Čo to znamená byť grécko-katolíkom dnes? Byť hrdý na svoju starobylú liturgiu, liturgický jazyk, spevy, tradície, predkov…ale ako to všetko skĺbiť s celostným životom v techno-digitálnej spoločnosti Západu, ktorý bol formovaný latinským kresťanstvom ale dnes sa odstriháva od svojich koreňov? Ako možno byť grécko-katolíkom v Amerike a na Slovensku autenticky, nie iba liturgicky-múzeálne? Ako prakticky preniesť skúsenosť púštnych otcov a mníšskej tradície do každodenného života? V čom je gréckokatolícka cirkev špecifická v súčasnom katolicizme?
Cyril Vasiľ is a Slovak Greek Catholic archbishop. He is currently the eparchial bishop of the Košice Eparchy and the papal delegate for the Syro-Malabar Church in India. He studied theology at the Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology in Bratislava and was ordained a priest in 1987, when he also emigrated to Italy. In his new position, he supplemented his theological education with a licentiate and later a doctorate in canon law, and in 1990 he entered the Society of Jesus in Genoa. In the following years, he held several important positions, including Dean of the Faculty of Eastern Canon Law and Rector of the Pontifical Oriental Institute. He was ordained bishop in Rome in 2009 and was also appointed secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches. After 33 years in Italy, he returned to Slovakia in 2020.
Kyle Washut is a professor and director of Wyoming Catholic College. Growing up in Casper, Wyoming, he worked in nuclear missile silos and coal mines during his teenage years, receiving an AA in Political Science and a second in Spanish from Casper College in 2003. He graduated from Thomas Aquinas College in 2007 with a B.A. in Liberal Arts, and returned to Wyoming as Wyoming Catholic College’s inaugural Assistant Dean for Student Life. In Fall of 2009, he went on to pursue a graduate degree in Sacred Theology from Austria’s International Theological Institute (ITI). Since then, Washut has taught across Wyoming Catholic College’s curriculum, including theology, philosophy, Trivium, and Humanities courses. After serving as Academic Dean for several years, he was named President in August 2023.
