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Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia in the US Healing of Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund

Annual Report 2025

Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me. Matthew 25,40

Children from eastern Ukraine at a summer camp conducted by the "Pyaternia" Foundation supported by the Healing of Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund

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THE HWF AT A GLANCE 2025......................................................................4 Supporting Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion: 2022–2025 overview......................................................... 5 Help provided by the Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia in the US since the Russian invasion on February 22, 2022.........6 Physical Healing......................................................................................................6 Mental Healing.......................................................................................................... 7 Spiritual Healing...................................................................................................... 7 Letter of Gratitude from His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church............................................8 Letter from the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops in the US..........................................................................................10 Russia – Ukraine War Statistics.............................................................................. 12

IN FOCUS: HELPING TO HEAL WOUNDS OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE..............................................................................14 Summer camps for children in war-torn Ukraine: windows of light amidst darkness.......................................................14 American Solidarity in Action — US Ambulances for Ukraine ......................................................................18 The Church Beyond Its Walls: Ministry in Time of War................................................................................... 21 Collection and Distribution.....................................................................................24 List of approved Projects in 2025......................................................................28 Donor List................................................................................................................................ 32 Fund’s Leadership............................................................................................................ 35

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About the Healing of Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund The Healing of Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund (HWF) was established in January 2024 by the Ukrainian Catholic Mеtropolia’s four Eparchies (Dioceses) in the United States: the Archeparchy of Philadelphia, the Eparchy of Stamford, the Eparchy of Saint Nicholas (Chicago), and the Eparchy of Saint Josaphat (Parma). The HWF is a continuation of the humanitarian efforts of the Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia in the United Stateі, which has contributed over $11,3 million through three different funds established since Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine. The Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia, through generosity of the US donors, have supported 257 humanitarian aid projects in Ukraine saving thousands of lives, helping internally displaced persons, supporting children and adults traumatized by the war, providing hope and love to wounded and those on prosthetics.

Our Mission

Our Uniqueness

The Healing of Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund (HWF) supports projects that address the physical, mental, and spiritual consequences of the war waged against Ukraine. The Fund seeks to respond quickly to urgent needs of our beneficiaries showing our solidarity and Christian love to our brothers and sisters in Ukraine and internationally.

• We are governed by the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the US and have built a long-term relationship with our partners in Ukraine

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• We exercise annual due diligence visits to our projects on the ground • We are transparent — our annual reports are posted on our website and mailed to our donors and partners • We help Church-run institutions or foundations that work in partnership with the Ukrainian — Greek Catholic Church • We have exceptional leadership of the Fund consisting of 7 US cardinals, 4 Ukrainian Catholic bishops and devoted program board members and outside experts

The HWF at a Glance 2025

61 Projects Supported: 34 Organizations Received Support $938,100 Distributed

25 9 3 72 160 2 3

rehabilitation centers and programs serving over 1,000 people traumatized by the war supported

summer camps serving over 600 children of IDPs and affected by the war supported

Caritas branches working with IDPs and those in need supported military chaplains received assistance priests ministering to people in the areas affected by the war supported

ambulances delivered to Ukraine shelters housing IDPs and children with special needs supported

Supported the central ministry and humanitarian programs of the Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church

prosthetic centers financed

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Supporting Ukraine since the Russia’s full-scale invasion: 2022–2025 overview The Ukrainian Catholic Bishops in the US in anticipation of the coming Russian invasion had started raising funds in January 2022 to help our brothers and sisters in Ukraine. On February 24, 2022 when the world woke up with the terrible news of the Russian brutal invasion, we received tremendous support from the American people, who rushed to help save lives, feed and shelter the needy, cure the wounded and help carry the burden of the war. The Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia in the US has sent to Ukraine over $11.3 million since the invasion. We are grateful for the continuous support, solidarity and care for the suffering people in Ukraine, who defend freedom and the right to live in their land.

Total Help Provided by the Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia’s Funds (2022–2025)

$7,245,196 $798,357 $3,214,611 $11,258,164

Metropolia Humanitarian Aid Fund (2022-2023)

Discretionary Fund Healing Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund (2024-2025)

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TOTAL

Help provided by the Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia in the US since Russian invasion on February 22, 2022

Physical Healing Goods and services provided / Quantity

6,108 20,000+

Evacuated from eastern and southern Ukraine

10 15 19 12 4

Internally Displaced People (IDPs) served with housing, food, hygiene and transportation

Shelters for IDPs supported Ambulances and rescue vehicles provided Hospitals supported and equipment purchased Parish soup kitchens supported

Major prosthetic centers helped

29,000+ food kits for 100,000 people

Emergency food kits distributed (food package provides enough supplies for a family of four for one week)

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Mental Healing Goods and services provided / Quantity

64 15 19

Mental rehabilitation centers and programs supported helping over 10,000 people traumatized by the war

Caritas branches working with IDPs and those in need supported Rehabilitation summer camps for children affected by the war that serving over 1,000 children

Spiritual Healing Goods and services provided / Quantity

200 160

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Military and hospital chaplains received assistance Priests ministering to people in the areas affected by the war supported

Religious orders providing comfort to IDPs and people impacted by the war funded Supported Ukrainian Catholic University and Church institutions, which organized seminars and programs helping people wo go through spiritual healing process

Letter of Gratitude from His Beatitude SVIATOSLAV SHEVCHUK, Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Dear Benefactors and all People of Good will in the United States of America, Оn behalf of the people of Ukraine, I'd like to take this opportunity to express our deep gratitude to all of the benefactors, donors and good people in the United States who, through the Healing of Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund, have truly helped thousands of people impacted by the Russian aggression in Ukraine. No one could ever have imagined a war in Europe that would continue to rage for well over four years. And when we talk about these last four years, we mean only the full-scale Russian invasion. In fact, the war began in 2014 with the occupation of Crimea and part of eastern Donbas. We are witnesses of an absolute tragedy, which has been escalating even more in recent months. According to the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, 2025 was the deadliest year for civilians since the invasion began. The number of civilians killed and injured increased by 31% compared to 2024 and by 70% compared to 2023. This year the assault against civilians is only getting worse. This winter, people in Kyiv experienced tremendous hardship. We all know about the “Holodomor” – the genocide carried out by Russia through an artificial famine in 1932-33, which claimed the lives of 4 million Ukrainians. This winter we have encountered another form of genocide, associated with the winter cold. This winter was the harshest in the last decade: the temperature in Kyiv dropped to minus twenty degrees Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit). Thousands of households in Kyiv were left without heat, due to the Russian bombing

of our electrical grids and power plants. Russia wanted Ukrainians to fall into despair, despondency, but this did not happen. On the contrary, due to these constant missile strikes, the people’s will to resist only increases. The Latin phrase “bis dat qui cito dat” (“he gives twice who gives promptly”) would characterize the prompt assistance from our American and European partners, who rushed to show their solidarity and Christian love to the people of Ukraine by supplying generators and energy equipment needed to restore the power and heat in people’s apartments in Ukrainian cities. The Healing of Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund responds quickly to our requests for help. It is inspirational for us to know that we are not alone in our suffering. We are grateful for helping us to carry our heavy burdens of the war, and in this way you fulfill the law of Christ (Galatinas 6,2). What does it mean to be a Christian in times of war? Because Christians are people who have hope. And that hope, that presence of God among us and in us is the source of our strength, our resistance to evil. This is the strength that, by the grace of the Holy Spirit, transforms fear into strength, and hatred — which is natural in these circumstances — into courage, into the power to do good. Today, hope consists of various, bright faces in Ukraine. Hope shines on the faces of the defenders of Ukraine, who for the twelfth year in a row have shown that the Russian invader, who is numerically larger than us, can and must be stopped. Hope shines on the faces of doctors and rescuers, who after each missile attack tirelessly save the lives of the elderly, adults, and children. Hope shines on the faces

