Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, Adriana Bara and Anna Dombrovska visit with the displaced at
the Basilian seminary and monastery in Bryukhovychi, in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. (photo: Brother Joakym Luhovyy, O.S.B.M.)
Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, CNEWA president, Adriana Bara, national director in Canada, and Anna Dombrovska, program officer, visited agency-sponsored programs in Lviv on a pastoral visit to Ukraine from 3-7 June. Upon arriving in Rzeszow, Poland, the team traveled to Lviv and made their way to Ukrainian Catholic University, where they were housed for the duration of their visit and sheltered during air raid alarms.
They met with Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, major archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church; Tetiana Stawnychy, the president of Caritas Ukraine; Basilian monks and Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate.
Walk through each day of the trip below and listen to select audio reports from Dr. Bara.
Sunday, 4 June
The first day of program visits began with a tour of Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU), followed by a visit to a UCU-run child care center for children who were orphaned or separated from their families by war and displaced children with special needs. Msgr. Vaccari concelebrated a Divine Liturgy for Pentecost at Lviv Theological Seminary of the Holy Spirit, celebrated by Bishop Volodymyr Hrutsa, C.Ss.R., auxiliary bishop of Lviv. The team also met with Ms. Stawnychy, the president of Caritas Ukraine, later that day.
Listen to the audio report:
Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, Adriana Bara and Anna Dombrovska visit a child care program organized by Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv for children orphaned or separated from their families by war and internally displaced children with special needs. (photo: Adriana Bara)Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, Adriana Bara and Anna Dombrovska visit a child care program organized by Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv for children orphaned or separated from their families by war and internally displaced children with special needs. (photo: Adriana Bara)Divine Liturgy for Pentecost at Lviv Theological Seminary of the Holy Spirit, celebrated by Bishop Volodymyr Hrutsa, C.Ss.R. (photo: Adriana Bara)Divine Liturgy for Pentecost at Lviv Theological Seminary of the Holy Spirit, celebrated by Bishop Volodymyr Hrutsa, C.Ss.R. (photo: Adriana Bara)Divine Liturgy for Pentecost at Lviv Theological Seminary of the Holy Spirit, celebrated by Bishop Volodymyr Hrutsa, C.Ss.R. (photo: Adriana Bara)Divine Liturgy for Pentecost at Lviv Theological Seminary of the Holy Spirit, celebrated by Bishop Volodymyr Hrutsa, C.Ss.R. (photo: Adriana Bara)Divine Liturgy for Pentecost at Lviv Theological Seminary of the Holy Spirit, celebrated by Bishop Volodymyr Hrutsa, C.Ss.R. (photo: Adriana Bara)Divine Liturgy for Pentecost at Lviv Theological Seminary of the Holy Spirit, celebrated by Bishop Volodymyr Hrutsa, C.Ss.R. (photo: Khrystyna Kutniv)Agape prepared by seminarians after the Divine Liturgy for Pentecost at Lviv Theological Seminary of the Holy Spirit (photo: Adriana Bara)
Monday, 5 June
CNEWA supports programs of the Archeparchy of Lviv. CNEWA’s delegation to Ukraine visited the initiatives for refugees and palliative care projects at Sheptytsky Hospital, as well as a program for internally displaced persons at the Basilian Seminary and Monastery in Bryukhovychi, which hosts more than 100 displaced persons.
