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Letter from the Provincial Superior of Polska – Update on the Ukraine Situation
Warsaw, 4 March 2022
Dear Brothers and friends,
First of all, I would like to thank you for your great interest in the events behind our eastern border and the war provoked by Russia in Ukraine, where the Claretian missionaries of the Polska Province have been present for more than a year. Many thanks to all those who have already supported us financially (for example, the Province of Santiago) and those who ask us about it or express their closeness and solidarity through prayer and messages of support and unity.
Our Polish brothers serve in two places in Ukraine. They are in Truskavets (where they live) and Boryslav (the town they serve). In Boryslav, the Sisters, Little Handmaids of the Immaculate Conception (a Congregation founded in Poland), work and help in the church and catechesis. The Truskavets community consists of three Claretian Missionaries: Father Wojciech Kobyliński (superior), Father Krzysztof Łabędź (superior) and Brother Marcin Kukuś (bursar). They learned about the outbreak of the war from me because I read the news on the Internet first thing in the morning. This shows the power of modern media: you can learn more and faster from the Internet than from a local person. Besides, Ukraine is a big country (600,000 km2). The Claretian community lives in the west, and the Russian attack started in the east of Ukraine.