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During the days of January 24 – 27, 2017 in their monastery in Gorlice, the Sisters of the Order of Saint Basil the Great from the Holy Cross Province in Poland held their Chapter of Elections. At the opening of the Chapter Heirarchal Divine Liturgy was celebrated and a pastoral homily offered by Metropolitan-Archbishop Eugene Popowicz, Metropolitan-Archbishop of Przemysl-Warszawa. A day of spiritual renewal was given by Reverend Mykola Kozitskyy, OSBM, Provincincial of the Basilian Fathers in Poland.
November 24 – December 3, 2015, Mother Dia Stasiuk, General Superior, and Sr. Emanuela Vavrekova, General Councillor, held Canonical Visitation of the Sisters in Poland. Mother Magdalena Szewczyk, Provinical Superior, accompanied them as they visited the convents in Warsaw, Gorlice, and Peremysl.
Consecration and blessing of the monastery Church of the Presentation of the Blessed Mother in the Templein Zhytomyr, Ukraine on November 22, 2015
The consecration and blessing was celebrated by Major-Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk along with numerous con-celebrating priests.
Sister Lydia Anna Sawka, General Vicar, traveled to the United States of America in the late fall as delegated by Mother Dia Stasiuk to complete the canonical visitation of the Sacred Heart Monastery in Middletown, New York.
From November 13 to December 16, 2016 Sister Basylia Hanas, OSBM, from the Holy Cross Province in Poland was a guest at the Generalate.
Celebration of the Feast of the Holy Hieromartyr St. Josaphat in Rome opened with Great Vespers celebrated at the Pontifical Collegio Ucraino of St. Giosafat on the evening of November 11, 2015.
On November 8, 2015 representatives of the Basilian Fathers, Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate, and Sister Catechists of St. Anne gathered together with our Sisters at the Generalate to celebrate the 50th anniversary of monastic life of Sr. Atanasia Anheluk.