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of loving parents, mentors, and teachers, who, amidst the horrors of war, often at the cost of their own lives, raise children, teach them faith in God and all that is good, just, and eternal. Hope shines on the faces of young Ukrainians, on whose shoulders the burden of wartime hardships has fallen like the heaviest of crosses, and who, despite everything, do not stop loving and dreaming, creating families and giving birth to children, conquering the heights of knowledge and sacrificing the most precious thing for the will of the Motherland, even their own lives and health. Hope is conveyed to Ukrainians in a practical way through active humanitarian aid, physical rebuilding efforts, mental health support, and community solidarity that help people survive daily hardships and plan for the future. Our Church is active and close to the people traumatized by the war, through the network of its parishes, Caritas branches and its faithful, who demonstrate Christ’s love in a practical way. Our Church is present behind the front lines, but currently there is not a single Catholic priest in the occupied territories — neither Roman Catholic nor Greek Catholic. Russian troops have destroyed more than 700 churches and houses of prayer in Ukraine. The entire world is now asking itself the question: what is the secret behind the resilience and courage of the Ukrainian people, who dared to resist an unjust, much more numerous attacker? The secret of our resilience is the power of God, which is constantly born in us, renewed, and manifested even in our weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9).

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We are grateful to the US Catholic bishops, faithful, people of different religious backgrounds from the US for standing with Ukraine in prayer and continued support! Ukraine is praying, fighting and standing. We urge you to continue your support! Thank you again for your support and solidarity! May God bless you! His Beatitude SVIATOSLAV SHEVCHUK Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych

Letter from the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops in the US

Dear Friends and Supporters, War is the culmination of all sin. It begins with a lie. It starts with violence. It leads to war crimes and even genocide. There is no one who wants this war to end more than Ukrainians do. But they understand that, over the past three hundred years, every time there has been a Russian occupation of any part of Ukrainian territory, the Ukrainian Catholic Church has been outlawed, churches and houses of prayer have been destroyed, history rewritten, books and historic places have been burned, millions of innocent people have been killed. All of the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops in the US have traveled with humanitarian missions many times to Ukraine since the Russian brutal invasion. We have seen, that on the one hand, there is trauma, death, destruction, and on the other hand, the Church is demonstrating great evangelical love and

heroic service. The Church is truly with the people that are suffering. The bishops are there, the priests are there, the religious are there, and the laypeople are involved. This past year, the Healing of Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund has distributed $938,100 to support 61 projects. The Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia, through the generosity of its US donors, has distributed $11.3 million to support 257 humanitarian aid projects since the Russian barbarian invasion of Ukraine. Thanks to the generosity of our donors and through the network of Catholic and civic organizations in Ukraine, the HWF supported 25 rehabilitation centers and programs serving hundreds on the ground, sponsored 9 summer rehabilitation camps for children, funded two major prosthetic centers, financed 3 shelters for IDPs. The Fund helped to finance 3 healing programs administered by Caritas, supported priests and chaplains who are providing

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spiritual care in the areas most impacted by the war. We supported the humanitarian and pastoral projects of the Head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk.

director of the Mudra Sprava (“Wise Cause”) Foundation, has been at the forefront of the Church’s initiatives to bring relief and Christ’s love to those wounded, suffering and traumatized by the war.

In this annual report you can see what difference your contributions are making, especially in three short features about physical, psychological, and spiritual healing. Allow us also to present to you three special persons: Tetiana Mialkowsky, Chris Manson, Rev. Lyubomyr Yavorskiy.

Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has become one of Ukraine's most important humanitarian and spiritual support networks. Inspired by the social teaching of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky and guided by the vision of His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk (the Head of the UGCC), the foundation combines humanitarian assistance, community development, education, and pastoral care. The Healing of Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund is partnering with many church organizations and through the generosity of our donors we are strongly committed to continue our support.

Tetiana Mialkowsky is an artist, a Gold Star Mother. She lost her only son Mykola, who volunteered to join the defense of his homeland. Tetiana has dedicated her skills, time and energy to help children, families, and war veterans through art therapy. The Fund has sponsored summer camps for children traumatized by the war run by her Charitable Foundation “Pyaternya” located in Lutsk, Western Ukraine. For Chris Manson, a healthcare executive from Illinois, helping Ukraine began with the wave of a hand — and the cry of a child's heart. His 7-year-old daughter Lily saw the photo that changed everything for Manson: an image of a Ukrainian father bidding his young daughter farewell as she fled to safety. They decided they can not sit still, they should start helping by collecting ambulances, fire engines and SUVs to help save lives in Ukraine. The humanitarian aid organization US Ambulances for Ukraine has shipped 122 ambulances, fire engines, and SUVs donated by firefighters and hospitals throughout the US to help Ukrainian first responders in need. The Healing Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund has helped to cover the shipping costs for two ambulances shipped to Ukraine. Fr. Lubomyr Yavorskyi, a young and energetic priest with an MBA degree, who serves as the chief financial officer of the Patriarchal Curia of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and

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Ukrainians need help, but not because they're pitiful and miserable. We should be in partnership with them because they are doing, one could say, our dirty work at an inestimable cost. They are defending Godgiven human dignity, religious freedom, and democracy. Therefore, we encourage everyone to pray, to inform and to help by entering into partnership with people who are making a heroic stance. Thank you again for your support! With blessings and prayers, +BORYS GUDZIAK, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Metropolitan of Ukrainian Catholics in the United States +PAUL CHOMNYCKY, OSBM Eparch of Stamford +BENEDICT ALEKSIYCHUK, Eparch of St. Nicholas in Chicago +BOHDAN J. DANYLO, Eparch of St. Josaphat in Parma

Russia – Ukraine War Statistics Russia has killed 16,126 and wounded 46,590 civilians (as of May 2026, UN OHCHR source) An estimated 10 million people in Ukraine are at risk of mental health issues 11.6 million people have been displaced: 7.6 million refugees living abroad and 4 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) Russia has kidnapped almost 20,000 Ukrainian children Over 60,000 Ukrainians have undergone amputations Over 1,200 hospitals damaged or destroyed Over 700 churches and houses of prayers damaged or destroyed Over 3,500 school and university buildings ruined or left inoperable Over 2 million homes damaged or ruined Russia still occupies roughly 20 percent of the country after gaining over four thousand square kilometers of territory in 2024 The World Bank estimates that the total cost of rebuilding Ukraine will be $588 billion (Feb. 2026 RDNAS Press Release)

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Civilian casualties in 2025 12,142

