November 5-11, 2023

Fastiv, 5.11.23 – 11.11.23

Praised be Jesus Christ!

On the Independence Day of Poland, we turn our eyes to the shrines of the nation, whose sons and daughters showed great solidarity and compassion for our people, who are so painfully going through the war, in which our best sons and daughters are dying, innocent residents of Ukrainian towns and villages… We thank God for the faith of the Polish people, which is confirmed by deeds, testifying to their devotion to Christ and His Gospel. May the gift of Independence be cherished by all generations, so that Poland will always be free not only from external invaders, but also from everything that opposes its Christian identity!

We thank Poland for all the help we received and are receiving, because it is a significant contribution to our victory. Thank you, Jan Olshansky Foundation for Helping Poles in the East! From you, our partners, we have received the much-needed high quality products. Thank you for your support and memory! Thanks for the humanitarian aid we received from Dom Zakonny Misjonarzy Matki Bożej Pocieszenia, Kiełpin, thank you for the support and care, Father Leszek Krzyża, director of the Union Aid to Poles in the East at the Secretariat of the Episcopal Conference of Poland.

Thank you for your support to Ryszard Skotniczy, the Combornian Humanitarian Hub and the Order of Malta, your support is very important to us. Thank you for your partnership, Charitable Fund and Charitables Freta.

Today is also the first anniversary of the liberation of the Right Bank Kherson Oblast. It is a very personal holiday for us. The city of Kherson itself and dozens of villages that we visited over the last year, hundreds of people that we met, all this revealed to us the Ukraine that is truly becoming independent and is paying a great price for it with blood and tears, broken hearts and the destinies of individual people and families.

This week in Kherson, we distributed 3,285 essential food kits for different areas of the city. Our dear citizens of Kherson, we are glad that we can serve you and work together with you! In Kherson, we equipped more shelters as part of the project of the state program Polish Help – Polska Pomoc.

This week, we sent humanitarian aid to the Lviv Regional Clinical Hospital, and also provided aid to IDPs of the Fastiv community and sent targeted humanitarian aid to victims of Russian aggression. Thank you, Nova Poshta Humanitarian, for your support within the Nova Poshta Humanitarian program – your support and solidarity are amazing!

This weekend, Ms. Kateryna and the teachers of our Catholic school are participating in the All-Ukrainian meeting of heads of Catholic educational institutions of Ukraine, which is taking place in Lviv. We take care of the qualification level of our teachers, we thank the organizers for the opportunity for development.

We receive a lot of requests, we respond to the best of our abilities. Thank you for your trust! We do not stop even in spite of storms and difficulties. The collection continues for warm things: gas burners, chemical heaters, household appliances for the victims of the Kherson region. You can support us with a donation, fuel cards, maybe someone has working equipment and can share, we invite you to cooperate! We remember, we pray, we do not stop!

With prayers

Fr. Mykhailo Romaniv OP