Polish families and women religious have opened their homes or assisted in some way the estimated 3.6 million Ukrainians who fled the war in their homeland.
My many train rides across Ukraine were filled with air sirens and bombings in the distance. So many people wanted to share their stories, while others were not able to. I could see much pain in their eyes.
As a devastating war rages in Ukraine, 200 of us are packed in St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Church, begging for God's mercy. Even as we pray, the Russian army shows no mercy, destroying one town after another.
The International Union of Superiors General has begun distributing a $1 million grant by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to assist women's religious communities as they serve refugees who have fled the war in Ukraine.