Civilian injures in 2025

2,514

Civilian deaths in 2025

+31% compared to 2024 +70% compared to 2023 Injured

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6,000

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2025 became the deadliest year for civilians in Ukraine since 2022

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12,142 9,269 7,142

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Helping to Heal Wounds of the War in Ukraine Summer camps for children in war-torn Ukraine: windows of light amidst darkness Tetiana Mialkovska is a Ukrainian visual artist, educator, and art therapist based in Lutsk (Volyn region). She is a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine and the founder and director of the “Pyaternya” art studio and Foundation, where she develops educational and socially oriented programs for children, youth, and adults. Her artistic practice spans painting, installation, and textile-based work, often drawing on Ukrainian folk traditions and contemporary themes. Alongside her studio work, she is actively engaged in art therapy initiatives, including projects with children, veterans, displaced persons, and communities affected by war. In recent years, she has also participated in large-scale collaborative art projects in Ukraine and abroad focused on memory, trauma, and resilience. The Healing of Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund has supported five projects of the summer camps for children conducted by the “Pyaternya” Foundation. A child should not have to learn the sound of sirens before learning to read. Yet for millions of Ukrainian children, this has become the quiet truth of everyday life.

Five years into the war in Ukraine, more than 11.3 million children remain displaced. More than 3,500 schools have been damaged or destroyed, and one in three Ukrainian children can no longer attend classes in person. The damage is not only physical. Children who spend their days in bomb shelters, cut off from friends and the ordinary rhythms of childhood, are losing something essential. Ukrainian artist Tetiana Mialkovska believes that safety, art, and human connection can help heal these wounds. As the founder of the art studio Pyaternya in Lutsk, western Ukraine, she has spent years creating spaces where children can simply be children again. The camps she organizes, called Tepli Doloni (“Warm Palms”), have become a refuge for children carrying the invisible burdens of war.

A Place to Be Children The children who arrive at Tepli Doloni come from across Ukraine. Many travel from cities, where, as Tetiana says, “every night children hear the explosions of Moscow’s rockets and drones, living in fear.” Others have lost fathers at the front. All of them have lost something.

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What the camp offers first is presence. “Not Zoom, not the internet,” she says, “but live communication.” In a time when so much of childhood has moved behind screens, being in the same room, making a friend, and feeling heard becomes a form of medicine. The second gift is safety. Located near the Polish border, far from the front lines, the camp offers children something many have not experienced for months: uninterrupted sleep. “They can sleep normally,” Tetiana says. “There’s hot water. They can wash. They eat good homecooked food.” Rest, warmth, and routine become extraordinary for children whose lives have been shaped by uncertainty and fear. Then comes the art. Each day includes workshops led by professional artists, including painters, ceramicists, printmakers, iconographers, and craftspeople, many of them displaced by the war themselves. Children experiment with traditional Ukrainian decorative arts, collage, ceramics, fashion design, floristry, and other creative forms. Psychologists work alongside the artists, using art therapy to help children process what they are carrying. There is space to ask difficult questions about fear, loss, and uncertainty, and to find answers together in a supportive environment. At the twenty-ninth Tepli Doloni camp, held in June 2026 and supported by the Healing of Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund, sixty-five children from different parts of Ukraine participated in an intensive program of art workshops and community-building activities. During the camp they met Andriy Solomin, a Ukrainian soldier who lost both legs in the war. Tetiana explains why his presence mattered. “He talks about strength, about survival, about war. He takes off his prosthetics and lets the children touch them, so they understand and are prepared for anything. Maybe their father will come back without legs. They need to know how to meet people like that without fear.” For Tetiana, the camps are about more than temporary relief. “We are building an archive

for them,” she says. “We are laying a foundation on which the walls of their future life will rise. These must be positive memories of childhood. They will remember there was a terrible war, but in that darkness there were windows where light was shining.” Jan Buras, a local Roman Catholic priest accompanies the summer camps and broadens the space of light.

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Holding the line for her son Behind these words stands a deeply personal loss. Tetiana’s son Mykola was twenty-eight years old. Educated at Ostroh Academy and the Catholic University of Lublin, he had built a life in Poland and worked for the city council of Lublin. When Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, he returned to Ukraine. He was killed in December 2023. Tetiana speaks about him with the tenderness of a mother determined not to lose him twice: first to death and then to forgetting.

“I automatically search for him in every young man who looks like him,” she says. “For a fraction of a second I think it is him, and then I understand that he is gone.” What she fears most is the fading of memory. “I am most afraid of forgetting him, his smell, his voice, our life together.” Yet she continues telling his story. “When I speak, I understand again that he is gone. It is painful. But I cannot stop speaking, because then the memory will go out.” The camps have become one way of carrying that memory forward. “I will go to the end,” she says, “to hold the line for my son.” In many ways, Tepli Doloni is both a service to children and a continuation of her son’s legacy. Every camp, every workshop, and every child who leaves with a renewed sense of hope becomes part of that commitment.

Painting Through Loss Before the war, Tetiana’s paintings celebrated the warmth of Ukrainian life: folk songs, weddings, religious traditions, flowers, and scenes of everyday joy. She still paints flowers, but they have changed. “In those flowers there are more dark colors, and more of the skeleton of the flower than the bloom itself.” When she recently displayed older and newer works side by side, the difference was unmistakable. “The blossoms had fallen. What remained were dried flowers.” The transformation reflects not only a change in artistic style but also the reality she has lived through. “I paint dried flowers as if to show that Ukraine, too, has become a dried flower.”

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Yet she continues to create. “Work holds me together,” she says. “If not for work, depression would have overtaken me completely.” Art remains both her vocation and one of the ways she continues to live with grief.

Ukrainian diaspora: Noah’s Ark Before the war, Tetiana traveled to museums and galleries in search of artistic inspiration. Today she travels for a different purpose. She collects funds and speaks with people. “About my son, about Ukraine, about the war,” she says when asked what she speaks about abroad. Wherever she goes, she shares both her personal story and the realities facing Ukraine. She sees the Ukrainian diaspora as something like Noah’s Ark: Ukrainians who fled the storm, preserving the nation’s future until the time comes to rebuild. “When they reach the Ukrainian shore,” she says, “they will be needed.” In March 2026, Tetiana visited Philadelphia. Together with artists Tetiana Rusetska and Iryna Semenenko, she helped create a thirty-meter outdoor painting, The Song of Songs of the Ukrainian People, unveiled on Palm Sunday at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Through this collaborative project, participants expressed experiences of war, trauma, and loss while seeking healing and hope. These journeys are not escapes from the realities of war. They are part of the same mission. Tetiana returns home with support, partnerships, and resources that help fund another camp, another workshop, and another place for a child at Tepli Doloni. For her, every child who leaves with a new friendship, a painting, a memory of safety, or a few days without fear represents a small victory. The war continues to take much from Ukraine’s children. The projects like Tepli Doloni supported by the Healing of Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund try to ensure that it does not take everything.

