October 22-28, 2023

Fastiv, 22.10 – 28.10.23

Praised be Jesus Christ!

Autumn carries with it sadness, sadness and longing, but the last week of October, although it was warm enough, was very sad and painful for our city. Six defenders of our land were killed – great pain and grief enveloped the Fastiv citizens. We sympathize with everyone, we pray, make friends in the struggle. At the end of the week, high guests were visited in Fastov: State Secretary of the Ministry of Development and Regional Policy of the Polish Government Ms. Yadviga Emilevich, as well Representatives of Polish business. In particular, Mr. Jacek, who has helped us with warehouses in Helm in the last year. For us, these visit is first and foremost an opportunity to thank for the great support we receive from our friends from Poland, but it is also hope for new projects and support in the future. ​ Our volunteers have taken away humanitarian aid, product kits to a new waterway in Kharkiv for forced displaced families. This week we received from our partners – MHP – Mironovsky plant for the manufacture of cereals and compound feed – 2000 liters of fragrant sunflower oil, we are grateful for the fact that this valuable product will enrich our product set of first necessity for forced displaced and those who are in difficulty. We direct a lot of assistance for our defenders to strengthen our warriors, this week purchased wheels for A4639. This week we gave 1312 essentials, (13600 kg) of humanitarian aid. We are pleased that at this simple time friends remember us by farmer Mr. Valentin Negrebetsky gave us 6000 kg of potatoes, which we will have enough to overwinter. Thank you to the Dominicans of the Secular with the Devil, Dominicanenklooster Zwolle who sent us their donations to humanitarian missions. We are grateful to the community, especially Peter’s brother and Frans Van Der Heijdt, for all your efforts to support us in a difficult time of struggle, so that we do not stop in our service needy, exhausted war for people. We all worry about what winter will be, so I ask you to help collect warm things, sleeping bags, carmats, warm blankets, as well as generators and gas burners. For each of your donations from your heart thank you

With prayers

Fr. Mykhailo Romaniv OP