November 1, 2024 will mark the 80th anniversary of the death of Archbishop Andrey Sheptytsky (1865-1944). The famed Eastern Catholic churchman, who served as ethnarch of his people in present-day Western Ukraine for 44 years, survived three-years of Tsarist imprisonment as well as occupation under six different governments. The Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies at St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto is organizing an international conference to analyze Sheptytsky’s legacy. October 31 and November 1 are the dates of the academic gathering taking place in Muzzo Family Alumni Hall. The building is located at 121 St. Joseph Street, Toronto.
Sheptytsky’s leadership in various fields has been lauded for decades. In 2015, Pope Francis declared him “venerable,” a step towards canonization. Two years ago, Russia’s war against Ukraine inspired the hierarchs of the Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church to issue a Pastoral Letter calling on the faithful to develop a special devotion to Sheptytsky.
The number of scholarly publications either devoted exclusively to his work, or which refer to his exemplary leadership, has multiplied significantly. Timothy Snyder, the renowned historian at Yale University, has written admiringly of Sheptytsky, and will speak at the Conference dinner. Snyder’s address is entitled “Exemplary Behavior during War.”
More than 30 other scholars will appear at the Conference. They hale from universities such as Notre Dame and Georgetown. Especially noteworthy will be the presence of specialists from Ukraine. The opening of archives in Ukraine and other parts of the former USSR and East bloc, not to mention the Vatican, has enabled scholars to nuance, deepen and challenge previous thought on Sheptytsky.
The conference proceedings will be published and become a “companion volume” to Paul R. Magocsi’s seminal Morality and Reality: The Life and Times of Andrei Sheptyts’kyi, publicized on Amazon as an “acclaimed classic reference work.”
Admission to the academic portion of the Conference is free, but registration is required.
To register, e-mail quinton.peraltagreenough@mail.utoronto.ca
For more information contact the Chair of the Organizing Committee: peter.galadza@utoronto.ca
Thursday October 31 and Friday November 1, 2024
University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto
Location: Muzzo Family Alumni Hall, 121 St. Joseph Street, Toronto
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE MARKING THE 80TH
ANNIVERSARY OF ANDREY SHEPTYTSKY’S (1865-1944) DEATH
Organized by the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies
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Sheptytsky and Politics – 1898 to 1939
9:00-10:45am
Moderator: Piotr Wrobel, University of Toronto
Lecture: Liliana Hentosh, Ivan Franko Lviv National University,
“Sheptytsky and the Ukrainian National Movement before 1939”
Discussants:
Magdalena Nowak, University of Gdansk
Oleh Turiy, Ukrainian Catholic University
Andriy Zayarnyuk, University of Winnipeg
Sheptytsky During World War II
Session I
11:00am -12:45pm
Moderator: TBD
Lecture: Andriy Mykhaleiko, Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt,
“Sheptytsky and the Third Reich in the Context of Two Soviet Occupations”
Discussants:
Myroslav Shkandrij, University of Manitoba
Lubomyr Luciuk, Royal Military College of Canada
José Casanova, Georgetown University
Session II
2:30-3:45pm
Moderator: Myroslava M. Mudrak, Ohio State University
Lecture: John-Paul Himka, University of Alberta,
“Sheptytsky and the Jewish Community”
Discussants:
Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, Northwestern University
Henry Abramson, Lander College of Arts and Sciences, New York
Igor Schupak, “TKUMA” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies
Between Politics and Religion
4:00-5:15pm
Moderator: Heather Coleman, University of Alberta
Lecture: Andrii Krawchuk, University of Sudbury
“The Religious Ethics of Co-operation with the Governments of the Habsburg and Tsarist Empires, Ukrainian Sovereigntist Governments, the Second Polish Republic, the USSR and the Third Reich”
Discussants:
David Novak, University of Toronto
John R.T. Berkman, Regis College, Toronto
William A. Barbieri, Catholic University of America
Sheptytsky and Religion More Specifically
9:00-10:45 am
Moderator: Mark Morozowich, Catholic University of America
Lecture: Yuriy Avvakumov, University of Notre Dame,
“Sheptytsky’s Theological Thought”
Discussants:
Anastacia Wooden, Catholic University of America
Myroslaw Tataryn, St. Jerome’s University
Brian Butcher, Brian Butcher, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations CCCB, and McGill University
Sheptytsky and Eastern-Rite Catholics Abroad
11:00am-12:45pm
Moderator: TBD
Lecture: Athanasius McVay, University of Toronto, Chair of Ukrainian Studies Research Fellow,
“Sheptytsky and Eastern-Catholics in North and South America, Western Europe and the Russian Empire”
Discussants:
Iryna Hnidyk, Lviv Polytechnic National University
Anatolii Babynskyi, Ukrainian Catholic University
Andrew Summerson, Sheptytsky Institute, University of St. Michael’s College
Sheptytsky and Society
2:30-3:45pm
Moderator: Natalia Zajac, Niagara University
Lecture, “Sheptytsky and the Arts” Vita Susak, Formerly of the Department of European Art of the 19th and 20th Centuries at the B. H. Voznytsky Lviv National Art Gallery
Discussants:
Marko Stech, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta
Khrystyna Berehovska, Lviv Polytechnic National University
Myroslav Shkandrij, University of Manitoba
Editorial Note:
“Sheptytsky and Humanitarian and Educational Philanthropy”
N.B. This paper will have to await the end of the war in Ukraine. It will then be included in the publication.
Sheptytsky Studies, and Conclusion
4:00-5:15pm
Moderator: Marta Dyczok, University of Western Ontario
Concluding Summative Speaker: Frank Sysyn, CIUS, University of Alberta
“Concluding Comments Regarding What Remains to be Researched and Analyzed”
Discussants: Paul Robert Magocsi and all lecturers and discussants
7:00 pm, Ecumenical Prayer Service in Thanksgiving for the Witness of Archbishop Sheptytsky on the Exact 80th Anniversary of His Passing into Eternal Life:
Location: St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, 4 Bellwoods St. (at Queen Street W), Toronto
Presider: Bishop Bryan Bayda, CSsR, Bishop of the Eparchy of Toronto
Guest Homilist: Dr. Andrew Stirling, Retired Senior Pastor, Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, Toronto
Choir Conductor: Zhanna Zinchenko
Concluding Reflection: Fr. Andriy Chirovsky, Founder and First Director, Sheptytsky Institute
Free admission but attendees should register by e-mailing quinton.peraltagreenough@mail.utoronto.ca
Those desiring to order a sandwich lunch in advance (by October 20) for one or both of the days of the Conference should write in the body of the e-mail:
- “Please reserve a sandwich lunch for me on Thursday, October 31 (for which I will pay $10 at the door)”; OR
- “Please reserve a sandwich lunch for me on Friday, November 1 (for which I will pay $10 at the door)”; OR
- “Please reserve sandwich lunches for me on BOTH DAYS of the Conference” (for which I will pay $10 for each lunch).
For more information, e-mail the Chair of the Organizing Committee: peter.galadza@utoronto.ca
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