American Solidarity in Action — US Ambulances for Ukraine For healthcare executive Chris Manson, helping Ukraine began with a hand — and the cry of a child’s heart

His daughter, Lily, was seven years old when Russia launched its February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, continuing attacks initiated in 2014. After seeing television news coverage of the attacks, Lily was deeply troubled, asking if the family could pray for Ukraine, which they did. Then Lily saw the photo that changed everything for Manson: an image of a Ukrainian father bidding his young daughter farewell as she fled to safety. “It was one of those scenes where the dad was staying behind, and the mom and the kids were on the train,” Manson recalled. “The dad put his hand up on the glass and the daughter put her hand up on the glass. That’s the only

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way they could really say goodbye. … The dad was left there, and the train went away.”

But, he said, “the only thing the guy said to me was, ‘What do you want — gas or diesel?’”

The sight “really hit Lily,” who wanted to “do something to help the people in Ukraine,” said Manson, adding that his daughter’s plea “made me not just want to write a check.”

Just a month after the full-scale invasion, Manson teamed up with other Ukraine supporters to get the ambulance loaded onto a plane and flown out of Chicago to Luxembourg, then delivered overland to Ukraine.

As vice president of government relations for OSF HealthCare, a Catholic medical system, Manson found a means of supporting Ukraine close at hand. After some prayer and reflection, he realized that “the people in Ukraine might need an ambulance, and I think I could probably get them one if I tried.” Working for religious sisters — specifically, the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, who oversee the mission of OSF HealthCare — proved to be an advantage. “I talked to my boss, who’s a sister, and said, ‘I have this desire to do something and I might go to Ukraine,’” said Manson. “And she said, ‘If you’re telling us you feel God’s calling to help, we’ll do what we can to help you.’” Manson found a local ambulance provider and, unsure how his request would be received, asked if the company would donate one of its older vehicles. “I didn’t think they were going to say yes,” admitted Manson.

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That first shipment marked the start of US Ambulances for Ukraine, the Illinois-based nonprofit Manson created to provide urgently needed first responder vehicles, as Russia continues its relentless attacks in an assault that has been classified in multiple human rights reports as a genocide. So far, US Ambulances for Ukraine has sent at least 108 ambulances, fire engines, and SUVs to the Ukrainian people. The fire engines “are oftentimes the first vehicle out, knocking down fires after drone and missile strikes,” Manson said, adding he’s received multiple “dramatic pictures” of the trucks in use by firefighters as they are “saving lives.” The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis have themselves donated two SUVs, along with medical supplies, said Manson, who also expressed gratitude for the sisters’ flexibility in allowing him, amid his busy work schedule, to travel to Ukraine ten times to oversee vehicle deliveries.

cheerleader and supporter.” Lily even accompanied her father to Estonia, from which they drove an ambulance to the Poland-Ukraine border for handoff. Manson said that each mission is named, and that he chooses a patron saint for the deliveries he leads. He even dubbed one mission “Operation Taghba,” a reference to the location in Israel believed to be where Jesus multiplied the loaves and fishes.

One SUV acquired by Manson’s nonprofit was shipped to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church’s military chaplain program, which uses the vehicle to reach soldiers on the front lines, “bringing them sacraments, bringing comfort and aid,” said Manson. “It has brought me so much joy to know that the SUV is going to help with Communion or Confession, so that if someone does, God forbid, die, they’re good with Jesus.” The SUV has also saved the lives of those in it, he added, with the vehicle’s “police supercharged engine” propelling its passengers to safety as a Russian drone pursued them. Manson said one ambulance managed to transport some 1,200 people before it was destroyed by Russian forces. Such deliberate targeting of first responders, a violation of international law, underscores the ongoing need for emergency vehicles. And there are plenty of people willing to help, with each effort connecting more and more people of goodwill across the world. Manson said he shares stories of the vehicle deli veries “with police department, fire departments, ambulance providers,” who “tell their friends and colleagues,” prompting more offers of aid. His family is wholeheartedly behind him in the effort, with his wife Heather as his “biggest

Although the cost of shipping the vehicles, all of which are donated, can be daunting — exceeding $200,000 for one mission — God’s provision suffices, said Manson. “If I just commit to it, God will take care of the rest,” he said. Support from the Healing of Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund is “critical,” Manson added. “When I get a donation (from the Healing of Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund ), I can start making plans. I can tell people I’ve got money,” he said. “And then that leads to more people donating money or ambulances or supplies. The fund is key to helping this mission move forward.” The work is a labor of love — one that serves Ukraine’s fight for freedom, said Manson, who in 2023 was awarded the Cross of Ivan Mazepa by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “This is their 1776,” he said, referencing the year in which the U.S. declared its independence from Britain. “This is that moment, that make or break. It’s good versus evil, darkness versus light. They have put it all on the line to fight for freedom.” And, he said, that struggle is not only for the present. “It’s a powerful feeling knowing that, if a life is saved, there can be children, grandchildren, generations of people that are going to be changed because of that,” he said.

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The Church Beyond Its Walls: Ministry in Time of War

Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale inva sion, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has become one of Ukraine’s most important humanitarian and spiritual support networks. Healing of Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund is partnering with many organizations, and we would like to share some information with you about one such endeavor, namely Mudra Sprava (“Wise Cause”). This is the Patriarchal Foundation established in 2022 to support the spiritual, social, and material renewal of Ukrainian communities. Inspired by the social teaching of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky and guided by the vision of His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the foundation combines humanitarian assistance, community development, education, and pastoral care. Fr. Lubomyr Yavorskyi, a chief financial officer of the Patriarchal Curia of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and director of Mudra Sprava, has been at the forefront of these efforts. In this conversation, Fr. Lubomyr reflects on how people’s needs have evolved during the war, the role of the Church in responding to humanitarian challenges, the ministry of military chaplains, and the importance of support from the Ukrainian diaspora and people of good will.

What are the main forms of humanitarian assistance that the Church is providing today to those affected by the war? The Church has assumed a key role in responding to the humanitarian challenges caused by the war. Through our nationwide network, we see people’s needs directly. We encounter families struggling to meet basic needs and many

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who come to the Church seeking what is often their last source of hope. Our humanitarian initiatives arise from concrete needs. When a challenge appears, we try to respond quickly. Last winter, for example, we provided more than €1.2 million worth of generators to those districts of Kyiv severely affected by attacks on the energy system. In some cases, Church assistance reached communities before state mechanisms were fully mobilized. We listen, identify the problem, and act.

How have people’s needs changed during the years of the full-scale war? In 2022, people faced chaos, fear, and uncertainty. In 2023, there was hope that military successes would bring a quicker end to the war. By 2024, many realized that the conflict would be prolonged, and exhaustion became increasingly visible. Last year new challenges emerged around energy security, a harsh winter, and constant attacks on infrastructure. At the beginning of the invasion, evacuation and shelter for internally displaced persons were among the most urgent needs. The shelters established by the Church continue to operate today. In places such as Briukhovychi, Novoyavorivsk, Zarvanytsia, Buchach, and Kolomyia, some residents have remained for years because they know they will receive care and support. Over time, we learned that humanitarian aid alone is not enough. People also need community which offers encouragement, solidarity, and the reassurance that they are not facing

their struggles alone. This realization led to the creation of the Centers for Healing the Wounds of War. Originally developed from emergency shelters during the energy crisis, these centers now provide psychological, social, humanitarian, and pastoral support while helping people rebuild meaningful human connections. Today, we are increasingly focused on preparing communities for future reconstruction. We help people learn how to apply for grants, access available resources, and strengthen local initiatives. Our goal is not simply to aid but to help people regain confidence and self-sufficiency.

