www.ukrweekly.com V - if, CO СВОБОДАїЬЗУОВОВА 1 n УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ ЩОЛІННИК ^ЯВ?' UKRAINIAN OAILV minioENGLISH-LANGUAGnE WEEKL Y EDITIOWeeN k V VOL. LXXXVIIШ. No. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 6, 1980 25 CENTS Mother Marie receives honorary Ph.D. from Ukrainian Catholic University Cited for contributions to education, Church PHILADELPHIA - Mother Marie all Ukrainians should consider making Dolzycka OSBM, who has dedicated preparations for the millenium marking most of her 92 years to working for the the advent of Christianity in Ukraine, . worldwide development of Ukrainian which will be commemorated in 1988. education and her Church, was award­ A banquet in honor of Mother Marie ed an honorary doctorate of philosophy followed the ceremony. It was attended from St. Clement Ukrainian Catholic by many Church dignitaries, university University at a ceremony held at its officials and representatives of the branch here. educational community from through­ The Rev. Ivatt Muzychka, rector of out the United States and Canada. The the university, conferred the award Rev. Yaroslaw Shust offered the invo­ upon Mother Marie for "service to the cation and speeches were delivered by educational and religious needs of the Prof. Muzychka, Dr. Omeljan Pritsak, Ukrainian nation" on behalf of Patri­ Dr. Eva Piddubcheshen and Dr. M. arch Josyf, who sent a letter expressing Rogers, Mother Marie's personal phy­ his gratitude to Mother Marie for her sician. The master of ceremonies was tireless devotion to Ukrainian causes Dr.Jjeonid Rudnytsky. around the world. Mother Marie was born Неіепа– Calling Mother Marie's mission "a Dolzycka in Lviv on May 28,1888. Her blessing bestowed by God," Patriarch father, a mathematician, came from a . Josyf praised her work with the Basilian family of priests. Before he died at age ' Sisters particularly in the education of 44, he expressed the wish that all his Mother Marie is flanked by the Rev. Ivan Muzychka and Dr. Wasyl Lev at young women and novices, and com­ children receive a higher education. ceremonies during which she was awarded an honorary Ph.D. by the Ukrainian mended her unfailing spirit of self- After graduating from secondary Catholic University. sacrifice and altruism. school in 1906, she began her university ` In her address. Mother Marie said career in Lviv. Later, she studied at only such teacher's training school in helped organize a primary school affi­ she accepts the honorary degree with universities in Vienna and Berlin, before Ukraine. At that time, the seminary liated with the monastery there. When "utmost humility and gratitude" and returning to Lviv in 1911 to begin her faced liquidation by school authorities, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky called urged Ukrainians of all faiths, profes­ doctoral work. and Mi?? Dolzycka worked with the sis­ for sisters to go to Yugoslavia to help sions and political persuasions to work Her first position and her first in­ ters to raise educational standards at the the Basilian Sisters there, Sister Marie, together for the betterment of their volvement with the Basilian Sisters was institution. Showing a special aptitude along with Mother Anna Teodorovych, nation and its Churches. She added that at the women's seminary in Yavoriv, the as an educator, Miss Dolzycka helped responded to his request. In Yugoslavia raise the quality of education to such a they worked with Bishop Dionysius degree that within three years the Niaradi in organizing and supervising Public officials and press call for seminary received full accreditation. Ukrainian schools. In 1921, Bishop The dedication and commitment to Niaradi participated in the ceremony in Ukrainian education shown by the which Sister Marie was invested with postponement of Madrid CSCE meetingBasilia n Sisters left an indelible impres­ the title Mother Marie.. sion on-Miss Dolzycka, and shortly WASHINGTON -There appears to banished...Andrei Sakharov to Gorky In 1929, Mother Marie came to the and, of course, they have marched into after defending her doctoral thesis in United States to help raise money for be growing sentiment among some 1914, she joined the order at its mo­ government officials and leading Afghanistan." the monastery at Pidmykhailivtsi. At nastery in Yavoriv, where she took the this time. Bishop Constantine Вопа– journalists in the United States favoring "In light of all, why did the U.S. not name Marie. a postponement or boycott of the refuse, after the Afghanistan invasion, chevsky was putting greai emphasis on upcoming Madrid Conference to review to conduct another 'spirit of Helsinki' During World War I, Sister Marie the development of Ukrainian schools worked in the monastery hospital in the United States. Mother Superior compliance with the Helsinki Accords, charade in Madrid this fall? Or, failing before going to Slovita where she (Continued on page 12) according to reports in the Digest of the that, why didn't it forthrightly say that it U.S. Commission on Security and` will go to Madrid but mainly for the Cooperation in