Tag: Ukraine
Ukraine: Charitable Activities in Kremenchuk
Back in the fall of 2021, a few months before full-scale war broke out; we had been planning out the next year of operation...
Custody of Ukraine: One Year since the Start of Russian Hostilities...
Thanks from Bilshivtsi.
The Conventual Franciscan friary in Bilshivtsi, is in the transcarpathian region of Ukraine, a relatively safe area of the country. There are...
Custody of Ukraine: One Year since the Start of Russian Hostilities...
Impressions of Mats’kivtsi.
Mats’kivtsi is a village situated within the borders of the city of Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine. One of our friars from the Mats’kivtsi friary...
Custody of Ukraine: One Year since the Start of Russian Hostilities...
Impressions of Kremenchuk
I will never forget the morning of February 24, 2022. At 04:53 a.m. I was awakened by the sound of phone calls...
Light Dispelling Darkness
Completion of Franciscan Social Theatre Project for Ukrainians
Light Dispelling Darkness
On February 2-6, 2023, a follow up training for the new facilitators of the Franciscan...
Ukraine: Serving the Displaced, Poor and Needy
Kremenchuk is a city of 300,000 inhabitants in the Poltava region of central Ukraine. The St. Joseph Parish, which our friars serve, has about...
Ukraine: Wartime Activities of the Friary in Boryspil
Ever since the war began, we have been actively engaged in doing charitable work. Our work has mainly benefitted the neighboring population, but it...
Ukraine: Joy and Hope for Those in Difficulty
In every home and family, Christmas and New Years are the most loved and awaited holidays. Children and adults alike look forward to the...
Friars of Assisi Requesting Help for Friars in Ukraine
Since the start of the war, the Conventual Franciscan friaries in Ukraine have been sheltering refugees. This service has become even more important during...
Integration Club for Ukrainian Refugees
Since July of 2022, the Conventual Franciscan Brother Sun Foundation, a work of the Province of St. Anthony and Bl. James of Strepar in...