On October 21, a meeting of the chaplains of the councils of the Knights of Columbus in Ukraine was held in Lviv-Briukhovychi.
The meeting was attended by the national chaplains in Ukraine, Archbishop Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki, Metropolitan of Lviv of the Roman Catholic Church, and Bishop Mykhailo Bubniy, Exarch of Odesa of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and priests responsible for the activities of the Knights of Columbus, the UGCC Information Department reports.
Archbishop William E. Lori of the United States of America, the Supreme Chaplain of the Knights of Columbus, also joined the event. He shared his impression of what he saw in Ukraine and listened to the testimonies of priests from different parts of Ukraine.
Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore is the chaplain of the Knights of Columbus community for the whole world, with more than 2 million Knights under his spiritual care. As the Archbishop noted, he came to Ukraine to “express solidarity with the Knights of Columbus in Ukraine, to thank them for their excellent humanitarian work, and to get closer to the people who have suffered and are suffering because of the ongoing war.”
During the working meeting, the participants discussed the current needs and challenges of chaplains in the regions, the activities of the councils in the war, as well as the plans of the Order and future projects.