June, 7-14, 2025

Praised be Jesus Christ!

Yesterday we returned from the frontline Kherson region. A few words about the situation and our trip.

The most important task was to visit a small modular town in a safer part, intended for people who lost their homes. In particular, residents of villages such as Tyahynka and Lvove. We had already been to these villages in 2023, when it was still possible, and then we also helped people. Today, practically nothing remains of these areas. No one lives there – due to the proximity to Krynky and constant shelling.

Our humanitarian mission was to help with the reconstruction of this town, where people received new housing and a chance to start all over again. We brought bedding, blankets, pillows, fans for the houses so that it would not be too hot. We also delivered electric stoves and washbasins. Of course, the most important thing is the meeting, the kind word, the comfort with which we supplemented the daily life of these suffering people.

We also visited the village of Sonyachne — one of those that we have been helping for over a year together with the Parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Father Maksym. Here, as in Bohdanivka, we regularly deliver drinking water. The problem is that there are no sources of drinking water there. There is only technical water, and in the summer — there are additional difficulties even with that. We also deliver bread from our bakery, which is baked by bakers in a social canteen in Kherson. It was a very warm meeting with incredible people. We were also able to deliver animal food. All this cargo came to us thanks to our friends from the Zupa na Monciaku Foundation, Poland, and Ms. Ola Kaminska. We are sincerely grateful to them for their responsiveness and willingness to always respond to our requests — and collect exactly the things that people really need.

We ended up in Kherson itself right after the next “arrivals.” There was no electricity in the city, and in some areas there was no water. When we left, the electricity supply was restored, but it continued to be turned off periodically. There were also water shortages.

Kherson is suffering. And even more so — the front-line villages. They suffer not only from artillery, but also from drones that do not give people peace. Unfortunately, the situation in the city is only getting worse.

We continue to help our Defenders, who turn to us with requests. We work with partners who deliver aid, and deliver it to numerous units on the front line.

Today, they need wet wipes, drinking water and food the most. If necessary, we buy additional equipment and medicines. We pass on everything we can share.

We are here now — only thanks to their effort and strength. Every day we ask God to bless and keep them.

With prayers

Fr. Mykhailo Romaniv OP