Father
Yuriy Kolasa
Yuriy Kolasa came to the ITI for the Master’s
Program after graduating from Lviv State University “Lvivs’ka
Politechnica” in Economics. It was his childhood dream
to become a priest and under communism this was a frightening
thought for his family in the Ukraine. After Yuriy graduated
with a Sacred Theology Masters in 2001, his Bishop, Cardinal
Lubomyr Husar, ordained him a priest because of his studies
and formation at the ITI and put him in charge of the Commission
for Marriage and the Family in the Lviv archdiocese of the
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC).
The task of the commission was to create
a program for marriage preparation that could be used in the
UGCC today. In just two and a half years, under Fr. Kolasa’s
leadership, the Commission set up thirteen marriage preparation
centers, published a marriage preparation book, and prepared
2500 couples for marriage. In addition, the Commission set
up a support network to take care of these young couples in
a special way during the first years of their married life,
but also throughout their whole married life on how to educate
their children and enrich their marriage. After this preparation,
more than 250 newly married couples then became active participators
in the volunteer efforts of the Church.
Cardinal Husar then appointed Fr. Yuriy as head of the organizing
committee for the commemoration of the Year of the Family in
the Ukraine for 2003. For this occasion, Fr. Yuriy drafted the
statement of the Synod of Bishops of the Metropolitan Province
of Kyiv about the family.
Cardinal Husar is now sending Fr. Yuriy to the International
Theological Institute in order to continue his education by studying
for his Sacred Theology Licentiate.
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