How did the Order escape from extinction?
Religious and civil authorities had been brooding over the problem of the Basilians for years. Without the monastic life, the Ukrainian Church would not be healthy, and Ukrainians could become discontented subjects. Finally, in 1882, Pope Leo XIII authorized the request of Basilian Protohegumen Clement Sarnycky to have the Polish Jesuits take-on the reform of the Order. The Jesuits had already assisted Rutsky and St. Josaphat in 1617.
