October 4-11, 2025

Praised be Jesus Christ!

This morning began with messages from Ms. Olena, the administrator of our canteen in Kherson, that today is very difficult because of the shelling. I will add a few photos to this report — because this is what hurts us the most. This is what, unfortunately, accompanies many people in our country every day.

Thank you to our defenders who hold the front line, who stand in different places and stop that wall of hostility, that evil that causes us so much pain and losses. Special thanks to our volunteers in Kherson — those who in difficult conditions tirelessly serve, deliver and share. The bread that is delivered daily around the city and to the villages — Stepanivka, Bohdanivka, Sonyachne — is the bread of hope that sustains life.

Thank you to Father Maksym, the rector of the Sacred Heart of Jesus parish in Kherson, for spiritual and practical support. Thank you to everyone who supports our canteens — especially our friends from https://www.siepomaga.pl/pomoc-dla-ojcow-dominikanow-na… , who recently raised over PLN 50,000 to finance our canteen in Kherson.

Social projects in front-line Kherson (September): together we were able to feed 4,557 people in a social canteen, deliver 7,338 meals to those in need in the city and surrounding villages, bake 7,276 loaves of bread and 5,800 homemade pastries, and provide free social laundry service for 168 people. Our care is the seeds of love that grow where it is dark and painful.

We ask you to support the collection for sewing sleeping bags for our defenders — this initiative was launched by our gymnasium. Let’s support, spread, take care of each other. And above all — let’s pray for our soldiers.

May God protect everyone who serves, helps, supports, and believes in the light.

With prayers

Fr. Mykhailo Romaniv OP