Listen to the audio report:
Adriana Bara, left, and Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, right, visit the health care initiatives and palliative care department for internally displaced people at Sheptytsky Hospital in Lviv. (photo: Adriana Bara)Adriana Bara visits the displaced at the Basilian seminary and monastery in Bryukhovychi, in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. (photo: Brother Joakym Luhovyy, O.S.B.M.)Adriana Bara speaks with a displaced woman who is weaving camouflage nets at the Basilian seminary and monastery in Bryukhovychi, in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. (photo: Brother Joakym Luhovyy, O.S.B.M.)Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari and Adriana Bara, right, visit with the displaced at the Basilian seminary and monastery in Bryukhovychi, in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. (photo: Brother Joakym Luhovyy, O.S.B.M.)Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, Adriana Bara and Anna Dombrovska visit with the displaced at the Basilian seminary and monastery in Bryukhovychi, in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. (photo: Brother Joakym Luhovyy, O.S.B.M.)Adriana Bara visits with the displaced at the Basilian seminary and monastery in Bryukhovychi, in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. (photo: Brother Joakym Luhovyy, O.S.B.M.)Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, Adriana Bara and Anna Dombrovska visit with the displaced at the Basilian seminary and monastery in Bryukhovychi, in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. (photo: Brother Joakym Luhovyy, O.S.B.M.)Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, Adriana Bara and Anna Dombrovska visit with the displaced at the Basilian seminary and monastery in Bryukhovychi, in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. (photo: Brother Joakym Luhovyy, O.S.B.M.)Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, Adriana Bara and Anna Dombrovska visit with the displaced at the Basilian seminary and monastery in Bryukhovychi, in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. (photo: Brother Joakym Luhovyy, O.S.B.M.)
Tuesday, 6 June
Tuesday’s visits brought the team to a food box center in Novoyavorivsk, where they met with volunteers and observed the process of packaging boxes for distribution, and a center for displaced persons. Later, they visited with the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate and their House of Hope, which offers care to girls and young women in need.
Listen the the audio report:
Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, Adriana Bara and Anna Dombrovska visit a CNEWA-sponsored food box program Novoyavorivsk, Ukraine. (photo: Oleksandr Savranskiy)Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, Adriana Bara and Anna Dombrovska visit a CNEWA-sponsored food box program Novoyavorivsk, Ukraine. (photo: Oleksandr Savranskiy)Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, Adriana Bara and Anna Dombrovska visit a CNEWA-sponsored food box program Novoyavorivsk, Ukraine. (photo: Oleksandr Savranskiy)Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, Adriana Bara and Anna Dombrovska visit a CNEWA-sponsored food box program Novoyavorivsk, Ukraine. (photo: Oleksandr Savranskiy)Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari visits with the displaced in Lviv. (photo: Oleksandr Savranskiy)Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari visits with the displaced in Lviv. (photo: Oleksandr Savranskiy)Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, Adriana Bara and Anna Dombrovska visit the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate. (photo: Oleksandr Savranskiy)Peter I. Vaccari, Adriana Bara and Anna Dombrovska visit the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate. (photo: courtesy Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate)Peter I. Vaccari, Adriana Bara and Anna Dombrovska visit the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate. (photo: courtesy Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate)
Wednesday, 7 June
The team’s last day in Ukraine started with a visit to the Mother and Child Hospital in Lviv, currently under renovation. They later met with Archbishop Shevchuk.
Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, Adriana Bara and Anna Dombrovska visit the Mother and Child Hospital in Lviv. (photo: TBC)Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, Adriana Bara and Anna Dombrovska visit the Mother and Child Hospital in Lviv. (photo: TBC)Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, Adriana Bara and Anna Dombrovska visit the Mother and Child Hospital in Lviv. (photo: TBC)Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, Adriana Bara and Anna Dombrovska visit the Mother and Child Hospital in Lviv. (photo: TBC)Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, Adriana Bara and Anna Dombrovska visit the Mother and Child Hospital in Lviv. (photo: TBC)Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, Adriana Bara and Anna Dombrovska visit the Mother and Child Hospital in Lviv. (photo: TBC)Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, Adriana Bara and Anna Dombrovska visit the Mother and Child Hospital in Lviv. (photo: TBC)Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, Adriana Bara and Anna Dombrovska meet with Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych, Ukraine, major archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. (photo: Khrystyna Kutniv)Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, Adriana Bara and Anna Dombrovska meet with Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych, Ukraine, major archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. (photo: Khrystyna Kutniv)
