When the full‑scale invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, millions of families were forced to flee their homes overnight.

And from the very first day, you, our dear benefactors, helped the Church become a place of refuge, dignity, and hope.

Your generosity has carried people through the darkest moments of their lives.
 Your compassion has kept priests, sisters, and volunteers on the front line.
 Your love has helped the Church in Ukraine remain a lifeline for thousands who had nowhere else to turn.

This is the impact you made possible.

Father Vasyl Kolodiy in a meeting with displaced people.

How You Helped Families Find Safety and Hope

When Julia fled Kharkiv with her children, she had no idea where they would sleep or how they would survive.
 But because of people like you, she found shelter in a convent.

“For over a month we lived with Sisters Paulina and Barbara. Their hospitality amazed me daily,” she wrote.

Your kindness created a space where Julia’s family could breathe again.
 A place where fear softened into trust.
 A place where faith returned.

“We began attending church each week — something our busy city life had rarely allowed. I had deep, honest conversations with the sisters. It was the greatest gift in that dark time: a profound spiritual awakening.”

When her family eventually left Ukraine so the children could continue school, the sisters said goodbye “as if we were family,” giving them small gifts — including a perpetual calendar she still uses today.

And because of you, the hope Julia carries in her heart remains unbroken:

“Every day I dream of returning to my beloved Kharkiv. And we will return. The war will end.”

Your Support Reached Every Corner of Ukraine

Over the past four years, you helped ACN support 1,256 projects in Ukraine — more than €30 million in life‑saving aid.

Your generosity helped the Church respond immediately and consistently to the needs of the most vulnerable.

You fed the hungry and sheltered the displaced

  • In Chornomorsk, the Sisters of Charity of St Elizabeth prepare up to 100 hot meals every day.
  • They distribute food parcels to 60 families, refugees, elderly people, and even soldiers.

You helped heal bodies and hearts

  • You covered medical expenses for the wounded.
  • You supported trauma‑healing programmes for children and adults living with the psychological scars of war.

You kept churches and shelters warm during blackouts

  • You provided generators and fuel when energy systems were destroyed.
  • You helped communities survive freezing winters without electricity.

You kept priests and sisters on the road

  • You funded vehicles so pastoral workers could reach isolated villages, bombed neighbourhoods, and families who had lost everything.

Every one of these actions reflects your compassion, your courage, and your belief that no one should suffer alone.

What Sisters and Priests Want You to Know

Holy mass in a travel trailer with a small chapel in eastern Ukraine.

Your support has been a lifeline — and they want you to feel how deeply grateful they are.

Sisters of St Elizabeth

“We thank God daily for all donors who allow us to bring goodness and normality in wartime. Love is stronger than fear, stronger than death.”

Little Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Odessa

“In a city marked by blackouts, bombings, and floods, your help provided generator fuel, heat, light, and the possibility to continue catechesis and prayer.
 Your help is truly great. God will reward you for every good you do.”

Fr Oleksander Ryepin, St Joseph’s Parish, Mykolayiv

“For many refugees, the parish house was the only safe place where they could survive and regain a sense of dignity and belonging.
 God is present even in the simplest gestures of help.
 The pain does not disappear — but it is transformed. Tears cease to be only despair and become prayer.”

These words are not just updates.
 They are testimonies of what you made possible.