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COURIER LIFE, APRIL 1-7, 2022
Brooklyn Diocese
launches fundraiser
for Ukrainian refugees
Bishop Robert Brennan blesses a family after a special ceremony praying for peace in Ukraine. The
Brooklyn Diocese is collecting money to aid Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war. DeSales Media
BY BANKS HALVORSON
The Brooklyn Diocese,
in partnership with the
Catholic Foundation for
Brooklyn and Queens,
has joined the citywide effort
to provide relief for
Ukraine, launching a special
fundraiser to aid refugees
fleeing the war.
New York City, home
to the largest Ukrainian
population in the U.S., has
become a major hub of support
since the beginning
of the Russian invasion
late last month. From the
Ukrainian enclave Brighton
Beach to Greenpoint,
Brooklynites are rallying
for peace and raising
money to ease the suffering
of people fleeing the
conflict.
“We have all seen the
painful images of devastation
and continue to hear
of the suffering and the
deaths caused by the war
in Ukraine,” said Robert
Brennan, Bishop of
Brooklyn.“We pray for
peace and join with our
Holy Father, and people
throughout the world, in
prayer for our brothers and
sisters in Ukraine.”
With collections being
taken at churches across
Brooklyn and Queens and
online, the money raised
by the church will be sent
directly to Ukraine to be
distributed on arrival to
best help those affected.
Brennan visited a Roman
Catholic Church in
Brighton Beach days after
the invasion began in
February, taking part in a
special mass held in Ukrainian
and praying for an
end to the conflict.
“We gather to pray;
we pray, we pour out our
hearts to God, we ask for
His protection over the
country of Ukraine, over
all the people and especially
over all your family
members, we pray,” he said
to parishioners. “My heart
breaks with your heart, but
we are filled with that same
sense of hope, and that hope
comes to us because of Jesus
Christ, who faced evil
right in the eyes and rose
over sin and death. May
God bless you tonight, may
God bless all your families
in the days to come.”
Since then, Brennan
has held a special ceremony
to pray for peace
in Ukraine, while the
diocese’s schools and
churches have shown their
support – young students at
St. Mark’s Catholic Academy
in Sheepshead Bay
raised more than $2,000
for Voices of Children, an
organization that provides
psychological support for
children affected by conflict.
For some, the fallout
of the war is beginning to
hit a little closer to home
— the newest student at St.
Athanasius Catholic Academy
in Bensonhurst recently
arrived in Brooklyn
with his family after fleeing
Ukraine.
Next week, Williamsburg’s
Church of the Annunciation
will be lit up in
blue and yellow, the colors
of the Ukrainian flag, as
Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello
leads a prayer and spiritual
reflection with filmmaker
and human rights
activist Jason Jones.
Donate to the diocese’s
fund online at catholicfoundationbq.
org/ukraine/.
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