The Catholic Church in Ukraine is providing humanitarian aid and assistance to their suffering people as their homeland continues to be under attack.
Catholic Extension Society has supported the Ukrainian Catholic Church in America since 1979. These Ukrainian-American Catholics have always maintained strong ties with the Catholic Church in Ukraine.
Bishop Bohdan Danylo leads the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy, based in Parma, Ohio. He visited Catholic Extension Society’s office to describe how Ukrainian-American Catholic parishioners and faith leaders are responding to the war, and to ask for our prayers and help.
Bishop Danylo assures that your gift to Catholic Extension Society will be used to offer immediate relief to our brothers and sisters in Ukraine that have been displaced.
He shared stories of courage and solidarity happening at this moment. He granted permission for two priests to travel to Ukraine to help their imperiled country. One priest, over 50 years old, has gone back to his homeland to serve as a chaplain or in a hospital.
He said,
I am Ukrainian-born. It’s my home. I feel a responsibility.”
Another priest, Father Jason Charron, is supported by Catholic Extension Society and serves in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. He found out that 22 orphans had been abandoned in Kyiv, and traveled to Ukraine to rescue them.
The children are now in the Czech Republic awaiting refugee visas to live in a safe country.
Watch Bishop Danylo describe the rescue:
Through violence and heartache, Ukrainians have found help and hope through the Catholic Church, whose leaders are on the frontlines addressing the needs of the people by accessing the networks and resources to provide aid.
You can provide support to a besieged people and a besieged Church through a donation today.
Donate here to help the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the United States respond to the need of refugees.
