Message of Patriarch Sviatoslav for April 8, 2022
Here is the daily message of His Beatitude Sviatoslav for April 8, 2022.
In Ukrainian with English subtitles.
If you don’t want to watch the video, you can read the text of His Beatitude’s reflection here.
His Beatitude Sviatoslav emphasized that he also prays for justice because “if this sin is not condemned, if this crime is not exposed, it can be repeated.” “Each of us could be in this mass grave,” he said.
https://uccmc.org/news/his-beatitude-sviatoslav-prayed-in-bucha-for-the-innocently-killed-ukrainians/
Here is the daily message of His Beatitude Sviatoslav for April 6, 2022.
In Ukrainian with English subtitles.
Some of our volunteers working to help our Ukrainian brothers and sisters.
We are grateful for their time, talent and humor in this great effort.
This is only a portion of our volunteers for the Ukrainian Relief Project New Haven! So many more help in their own communities and come to St Michael’s to deepen the collaboration and coordination.
May God reward them for their good work.
Today, several of our parishioners –with many others from around CT– made the journey to The Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Litchfield to join Bishop Paul and several of the clergy to pray for peace in Ukraine.
Here are some action photos.
We can never underestimate prayer wrapped in community.
We are preparing for the great feast of Easter in the coming weeks. Palm Sunday is April 10 and Easter is April 17.
Just prior to that, St Michael’s parishioners are making our famous pierogi (pyrohy) on April 9.
The leadership of the Ukrainian Relief Project New Haven indicated the following schedule for collection dates this week:
Tuesday, March 29, 5-7 p.m.
Saturday, April 2, 10-2 p.m.
Sunday, April 3, Noon -1 p.m.
and, then the collection will be closed until Saturday, April 23rd.
We need to package the medical and humanitarian supplies on April 4 and 5 and to clean the church hall.
A call for volunteers will be made on Sunday, April 3, after we survey the need.
Thank you for your generosity in giving and in time volunteering. ALL is very much appreciated.
May the Lord bless you with eternal life.
Questions, thoughts, concerns, please zap an email: stmichaelchurchgc@gmail.com
On Friday, March 25, Carl Harvey (one of the coordinators of the Ukrainian Relief Project) was in Danbury meeting with people who are helping the Ukrainian Relief Project.
Here’s Carl Harvey’s review of Friday:
“Ihor Rudko, our UAV National Commander, CT Commissioner of Veterans Affairs and I met with the owners of a Plumbing company in Danbury this morning at 11:30. They have 6 pallets of humanitarian aid that they collected last weekend that will be coming to New Haven tomorrow (TODAY, Saturday, March 26). We also visited St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Danbury where we met with the Grade 5 and 6 students, their teachers and Principal plus Governor Lamont, the Mayor of Danbury and the state representative.
“They have collected all of the kinds of items that children in Ukraine need and packed them in a knapsack. They also included a personal note in the knapsack that they have donated.
“It is NO exaggeration when I tell you that there are at least 800 plus knapsacks in piles in this very large assembly room. It is a PHENOMENAL sight to behold. It is going to require a 40 foot container to transport all of it to a specific church in Poland to help the Ukrainian refugees that have arrived in the town where this church is located close to the border. Chris Komody and I have already discussed how we will proceed to get this shipment over there.
“We will also be getting a container from Eagle Leasing tomorrow morning (TODAY) to store the boxes that we already have and ready to ship.”
Thank you for your continued interest and generous work for our Ukrainian sisters and brothers.
In friendship, let’s keep all in prayer.
Here is the daily message of His Beatitude Sviatoslav for March 24, 2022.
In Ukrainian with English subtitles.
Friday, March 25, 7pm -Candlelight Vigil-Durham Town Green Rt 17 Durham CT
Saturday, March 26, 10am -St Patrick Day Parade-gather at Parker Avenue/East Main St through West Main St/Bradley Ave, Meriden CT
Saturday, March 26, 1pm-5pm -Eastern European Buffet Polish American Veterans Club 51 Central Ave, New London CT
Saturday, March 26, 4pm -Brookfield CT Town Hall
Sunday, April 3, 11am-1pm -Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church 53 Capitol Ave, Hartford CT (Lithuanian American Community)
Thursday, April 7, 7pm -Candlelight Vigil-Durham Town Green Rt 17, Durham CT
Here is the daily message of His Beatitude Sviatoslav for March 23, 2022.
In Ukrainian with English subtitles.
