During the consecration of the new bishop of UGCC, Borys Gudziak, the Head of the Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav highly appreciated the contribution of the Rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University in the successful development of this institution.
“UCU will always be associated with Your Person. Today, as we are letting You go to France, we know that You are going there but that You will not forsake us, will not forsake the Church in Ukraine and our Catholic University,” noted Patriarch Sviatoslav.
In response, Bishop Borys called his consecration a high ecclesial responsibility and called the experience of work in the academic community of Lviv a treasure.
“The experience of communication with the academic community of Lviv will remain a great treasure for me. There is a question: what will happen to UCU? I can assure you that it is a mature community," stressed the bishop.
The event will be followed by the consecration of a brainchild of the Rector of UCU, the Josyf Slipyj Student Collegium. It is symbolic as the project has been in a special care of Borys (Gudziak).
The Collegium is the first building of the university campus of UCU in Stryiska Street in Lviv. Soon, a multi-functional academic building, a university Church, library and information center will be built here.
“The collegium must become an environment for study, education, creative activity and spiritual life, a space of formation, communication, work and rest of its occupants. It is a unique architectural project on which world-renowned architects are working. Both the collegium and the whole complex of the university campus will soon become a pearl of the modern development in Lviv,” noted the Rector of UCU.