On Sunday, February 10, Alexander Kuzma, Chief Development Officer of the Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation (UCEF), gave a presentation at Saint Ignatius Loyola Church on the campus of the University of San Francisco on the topic “The Ukrainian Catholic Church: From the Soviet Underground to the Revolution of Dignity”. The presentation was part of the “Adult Faith Formation Speakers’ Series” that the church offers to its Roman Catholic parishioners following Sunday Mass.

Anne Chermak Dillen, the Chair of the San Francisco Friends of the Ukrainian Catholic University (left), meets with UCU benefactor E. Teri Allen.

Following the presentation, a group of San Francisco Friends of the Ukrainian Catholic University met at the home of Yana Rathman, to discuss future events and expanded outreach in the Bay Area to benefit UCU. From left to right: Sophia Yushchenko, Olesia Kuzio, Oleh Kuzio, Yana Rathman, Anne Chermak Dillen, Franca Gargiulo, and Alexander Kuzma.