Dear sisters and dear brothers, In 2024, when we met at the Christmas table in the Center of the Most Holy Name of Jesus in Fastiv, the pope’s almoner from the Vatican who was there with us, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, expressed his hope that it would be the last Christmas of the war. Unfortunately, this year again, we celebrated Christmas…
Dear sisters, dear brothers, After the morning Mass, I asked the Missionaries of Charity Sisters how they look at the future. “I was thinking about that a couple of times,” said Sister Immaculata. “But the only response that comes to mind is to trust God every day and do what we can. Love Him and love our neighbor. And live.…
Dear sisters, dear brothers, “I am trying to remember how it was before the war. It is so hard,” said Father Misha when we ran into each other at the door of our warehouse filled with humanitarian supplies. He seemed to be surprised by his own emotions. It was a beautiful sunny day in Kherson with a chill in the…
Dear sisters, dear brothers, “If we truly trust God, then maybe this most stupid war in the world will come to an end. I came because the Pope wanted me to be with you during this Christmas time,” said Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, while in Fastiv the day before Christmas Eve. This was already his second visit to…
Dear Sisters, Dear Brothers, I’ve been getting around to writing another letter from Ukraine for some time. But since my friends have been motivating me, I’m finishing this letter on the day of Saint Hyacinth. This Polish saint of the first generation of Dominicans arrived in Kyiv around 1228, initiating the mission of the Order in the territory that is…
Dear sisters, dear brothers, After the morning Mass, I asked the Missionaries of Charity Sisters how they look at the future. “I was thinking about that a couple of times,” said Sister Immaculata. “But the only response that comes to mind is to trust God every day and do what we can. Love Him and love our neighbor. And live.…
Dear sisters, dear brothers, I hoped that I would manage to join Father Misha on Wednesday with the volunteers from the House of Saint Martin de Porres on their first humanitarian mission of the year to Kherson. Unfortunately, a sudden illness with a high fever made that impossible. Instead of three days behind the wheel of a bus, I spent…
Dear sisters, dear brothers, When I wrote my previous letter from Ukraine at the beginning of August, no one expected that the world would soon be watching with surprise and pain the events of another war. This time, war in the territory of the state of Israel in the Gaza Strip. The media bore the information about thousands of dead…
Fr. Jarosław describes the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the fear and unrest it has caused. Despite this, the people of Ukraine are celebrating their traditional Day of Vyshyvanka. He talks also about he recent visit of the Master of the Order, who awarded the “Benemerenti” medal to volunteers from the House of Saint Martin de Porres in Fastiv, Ukraine.
Fr. Jarosław describes the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the fear and unrest it has caused. Despite this, the people of Ukraine are celebrating their traditional Day of Vyshyvanka. He talks also about he recent visit of the Master of the Order, who awarded the “Benemerenti” medal to volunteers from the House of Saint Martin de Porres in Fastiv, Ukraine.
