November 2-9, 2024

Fastiv, 2.11.-9.11.24

Praised be Jesus Christ!

This week was special because we celebrated the memory of our patron Saint Martin de Porres. A chapel was consecrated, but also special was the celebration for our youngest on Monday. I was moved by the Service of God and what the children are asking for. They are asking for victory, they are praying for our Defenders, they are asking for their own parents who are serving, they are asking for all those who are imprisoned, who are in captivity, for all the wounded. It is as if the deepest thing, the thing that is on our hearts right now, because we can celebrate only because our defenders are defending us.

This week, with a humanitarian mission, we went to Odesa, where many forcibly displaced people from the South, from the Kherson region live, and now people from Donetsk region are coming from Pokrovsk. Mothers with children ask for help, but also older people need household chemicals, dishes, everything that is needed in a new place. In our workshop, we constantly sew thermal clothing, order trench candles and hand them over to the Defenders.

In the near future, we will purchase gas cylinders, chemical heaters, everything that will be necessary for the defenders and all those who suffer from the cold. We continue to help in the medical transportation of our wounded veterans, in particular, in Kyiv and the region. The evacuation of civilians continues in Kherson near the front, and our social laundry is also working there at full capacity. We are friends with all those who need it, and we thank you, Friends and Benefactors, for your sacrifice, support, closeness and prayer. We also thank all the volunteers, may the Lord protect you.

With prayers

Fr. Mykhailo Romaniv OP