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2 WWW.UNWLA.ORG “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЛЮТИЙ 2017 The Christmas season began for my hus- band and myself with two very special guests to our home: Bishop Paul Chomnycky of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Eparchy of Stamford and Rev. Fr. Stepan Sus, director of the Center for Mil- itary Chaplaincy of the Ukrainian Catholic Archep- archy of Lviv, Ukraine. Fr. Sus and I have become friends since the UNWLA’s funding of summer and Christmas camps organized by the chaplaincy. As it happens, the first of three 2016–2017 UNWLA- sponsored Christmas camps had just wrapped up on December 19. This group of children was from the occupied Donetsk territory. Past experience of the chaplaincy has convinced those involved in this endeavor that it is extremely important that these children witness “the other Ukraine.” This year, 50 participants were transported to Lviv so they could share the beauty of Western Ukraine with these children and to demonstrate that the western re- gions truly care about them and to extend a Chris- tian hand to them. We are receiving pictures from this camp as well as from two others which were held January 6 through January 13. The day of his visit to our home, Father Sus received word that a young 22-year-old soldier at whose wedding he was to officiate in January had been killed in Eastern Ukraine by hostile fire. The news was devastating, and Fr. Sus will now be bur- ying this young man. Nonetheless, the work of this remarkable priest continues and will not be deterred. It is im- portant to note that Fr. Sus has also helped establish chaplaincy programs for children living in orphanages and other state-run institutions as well as for stud- ents at state-run colleges and universities. We are grateful to Families from the Donetsk Re- gion participating at a Lviv camp organized by the Lviv Chaplaincy and funded by the UNWLA. L to R Bishop Paul Chomnycky, Marianna Zajac, Rev. Fr. Stepan Sus Fr. Sus and Bishop Chomnycky for their dedication to the people of Ukraine who are suffering from the effects of the conflict and for Fr. Sus’s partnership with the UNWLA. This year, once again, the UNWLA, along with our representative in Ukraine, Dr. Mariya Furtak, and Oreslava Khomyk, president of the Ukrainian Women’s League of Ukraine, gifted over 80 elderly women with financial donations and Christmas greetings. Dr. Furtak has shared a touching response from one recipient of this ges- ture, an elderly woman living in a small village who stated how grateful she was because she will now be able to purchase enough firewood to get her through the winter. She called the UNWLA initia- tive “God’s grace!” This past month the UNWLA bid farewell to one high-powered and very visible woman, a de- fender of Ukraine, and congratulated another. The farewell went to Samantha Power who has served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations since
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