You travel extensively throughout Ukraine. What do you learn from people, and where do you find strength? My greatest source of strength comes from meeting people. Whenever I visit communities and encounter those we serve, I find renewed motivation. I often say that I travel to touch the wounds of war. These wounds are not only visible in destroyed buildings but also in people’s hearts. Listening to their stories is essential. One story that remains with me is that of a woman from the Zaporizhzhia region who escaped occupation through Belarus, the Baltic countries, and Poland. At the Polish border, an officer asked where she was going. She answered, “Home.” The officer was surprised and asked why she would return when others were fleeing. She replied simply: “I want to be near my home.” The suffering of children and older people affects me most deeply. Children are growing up amid sirens, danger, and uncertainty. Many have lost opportunities for education, recreation, and normal social development. Older people are especially vulnerable. Someone in their seventies or eighties cannot easily rebuild a home or start over economically.

For this reason, we are exploring ways to create dignified living environments and care facilities for elderly people who have lost everything. When you encounter such pain, your own fatigue becomes less important. What remains is the desire to serve.

How has the war changed the role of the priest? Recently, we conducted a study among clergy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine. The results were revealing. Many priests reported that their financial situation had worsened during the war, and more than half experienced economic hardship. Yet more than 90 percent said they remained satisfied with their ministry and vocation. Material conditions may have deteriorated, but priests continue to find deep meaning in their service because priesthood is not primarily about financial security, it is about serving others. Today, the priest has become a true community leader. He collaborates with local authorities, charitable organizations, volunteers, and civic groups. He helps coordinate assistance while continuing to serve as a spiritual guide. I often say that during the war the Church left the walls of the church building and went out to the people. New projects, new initiatives, and new forms of ministry have emerged. At the same time, the priest must remain a priest, nourishing people through the Gospel and spiritual care. These dimensions of ministry must always remain united.

Why is support from the Healing the Wounds of the War in Ukra ine Fund so important today? Everyone is tired of the war. Some are tired of hearing about it, and others are tired of donating. Ukrainians, however, cannot afford that fatigue because this remains a struggle for survival.

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That is why support from the Healing the Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund is so important for us. Many international donors are reducing assistance or shifting their attention toward future reconstruction. Yet before rebuilding can begin, people must first survive. The Fund supports programs for children, families of fallen soldiers, psychological and spiritual recovery, military chaplaincy, and many other initiatives. Equally important, it helps communicate the reality of the war to people abroad. The world needs to understand that the destruction continues and that the need for support remains urgent.

As Ukraine goes through another year of war, what needs do you foresee? Preparing for winter remains one of our highest priorities. This includes food security, hot meals, food packages, and furnishing Church facilities with generators and backup power systems. At the same time, investment in people remains equally important. Through the Centers for Healing the Wounds of War, including psychological recovery programs, spiritual accompaniment, and leadership initiatives, we help people find the strength to move forward. Recently, a participant in our “Leadership in Times of Uncertainty” program in Odesa expressed the fact that several days of prayer, learning, spiritual accompaniment, and distance from the constant flow of bad news gave her the strength she needed to continue. This is exactly the kind of support we hope to provide. Our task is not only to help people survive another winter but also to strengthen them for the future.

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Collection and Distribution The Healing of Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund's (HWF) total revenue during our 2025 fiscal year equaled $1.2 million (vs. $2.8 million in 2024). Most of the contributions came from individual donors.

Top 20 Donors of the Fund — 2025 Please see the list of individual projects supported by the Fund at the end of this report

Donors

Anonymous donor to match Fall 2025 Reporting & Benefit Archeparchy's event donation

$100,000

Anonymous donation

$100,000

Anonymous donation

$47,651

Sisters of St.Joseph of Peace

$40,000

Anonymous donation

$32,268

St. Peter&Paul Ukr Cath Church- Ludlow MA

$23,511

Paul Luciw

$15,160

King's College

$15,000

The Joan Lum Charitable Foundation

$10,000

The Simon Brendle Philanthropic

$10,000

Gilbert Malone

$8,000

Maria Bachynsky-Tarasiuk

$7,809

Mark Ewen

$7,500

Geoffrey Peters

$7,500

Alexandra Lencyk

$7,200

Annunciation of the BVM Ukrainian Catholic Church, Melrose Park

$6,090

Gregory Adams

$5,235

Henry Davison

$6,180

Morgan Miles

$5,838

Mark Simon

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Fund Distribution in 2025

The HWF has funded 61 projects for the total amount of

$938,100

$438,680 $282,419 $146,000 $47,052 $23,949

Mental Healing 47%

Spiritual Healing 30% Physical Healing 16%

Fundraising/ Marketing • 4% Administration 3%

Net assets of the Fund at the end of the year amounted to $344,358

Fund Financials

2025

Revenue Donations

$797,701

Grants

$40,000

Balance from previous year

$444,757

Subtotal

$1,282,458

Expenses Program services

$867,099

Administration

$23,949

Fundraising/marketing

$47,052

Subtotal

$938,100

Excess of Revenue over Expenses

$344,358

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The Fund directed most funds to projects run by Church or non-profit organizations that work in partnership with the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church. Altogether the HWF supported 34 reliable organizations in Ukraine. The tope recipients of the Fund were the Patriarchal Curia of the UGCC and “Mudra Sprava” Foundation, which implements the spiritual and humanitarian projects of the Head of the UGCC, Donetsk exarchate of UGCC, Vaad and Caritas Ukraine.

Organizations supported in 2025 by the HWF Organizations

Patriarchal Curia of the UGCC and “Mudra Sprava Foundation”

$216,669

25.0%

Donetsk Exarchate of UGCC

$90,000

10.4%

Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VaaD)

$85,180

9.8%

Caritas Ukraine and local branches

$78,000

9.0%

Rehabilitation Center “Nazareth”

$35,000

4.0%

Kyiv Archeparchy

$30,000

3.5%

Charity Foundation “Family Circle”

$30,000

3.5%

Charitable Foundation “Pyaternia”

$30,000

3.5%

Sisters of the Holy Eucharist

$23,000

2.7%

Ukrainian Catholic University

$20,500

2.4%

Social Outreach Office of Philadelphia Archeparchy

$20,000

2.3%

Jesuit Refugee Services

$20,000

2.3%

Odesa Exarchate

$20,000

2.3%

Chernivtsi Eparchy

$15,000

1.7%

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Lutsk Exarchate

$15,000

1.7%

Plast Zarvanytsia

$15,000

1.7%

Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate

$11,000

1.3%

UGCC Transfiguration Rehabilitation Center for Clergy

$10,000

1.2%

Charitable Foundation “Doctor Svidersky Hospital”

$10,000

1.2%

Stradch Center

$10,000

1.2%

USAmbulances for Ukraine

$10,000

1.2%

Protez Foundation

$10,000

1.2%

DePaul Ukraine Foundation

$8,000

0.9%

Olsztyn-Gdansk Eparchy

$7,250

0.8%

Association of the Consecrated Life

$7,000

0.8%

Lviv Archeparchy

$5,000

0.6%

Basilian Fathers

$5,000

0.6%

Studion in Rome

$5,000

0.6%

Umbrella of Ukrainian Hope

$5,000

0.6%

Mental Health Hub Action

$4,500

0.5%

Sincere Heart Charity Foundation

$4,000

0.5%

Sisters of Saint Anna

$4,000

0.5%

Pastoral and Migration Department of the UGCC

$4,000

0.5%

Obnova Federation of Ukrainian Catholic Students

$4,000

0.5%

Total

$867,099

100.0%

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List of approved Projects in 2025 Patriarchal Curia of the UGCC $216,669 1.

