8 Marian Helper • Fall 2022 • Marian.org The daily news headlines may be few and far between, but the war continues in Ukraine (as we go to press, in its seventh month), as does the need for humanitarian and medical aid. The Marian Fathers and Marian Helpers also continue in our service to those in need, suffering as a result of Russia’s unjust, illegal invasion of an independent, sovereign nation, home to the largest Eastern Catholic Rite (the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church [UGCC]) in the world. Project C.U.R.E. The indefatigable work of Nurse Marie Romagnano, MSN, RN, founder and head of the Marian Fathers’ Healthcare Professionals for Divine Mercy apostolate, and Dr. Bryan Thatcher, founder and head of the Marian Fathers’ Eucharistic Apostles of The Divine Mercy apostolate, has produced remarkable fruits. Their collaboration with Project C.U.R.E. has allowed a steady stream of medical and humanitarian aid to reach the Marian Fathers in Eastern Europe, which has then reached the Ukrainian people both in and outside the country. “To date, we’ve shipped 81 pallets of goods to the Marians in Poland/Ukraine, with a Gift-In-Kind value of nearly $1.5 million ($1,499,537),” said Kristin Robinson, Kansas City executive director of Project C.U.R.E., in a July 12 email. “There are 11 additional pallets in the queue for shipment, and then two containers that are in the planning process set to sail in the coming weeks.” “Three-hundred emergency beds from Project C.U.R.E. were provided to the Marians’ Mercy House in Ukraine,” stated Dr. Thatcher, “allowing those patients — even the wheelchair bound — to get off the concrete floor and into a bed. We need everyone’s help to continue this work. In addition to medical aid, we are facing a humanitarian crisis of insufficient food and water.” Nurse Marie noted that the Oliver-Hoffman Foundation has also provided significant monetary assistance An update from Ukraine By Chris Sparks A priest ministers to a resident in the Marian Fathers’ Mercy House in Gorodok, western Ukraine.
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