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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, БЕРЕЗЕНЬ 2011 11 munity beyond the convent walls. St. Basil Academy, a convent boarding school for girls of Ukrainian ancestry, opened its doors in 1931. The A cademy is now a college preparatory school which provides an excellent learning environment and diversified curriculum for more than 380 students and is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Many Academy graduates attend prestigious colleges and universities, often earning post - baccalaureate degrees. Manor College was founded in 1947, with the first classes held in the old farm house on the Fox Chase property. The college, which op ened with a student body of eleven young women, was chartered and incorporated into the higher education system of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1959. In time, Manor expanded its facilities to include dormitories and a library. In 1977, an on - campus Ukrainian Heritage Studies Center with the goal of fostering an awareness of Ukrainian heritage and culture was established. Today, Manor has an enrollment of 800 students with access to an extensive and varied curriculum. Community life in the Province, so tenuous at the turn of the previous century, has also matured and flourished. The S isters continue to teach and have espoused other ministries, other missions, and other goals. The S isters are active members of an international community of Basilian nun s and maintain strong ties with the Basilian Generalate in Rome and with Basilian S isters in Eastern Europe, in countries where religion and religious communities have experienced a strong spiritual rebirth since the fall of communism. In 1991, Ukraine be came an independent nation. After decades of active repression, personal and institutional spirituality began to experience a renaissance. The revitalization of religious practice and religious instruction was hampered by the scarcity of trained and qualif ied priests and nuns, by poverty, and by isolation from the global religious community. In 1994, the Provincial administration initiated a Ukraine Outreach Program that would reconnect the S isters of the P rovince with their ancestral homeland and would ass ist the S isters of the homeland to fulfill their mission in God’s service. In March 2000, another longstanding dream was fulfilled with the consecration of the Holy Trinity Chapel and Basilian Spirituality Center. The Sisters sponsor and host many program s and special events at the Spirituality Center — all of which are designed to provide intellectual, psychological and spiritual enrichment. Today, the Basilian Sisters are a testament to the human spirit and the embodiment of Eastern Christian Spirituality . Carrying on and building upon the legacy of their predecessors, they continue to be guided and inspired by a love of community, heritage, learning, prayer, and service. They are also celebrating the centennial of their province, which was established in the United States of America in 1911. The grand opening of a “centennial year celebrating the blessings of 100 years in America” was hosted by the Sisters in November 2010. It was an event attended by dozens of people whose lives the Sisters had touched. Mingling at the reception, juggling a glass of champagne or wine while waiting to toast the Sisters on this milestone of their historic journey, the guests chatted amiably . . . old friends, nodding acquaintances, and perfect strangers sharing funny and he artwarming stories of their experiences with the Sisters. Among those who attended was Sister Miriam Claire Kowal, the General Superior of the Sisters of the Order of St. Basil the Great. Traveling from Rome to participate in the celebratory event, she de livered a personal greeting from His Holiness Pope Benedict — an insightful greeting that lauded the history and longevity of the Province as well as the work and value of the Sisters who continue to build on the solid foundation created by their predecessor s — the intrepid women who left their homeland to brave the broad expanse of the ocean; who opened themselves to the vastness of a new language and a strange culture; and who continue to be a presence in our lives to this day. – TSC МНОГАЯ ЛІТА !
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