$30,000 — Patriarchal Curia of the UGCC — Department of Military Chaplaincy — provided fuel and auto repair expenses for the ministry of fifty military chaplains of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church $8,000 — Patriarchal Curia of the UGCC — Sheptytsky Foundation — supported “Voices of the children of war in Ukraine” at the Jubilee celebrations in Rome: to testify the truth and bring a message of hope and peace $15,000 — Patriarchal Curia of the UGCC — Sheptytsky Foundation — financed a program “Counteraction addictions in the face of the challenges of the war in Ukraine” $40,000 — Patriarchal Curia of the UGCC — Archangel Michael Foundation — financed rehabilitation summer camps for the children of war veterans and killed military

$10,000 — Patriarchal Curia of the UGCC — Mission “Patriarchal Commission on Youth” of the UGCC — supported the rehabilitation of Ukrainian youth from eastern Ukraine

$30,000 — Patriarchal Curia of the UGCC — Archangel Michael Foundation — financed rehabilitation summer camps for the children of war veterans and killed military

$40,000 — Patriarchal Curia of the UGCC — Archangel Michael Foundation — supported spiritual and psychological support of women affected by the war

in Ukraine through activities of 27 support groups throughout Ukraine 8. $23,669 — Patriarchal Curia of the UGCC — supported the Central Ministry of the Church 9. $10,000 — Patriarchal Curia of the UGCC — supported the “Christmas Miracles” program for children-victims of the war in Ukraine 10. $10,000 — Patriarchal Curia of the UGCC — Archangel Michael Foundation — financed rehabilitation summer camps for the children of war veterans and killed military

Donetsk Exarchate of the UGCC (the see of the Donetsk Exarchate was relocated to the city of Zaporizhzhia after the Russian invasion)

$90,000 11. $10,000 — Donetsk Exarchate of the UGCC — financed a winter camp for children affected by the war in Ukraine 12. $30,000 — Donetsk Exarchate of the UGCC — supported seven centers of social and psychological support for people affected by the war in Eastern Ukraine established by the Donetsk Exarchate in seven parishes 13. $40,000 — Donetsk Exarchate of the UGCC — financed rehabilitation summer camps for children affected by the war in Ukraine 14. $10,000 — Donetsk Exarchate of the UGCC — financed a winter camp for children from eastern Ukraine affected by the war

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Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD) $85,180 15. $26,000 — Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD Ukraine) — financed Recovery During War, a program for the psychological rehabilitation of war victims in Ukraine 16. $25,000 — Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD) — supported recovery during the war program (psychological rehabilitation of women and children affected by the war) 17. $16,000 — Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD Ukraine) — supported psychological rehabilitation of soldiers with PTSD 18. $18,180 — Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD Ukraine) — supported the rehabilitation program of soldiers with PTSD

24. $10,000 — Rehabilitation Center “Nazareth” — financed a purchase of an accessible van for veterans with disabilities

Kyiv Archeparchy $30,000 25. $10,000 — Kyiv Archeparchy — supported priests of the Kyiv Archeparchy during the war 26. $10,000 — Kyiv Archeparchy — supported IDPS in the Kyiv Archeparchy of the UGCC 27. $10,000 — Kyiv Archeparchy — supported the building of a temporary chapel in Mena (Chernihiv region)

Charity Foundation “Family Circle” 28. $30,000 — Charitable Foundation “Family Circle” — financed specialized evidencebased outpatient mental health care for Ukrainian children and adults impacted by psychotraumatic events of the war

NGO “Pyaternia”

Caritas Ukraine and local branches

$30,000

$78,000

29. $15,000 — NGO “Pyaternya” — “Supporting winter camp for children from Kherson region”

19. $21,000 — Caritas Odesa — financed renovation and furnishing of Caritas Odesa’s Children and Family Support Center 20. $20,000 — Caritas Starokostiantyniv — financed psychological rehabilitation of children affected by the war 21. $29,000 — Caritas Chernivtsi — financed the completion of a retreat center in the Carpathian mountains to accommodate children affected by the war 22. $8,000 — Caritas of Chernivtsi — financed the Installation of Solar panels of children’s center in Caritas Chernivtsi

Rehabilitation Center “Nazareth” $35,000 23. $25,000 — Rehabilitation Center “Nazareth” — supported “Safe Home” for individuals and families facing difficult life circumstances

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30. $15,000 — NGO “Pyaternya” — supported a mental rehabilitation program for children, veterans and their families affected by the war through art therapy

Sisters of the Holy Eucharist $23,000 31. $5,000 — Sisters of the Eucharist — provided psychotherapeutic assistance to members of the congregation of the Most Holy Eucharist, who helped IDPs and those affected by the war 32. $10,000 — Sisters of the Eucharist — psychological and spiritual rehabilitation to those affected by the war. 33. $8,000 — Sisters of the Eucharist — financed spiritual and emotional support for people wounded by the war in Ukraine

Ukrainian Catholic University $20,500 34. $5,500 — Ukrainian Catholic University — established Robert (Bobby) Pietrangelo’ stipend for Ukrainian student at UCU University in Ukraine 35. $15,000 — Ukrainian Catholic University — EMMAUS — supporting the activities of the center

Social Outreach Office of Philadelphia Archeparchy 36. $20,000 — Social Outreach Office of Philadelphia Archeparchy — supported the activities of the office for 2026 (for 6 months)

Jesuit Refugee Services of Ukraine 37. $20,000 — Jesuit Refugee Services of Ukraine — supported the educational and emotional recovery of children affected by war

Odesa Exarchate 38. $20,000 — Odesa Exarchate — supported priests of the Odesa Exarchate during the war

Chernivtsi Eparchy 39. $15,000 — Chernivtsi Eparchy — financed summer camps for children and teenagers of IDPs from the Chernivtsi Eparchy

Lutsk Exarchate $15,000 40. $7,000 — Lutsk Exarchate — financed Christian summer camp “Joyful holidays with God” in the parishes of the Lutsk Exarchate 41. $8,000 — Lutsk Exarchate — financed evangelization and integration activities of the children of the Lutsk Exarchate

Plast Zarvanytsia 42. $15,000 — Plast Zarvanytsia — supported the “PLAST” scouting organization’s outreach center for youth

Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate 43. $11,000 — Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate — financed a summer camp with a program of spiritual and emotional recovery for children of socially vulnerable categories of the “Bridge of Hope” program