Europe. purpose of calling the Soviets to This re-evaluation of Western account for their present interpretation President Carter proclaims Captive Nations Week participation in the conference is a of the Helsinki spirit?" the paper asked. direct outgrowth of the Soviet In an op-ed piece, conservative WASHINGTON - President that this ideal is not universally respect­ government's flagrant disregard for the columnist William Safire of The New Jimmy Carter has issued on this, the ed," observed the president. human rights provisions incorporated York Times called for an outright 21st observance of Captive Nations He went on to say: "Mindful of our in the Helsinki Final Act, the invasion American boycott of the review Week, a proclamation calling on the heritage and our principles, let us take of Afghanistan and an expansion of conference, adding that the people of the United States to observe this week to salute the men and women Soviet military capability. unenforceability of the Helsinki Final the third week in July with appropriate everywhere who are devoted to the ceremonies and activities and to cause of liberty and the pursuit of 'An editorial in the Wall Street Act's provisions renders the accords inoperative. Mr. Safire also criticized "reaffrim their dedication to the ideals human rights in their native lands." Journal (June 24) said that the United that unite us and inspire others." States should consider boycotting the other portions of the agreement, CSCE review conference, pointing out particularly the provisions which gave "Throughout our history, we, Ameri­ that since the Helsinki Accords were the Soviets de jure recognition of post- cans, have held the deep conviction that INSIDE: World War 11- boundaries. signed five years ago, "the Soviets have liberty and independence are among Ш Babyn Yar park in Denver, in a vastly expanded their military Fearing that the Soviets will use the mankind's inalienable rights. Our ideal conference as a platform to downplay New and views column by Marie Ha- machine...pointed more theater nuclear has remained that of our founding lun Bloch — page 6. weapons toward Western Europe... the relevance of the Afghanistan fathers: governments derive their legi­ invasion and profess a genuine desire'td` have jailed Soviet citizens attempting to timacy from the consent of the peoples U Panorama by Helen Perozak monitor the government's compliance repair East-West relations, Mr. Safire they govern. Soviet aggression against on e Smindak - page 8. with the human rights, accords."have (Continued P"' 9 Afghanistan is the latest stark reminder THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 6, 1980 No. 6 U.S. will attend sports congresses On Dudko's "confession" in USSR despite Olympic boycott The following is a commentary issued by Keston College through its news service in reaction to the alleged recantation of the Rev. Dmitri Dudko. NEW YORK - American officials doing," said a prominent official with (News of Father Dudko's arrest was carried in The Weekly on June 29.) will attend various international sports the Amateur Basketball Association of congresses in the Soviet Union before, the United States, who asked not to be during and after the Olympics, although identified, told Mr. Amdur. Repression of believers in the Soviet Union has taken many forms over the past 60 years. Beginning with murders of clergy and summary executions in I United States athletes will not be International sports federations ge­ the 1920s, graduating to the show trials of later days followed by "legal" competing in the Moscow Olympics this prosecution under repressive legislation, the Communist Party apparatus has ' month, reported Neil Amdur in a recent nerally convene congresses only once every four years, usually at the site of a kept pace with the times by adapting the actual form of persecution to the article in The New York Times. Winter or Summer Olympics. Election most profitable means available at any given time. Their presence at these meetings has of officers and approval of new rules are Use of television to discredit dissidents is not new. In the early 1970s, heightened problems for the Carter made at these meetings, and attendance human rights activists Pyotr Yakir and Viktor Krasin were "shown" administration with some foreign sup­ often is required for voting power. recanting. Two years ago, Georgian Helsinki monitor Zviad Gamsakhurdia porters of the boycott. Canadian gym­ Attempts to have congresses shifted was also televised "confessing," but this film was not very well compiled and is nastics officials have expressed strong from Moscow or delayed were largely largely accepted as being a fraudulent paste-up of films taken of objections through the United States unsuccessful, since most of the meetings Gamsakhurdia under interrogation. Gymnastics Federation. Sports repre­ were scheduled well in advance of the sentatives in Turkey, Israel and Kenya boycott. On June 20, viewers of the popular Soviet current affairs program also have told American counterparts "Vremya" (Time) witnessed Russian Orthodox priest the Rev.