Eastern Catholic Churches and Ecumenism

Within the context of Catholic-Orthodox Ecumenical dialogue, the ‘Eastern Catholic Churches’ provide a unique and essential role within this relationship. In this course, students will become acquainted with the unique and turbulent history of the Eastern Catholic Churches through the origination of the “Uniate” concept of the 16-17th centuries; development of the Eastern Catholic ecclesial, theological, and cultural identities amid Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox influences; 20th century totalitarian persecution and suppression; and recent emergence and role within contemporary Ecumenism. Join Fr. Dr. Iwan Dacko, priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, president of the Institute of Ecumenical Studies and member of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic and the Orthodox Churches, and Mr. Taras Kureylets, theological doctoral candidate at the Pontificia Università di San Tommaso (Angelicum - Rome), for an engaging look at this history, tradition, and identity of faith.