UGCC Transfiguration Rehabilitation Center for Clergy 44. $10,000 — UGCC Transfiguration Rehabilitation Center for Clergy — support services to members of the clergy struggling with addictions

Charitable Foundation “Doctor Svidersky Hospital” 45. $10,000 — Charitable Foundation “Doctor Svidersky Hospital” — Covering heating expenses during the winter for IDPs

Stradch Center 46. $10,000 — Stradch Center — financed spiritual and psychological assistance for those traumatized by the war

USAmbulances for Ukraine 47. $10,000 — USAmbulances for Ukraine — covered shipping expenses of two rescue vehicles to Ukraine

Protez Foundation 48. $10,000 — Protez Foundation — helped to get prosthetics for wounded soldiers from Ukraine

Charitable Foundation “Doctor Svidersky Hospital” 49. $10,000 — Charitable Foundation “Doctor Svidersky Hospital” — covered heating expenses during the winter to 73 refugees

DePaul Ukraine Foundation 50. $8,000 — DePaul Ukraine Foundation — supported children with special needs in the Zulachchia Boarding School/ Orphanage/Institution

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Olsztyn-Gdansk Eparchy

Sisters of Saint Anna

51. $7,250 — Olsztyn-Gdańsk Eparchy — supported pastoral care for war refugees in pastoral institutions of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in Poland

59. $4,000 — Sisters of Saint Anna — helped the sisters to accommodate refugees and those affected by the war

Association of the Consecrated Life 52. $7,000 — Association of the Consecrated Life of the UGCC — supported healing empowerment program for wives of military servicemen

Lviv Archeparchy 53. $5,000 — Lviv Archeparchy — Holy Transfiguration Church — supported mental and spiritual rehabilitation for those affected by the war in Ukraine

Basilian Fathers 54. $5,000 — Basilan Fathers — helped orphaned or semi-orphaned children from the Buchach Lyceum

Studion in Rome 55. $5,000 — Studion in Rome — supported a rehabilitation visit of 12 Ukrainian wounded soldiers to Rome

Umbrella of Ukrainian Hope 56. $5,000 — Charitable Foundation Umbrella of Ukrainian Hope — financed summer camps for children of IDPs and those impacted by the war

Mental Health Hub Action of Lviv Archeparchy 57. $4,500 — Mental Health Hub of Action of Lviv Archeparchy — supported spiritual leaders: psycho-emotional and spiritual recovery of priests and seminarians

Charitable Foundation “Sincere Heart” 58. $4,000 — Charitable Foundation “Sincere Heart” — financed a winter camp for children of IDPs

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Pastoral and Migration Department of the UGCC 60. $4,000 — Pastoral and Migration Department of the UGCC — financed pastoral care of Ukrainian war migrants

Obnova Federation of Ukrainian Catholic Student and Academic Associations 61. $4,000 — Obnova Federation of Ukrainian Catholic Student and Academic Associations — sponsored a conference dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the Obnova Association: “The Ways of Obnova: Experience, Challenges of Wartime, a Look Towards the Future”

Donor List We thank all our donors for helping to heal wounds of the war in Ukraine We deeply apologize in advance if anyone was inadvertently omitted from the list below (we included donors who donated $500 and over). Please notify us so that we may update our records.

Donors $30,000 — $100,000

Donors $1,000 — $4,999

Anonymous Anonymous Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, Englewood Cliffs, NJ Anonymous

Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Church, South Deerfield, MA Anthony and Theresa Dilenno, Drexel Hill, PA Dr. Andrei Kachala, Verona, NJ Holy Protection Mission Parish, Stamford, CT Michael Effron, South Bend, IN Peter Keith, Fennville, MI St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Church, Trenton, NJ Ecumenical Lenten Committee, Centreville, MD Most Rev. Mark Bartosic, Chicago, IL Motrja Watters, Philadelphia, PA Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church, Kerhonkson, NY Catholic Charities Diocese of Des Moines, Des Moines, IA Zoreslava Mysko, Philadelphia, PA Michael Rapko, North Smithfield, RI Andrew Stefanyshyn, Brooklyn, NY Dr. George O. and Roma L. Temnycky, Manlius, NY Andrzej Tymowski, New York, NY Michael Kopczyk, Youngstown, OH Gary D. Plotycia and Kacy Cosentini, Savannah, GA Patricia A. Baker, Kansas City, MO St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, Cherry Hill, NJ Michael F. and Elaine C. Reilly, Wilmington, DE Patrick Bagley, Wilmington, DE Anne Evans, Ashland, PA Christian and Laura Gal, Manchester, MA Stephen Sloniewsky, Arlington, VA Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson, Clifton, NJ Halyna Zaiats and Stephen Lepki, Cambridge, OH Teresa Carroll, South Bend, IN

Donors $10,000 — $30,000 King’s College, Wilkes Barre, PA Paul Luciw, Davis, CA Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA St. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church, Ludlow, MA The Joan Lum Charitable Fund, Fresno, CA Anonymous

Donors $5,000 — $9,999 Gregory Adams, Madison, AL Annunciation of the BVM Ukrainian Catholic Church, Melrose Park, PA Maria Bachynsky-Tarasiuk, Newtown, PA Henry Davison, Philadelphia, PA Mark Ewen, West Chester, PA Alexandra Lencyk, Stamford, CT Gilbert Malone, York, PA Morgan Miles, Statesboro, GA Ann Pawliczko, Monroe, NY Geoffrey Peters, Lambertville, NJ Drs. Rodgers, Alison M. Buch and Daniel Donovan, Camp Hill, PA Mark Simon, Newtown, PA Ukrainian Catholic Church of Christ the King, Jamaica Plain, MA John and Miyoung Walsh, Billings, MT Mr. Charles Walsh III, Brookline, MA

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William Koenig, Wilmington, DE Anonymous, Robertsville, MO Rozos, John, Poland Spring, ME Bohdan and Diane Solonynka, Churchville, PA St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church, Baltimore, MD Michael Humnicky, Murfreesboro, TN Alex Omecinsky, Troy, NY Philip Lewandowski, King Of Prussia, PA Florence Chan, Tenafly, NJ George Janocsko, Homestead, PA Martha Sahyouni, Skokie, IL Dr. Yuri Deychakiwsky, North Potomac, MD Christopher and Kristen Kulp, Souderton, PA Gregory Moyer, Lancaster, PA Leaella Shirley, Wauwatosa, WI Huberta Siciliano, Steubenville, OH Gregory Zemczak, Brecksville, OH Robert and Veronica Royal, Fairfax Station, VA Jesse and Christine Greene, Bedford Corners, NY Juliana Osinchuk, Tucson, AZ Ulana Pedersen, Lincoln, RI Robert Polansky, Kansas City, MO Huberta Siciliano, Steubenville, OH Jiahua Zou, New Brunswick, RI A. T. Chadwick Co Inc., Bensalem, PA Dr. Nykola Bartkiw and Pearl Durand, MI Pat Bellamah, Washougal, WA Lenore Belzer, Amherst, NY Frank and Judy Beskid, Harrisburg, PA Blackbaud Giving Fund, Charleston, SC Robert and Joanne Blonarowycz, Upper Chichester, PA Rev. Msgr David Bohr, Dunmore, PA Mary Christina Cheplick Robert Curry, Newtown Square, PA Rev. Edward Davis, MM, Maryknoll, NY James Derwin, Annapolis, MD Most Rev. John Flesey, Franklin Lakes, NJ Stephen Hanyok, Elkton, MD Paul Joseph Keliher, Telford, PA William Letnaunchyn, New Bern, NC Carol MacNeil, Rochester, NY Gerald Medwick, Wexford, PA Edwin O’Brien, Baltimore, MD Cardinal Edwin O’Brien, Baltimore, MD Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities, Wilmington, DE Huberta Schiappa Siciliano, Steubenville, OH

