International delegation of Basilian Sisters visits Manor College in Pennsylvania

JENKINTOWN, Pa. - Manor College recently hosted the visit of the general superior of the Basilian Sisters, Sister Alphonsa, OSBM, and the Enlarged Council of the Sisters of St. Basil the Great. Thirty representatives of the entire international community visited and toured the campus.

The Manor College visit followed the sisters' international meeting in the United States for the first time in recent history, where they explored issues facing the order after the fall of communism in Eastern European countries.

The Byzantine Ukrainian Sisters of St. Basil the Great, who celebrated their 90th anniversary in 2001, were founded in the 4th century by St. Basil the Great and his sister, St. Macrina. In 1947 the order established Manor Junior College on the grounds of the Basilian Motherhouse in Fox Chase.

Today, Manor College is a private, two-year, co-ed, independent institution of higher education, located at 700 Fox Chase Road in Jenkintown, offering programs in allied health/science and mathematics, business and liberal arts.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, January 12, 2003, No. 2, Vol. LXXI

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