Ukraine

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  Join Dominican Sisters & Associates in Prayer for Ukraine

  February 21, 2023

  Friday, February 24, 2023, marks one year since the start of the unjust Russian invasion of Ukraine. The war rages on. The Dominican Sisters and Associates of Grand Rapids wish to remember the victims of the war. Those living and deceased. Those cold, hungry, and shocked by the devastation wrought on their country by Russian […]

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  A Year of War — We Walk With Our Ukrainian Sisters and Brothers

  February 9, 2023

  In July 2020, the Dominican family was invited to join in solidarity with Ukraine to celebrate the Dominican Month of Peace. Fr. Gerard Timoner, the Master General, wrote: Even in the midst of the escalation of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war with Russia and separatists still rages in the eastern Donbass region since April 2014. […]

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  Notes from the Order of Preachers in Ukraine

  March 9, 2022

  Kyiv, March 8, 2022, 4:45pm Dear sisters and dear brothers, Let me start with Fastiv today. The House of Saint Martin de Porres run by the Dominicans and lay volunteers has been a place of escape and rest for people affected by the hostilities, ever since the beginning of the war. One of the ladies […]

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  Prayer for Peace in Ukraine, The World

  February 25, 2022

  God of all People, We pray for peace today and every day, especially for the people of Ukraine. Send your Spirit of wisdom upon our world leaders. May the decisions they make be in the interest of all Earth’s citizens. Send your Spirit of compassion upon those who bear arms. May they turn instead to […]

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  Join us Praying for Peace in Ukraine During December

  November 19, 2020

  As we have in past years, we will move through Advent holding in prayer, study, and service our Dominican Family. We are called this year to be conscious of the mission and ministry in the Ukraine. So, we begin with the invitation from Fr. Gerard Timoner, the Master General along with a general introduction to […]