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St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, Glen Lyon, PA John Turek, Gibbon, NE

Donors $500 — $999 Joseph Samson, Rockford, MI Warren and Ellen Pryor, Columbia City, IN Michael Wilson, College Park, MD St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church, Hillsborough, NJ Kateryna Cuddeback, Front Royal, VA Rev. Taras R. and Jaroslava L. Lonchyna, Trenton, NJ Rio David and Meaghan M. Mascarenhas, Milford, OH Rev. William Hodges, New Canaan, CT Craig Evans, Brookfield, NH Thomas Sutkowski Jr., Hartford, CT Paul and Michelle Warila, Portland, OR Dennis and Joan Murphy, Lansdale, PA Walter Bilynsky, Baldwinsville, NY James Cole, Caldwell, NJ Roman Kozak, Tarrytown, NY Melinda E. and James A. Baker, Salida, CO St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, Salem, MA James Floyd, Great Meadows, NJ Patricia Koontz, Kent, OH James Petrycia, Raymond, NH Patricia Colthurst, Virginia Beach, VA John & Kathleen Congdon, Mapleton, OR John Chamberlain, Half Moon Bay, CA John P. King, Tampa, FL Roman M. and Ann Peklak, Hatfield, PA David Tatge, Oak Hill, VA Steven Dohne, Lancaster, PA Thomas Lulling, Tempe, AZ Teresa Danovich, Eugene, OR Judith Freeman, Tempe, AZ Giancarlo Bon Tempo, Milford, MA Andrus A. and Adele Loigu, Whiting, NJ John Gardner, Alexandria, VA Christine L. Janowicz, Indianapolis, IN Sieglinde Kurz, Lonedell, MO Oksana Kuzma, Colorado Springs, CO Kent Norman, Silver Spring, MD Cecelia V. Williams, Albuquerque, NM Robert Landback, New Haven, CT Robert Matteucci Jr., North Wildwood, NJ

Archdiocese of Mobile, Mobile, AL Archdiocese of San Angelo, San Angelo, TX Ascension of Our Lord Ukrainian Catholic Church, Sayre, PA Rev. Msgr. William Benwell, Watchung, NJ Most Rev. Leonard Blair, Bloomfield, CT Claudia Bourdon (IRA), Leonardtown, MD Michael Bruno, Hummelstown, PA Dianne Cartwright, Grandville, MI Bishop Keith Chylinski, Bala Cynwyd, PA Kathleen Crawford, Fresno, CA John Deasy, Lansdowne, VA Ms. Joanne DeMoll, Union Bridge, MD Marcella Derkatz, Brooklyn, NY James and Anne Dougherty, Cincinnati, OH Jerry W. and Barbara C. Faust, Perkasie, PA Deacon Steven Frueh, Salina, KS Ann L. and Edward W. Gallagher, Olney, MD Michael and Shirley Hodowanec, Birdsboro, PA Roald Hoffmann, Ithaca, NY Mary-Ann Houser, Danbury, CT John L. and Nancy M. Howard, Tucson, AZ John Janowski Jerome F. Kuenzel, Washington, MO

Rita Lethert, Fairborn, OH John and Tracy Lowell, Saint Louis, MO Gregory Constantine and Angela Bellizia Mackaronis, East Brunswick, NJ Matthew and Briana Rich Charitable Fund Boris Moczula, Edison, NJ Stephen W. and Sharon A. Nachesty, Northampton, PA John and Martha Osterhaus, Fresno, CA Patricia Prejean, Mandeville, LA Gerald T. and Carol Prud’homme, Springfield, OR John and Joan Regan, Jamaica Plain, MA Linda Samilo, Schnecksville, PA Bishop Larry Silva, Honolulu, HI Daniel Simons, Stuart, FL St. Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church, Bristol, PA M.D. Peter V. and Margaret G. Sullivan, Gainesville, TX Irka Swiencicky, Syracuse, NY Ukrainian Cultural Institute of North Dakota, Dickinson, ND Ukrainian Hutsul Society Cheremosh, Philadelphia, PA

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Fund’s Leadership Patrons Cardinal BLASE J. CUPICH, Archbishop of Chicago Cardinal DANIEL N. DINARDO, Archbishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston Cardinal TIMOTHY M. DOLAN, Archbishop Emeritus of New York Cardinal WILTON D. GREGORY, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington Cardinal ROBERT W. MCELROY, Archbishop of Washington Cardinal SEAN P. O’MALLEY, Archbishop Emeritus of Boston Cardinal JOSEPH WILLIAM TOBIN, CSsR, Archbishop of Newark

Bishop’s Board Metropolitan BORYS GUDZIAK of the Philadelphia Archeparchy Bishop PAUL PATRICK CHOMNYCKY of the Stamford Eparchy Bishop VENEDYKT ALEKSIYCHUK of the St.Nicholas Eparchy in Chicago Bishop BOHDAN DANYLO, eparch of the St. Josaphat Eparchy in Parma

Program Board Sister DONNA MARKHAM, OP, Ph.D, past president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA (2015-2023), Adrian Dominican sister and board-certified clinical psychologist Very Rev. Archpriest YAROSLAV NALYSNYK, MD, DMin, pastor of the Christ the King parish of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Boston. Hospital Chaplain of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA Rear Admiral BORIS D. LUSHNIAK, MD, 0MPH, Dean of the UMD School of Public Health, past U.S. deputy surgeon general (2010–2015) and acting surgeon general (2013–2014)

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Making an impact on the lives of the people — your help is important Cost of a psychological rehab program for an adult — $40 per day Cost for a summer rehab camp for a child — $30 per day Prosthetic assistance for a person — $3,000‒$70,000 Fuel costs and car repair expenses for one military chaplain — $10 per day To provide assistance to an IDP living in a shelter — $15 per day The cost of a used ambulance — $15,000‒$25,000 The cost of a food package for a family — $20 per week

Please continue your support Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia in the US Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia Healing of Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund 810 North Franklin Street, Philadelphia PA, 19123 215-627-0143 healingwoundsfund@ukrcatholic.org

Ways to donating: • Check • Credit Card • Qualified Charitable Donations (QCDs from your IRA) • Donor Advised Fund • The Healing of Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund is part of The Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, a metropolitan see of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the United States ― a recognized 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization

Prepared by Rev. Roman Oliinyk, Yulia Mykytchyn Focus stories: Gina Christian, Mariana Karapinka Design: Yurij Krukevych, Olena Hyzha

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