive holiday table. Head of United Ukraine.
SKOVORODA TRAVELS THROUGHOUT UKRAINE
The UCU theater presented a places associated with the
traveling version of Hryhoriy philosopher Hryhoriy Skovoroda.
Skovoroda’s Poor Lark throughout The actors presented the play and
Ukraine. conducted master classes. UCU’s
theater program, On Simon’s
Actors from throughout Ukraine Pillars and Pava organized the
traveled from west to east to traveling theater workshop.
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UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP
GRAND CHANCELLOR OF UCU PRESIDENT
His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) His Excellency Borys (Gudziak)
Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych Head of the Senate, Metropolitan Archbishop
and Father and Head of the UGCC of the UGCC Philadelphia Archeparchy, USA
RECTOR Lidiya Bilas
Co-founder
Rev. Bohdan Prach, PhD
and managing
partner of Creative
International School
VICE-RECTORS for Children
Dr. Taras Dobko Lyubomyr Tarnovskyy “For me it’s a
Senior Vice-Rector Vice-Rector for Administrative great honor to be
and Financial Affairs a senator of UCU.
Natalia Klymovska
Vice-Rector for Communication Dr. Oleh Turiy I feel trust and a
and Development Vice-Rector for External Affairs challenge at the
same time, because
Myroslav Marynovych Oleh Yaskiv it’s not easy to be in
Vice-Rector for University Mission Vice-Rector for Research the middle of such a
Dr. Sophia Opatska Dmytro Sherengovsky strong community. I
Vice-Rector for Strategic Development Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs want to become an
active part of this
team.”
SENATE (BOARD OF TRUSTEES)
His Excellency Borys (Gudziak) Volodymyr Lavrenchuk
President of UCU Head of the Board, Raiffeisen Bank Aval (2005-2019)
Yaroslav Prytula Taras Szmagala, Jr.
Dean of the UCU Applied Sciences Faculty Chairman of the Board, Ukrainian Catholic
University Foundation (USA), Senior Vice
His Excellency Bohdan (Dziurakh) President, Public and Community Affairs and
Secretary of the UGCC Synod of Bishops, UGCC Corporate Communications at Eaton Industries
Curial Bishop
Andriy Kostiuk
Michael (Mykhailo) Salo Managing Partner, KPLT, attorney
Partner of the company Romexsoft,
UCU Graduate Andy Hunder Kateryna Zagoriy
President, American Chamber Co-founder of the
His Excellency Volodymyr (Hrutsa) of Commerce in Ukraine Zagoriy Foundation
Auxiliary Bishop of the Lviv UGCC Archeparchy
Eugene Roman “I am glad to join in
Rev. Bohdan Prach, PhD Chairman of the Board, Ukrainian Catholic helping in the area
Rector of UCU Education Foundation (Canada) of fundraising,
and I believe that
Olena Vovk Jan Tombiński we will exceed the
Head of the Supervisory Council Ambassador of the European Union to Ukraine new financial goal
of Enzym Company (2012-2016), Ambassador of the European Union set for 2025. In this
to the Holy See (2016-2020) way we’ll help UCU
Iryna Ivanchyk become larger and
Co-founder of the charitable foundation Kateryna Zagoriy stronger among
Believe in Yourself Co-founder of the Zagoriy Foundation other universities.”
23Ukrainian Catholic University Development Department, Vul. Stryiska, 29a Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Center, Room 525 Lviv, 79011 tel.: +38(032) 240-99-40 e-mail: development@ucu.edu.ua USA Ukrainian Catholic University Foundation 2247 W. Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60622 Phone: 773-235-8462 Fax: 773-235-8464 e-mail: hello@ucufoundation.org www.ucufoundation.org Canada Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation Suite B-02, 770 Brown’s Line, Toronto, ON M8W 3W2 Phone: 416-239-2495 Toll free (in Canada): 866-871-8007 Fax: 416-239-2496 E-mail: ucef@ucef.ca www.ucef.ca UCF Great Britain Ukrainian Catholic Foundation The Ukrainian Catholic Foundation London E-mail: ucf.london.ucu@gmail.com website: https://www.justgiving.com/ ukrainiancatholicfoundation
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