January 29, 2014

The Church in Ukraine

The Ukrainian Catholic University (1.) (scroll down for footnotes and links) has an article regarding the Church and the current protests in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv.  You can read the article, "Maidan of Dignity: Bishop Borys for Vatican Radio," (2.) here:

http://ucef.org/news/3581/?utm_source=UCEF+E-Messenger+Subscribers&utm_campaign=4a8bb2b390-E_Messenger_Newsletter_June-2013us&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5ee1d11a85-4a8bb2b390-36479645
 

A friend of mine once took a class at the Dominican House of Studies in D.C.  She said there were both Polish and Ukrainian seminarians also in her class, but that whenever there was a point of contention, the Poles ultimately deferred to the Ukrainians.  Finally, after class one day, she asked one of the Poles why.

He paused at length, looked at her, and murmured, "Because they suffered even more than we did."


I'm reading right now, Execution by Hunger: The Hidden Holocaust (3.).  Please consider supporting the Church in Ukraine!  Uniquely persecuted and hidden underground from WWII to the late 1980s, the Church there has suffered immeasurably and inspired eternally!

Praised be Jesus Christ!  Now and forever!

THANK YOU!

1).  Ukrainian Catholic University
http://ucu.edu.ua/eng/

2).  "Maidan of Dignity: Bishop Borys for Vatican Radio"
http://ucef.org/news/3581/?utm_source=UCEF+E-Messenger+Subscribers&utm_campaign=4a8bb2b390-E_Messenger_Newsletter_June-2013us&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5ee1d11a85-4a8bb2b390-36479645

3).  Execution by Hunger: The Hidden Holocaust, by Miron Dolot
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393304167/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393304167&linkCode=as2&tag=avemom-20


4).  Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation
http://ucef.org/