Tag: Ukraine

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Ever since the war began, we have been actively engaged in doing charitable work. Our work has mainly benefitted the neighboring population, but it...

In every home and family, Christmas and New Years are the most loved and awaited holidays. Children and adults alike look forward to the...

Since the start of the war, the Conventual Franciscan friaries in Ukraine have been sheltering refugees. This service has become even more important during...

Since July of 2022, the Conventual Franciscan Brother Sun Foundation, a work of the Province of St. Anthony and Bl. James of Strepar in...

Since the war began, we have been praying for the safety and well-being of our friars and the people of Ukraine. As the war...