At the Generalate on Monday, November 19, 2018 the Basilian Sisters of the Preparatory Committee began a working session, which lasted through November 23. Sisters arrived from all corners of the world.
In St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome on November 12, 2018 Bishop Dionisio Lachovicz, Apostolic Visitator for Ukrainian Catholics in Italy, celebrated a Hierarchal Divine Liturgy at the altar of Saint Basil the Great, which holds the uncorrupted remains of Priest-Martyr Saint Josaphat.
On Sunday, November 11, 2018, anticipating the Feast of the Priest-Martyr Saint Josaphat, the Basilian Sisters from the Generalate witnessed a very special event. Basilian Brother Pedro (Peter) Rinczeski from the Province in Argentina, currently a student at the St. John Lateran Pontifical University in Rome, professed Monastic Perpetual Vows during the Divine Liturgy.
Dear Friends in Christ!
God sent us His Son, Who brings the light of salvation to a troubled world. Let us receive this blessed gift, joyfully proclaiming to one another:
During the days of December 11-12, 2018 all the Sisters of the Province met for the Provincial Chapter, where they elected their new Provincial Administration:
On Christmas Day, December 25, 2018 the Generalate filled with carols as nine Basilian Sisters from the Most Holy Trinity Province (Ukraine), ministering at the Saint Sofia Basilica in Rome, as well as, the students studying in Rome gathered to celebrate Christmas.
After dinner on December 26, 2018, the Generalate of the Sisters of Saint Basil was visited by the students from the Ukrainian Collegio of Saint Priest-martyr Josaphat.
On December 27, 2018 on the Feast of Saint Stephen the First Martyr, the Basilian Fathers visited the Generalate House of the Sisters of St. Basil.
Having been invited by Sr. Makariia Glyuzdyn, the Superior of the community of Basilian Sisters ministering at the Saint Sofia Basilica in Rome, the Sisters from the Generalate participated in a day of spiritual renewal in preparation for the Feast of Saint Basil the Great.
On December 26, 2018, at the invitation of Most Reverend Dionisio Lachovicz, Apostolic Visitator for Ukrainian Catholics in Italy, the Sisters of St. Basil from the Generalate – Sisters Lydia Anna Sawka, Nazariya Mykhayliuk and Emanuela Vavrekova participated in the annual pilgrimage of Ukrainians in Italy to the Basilica of Saint Peter in Vatican City.