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      Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia Announces Expanded Matching Initiative with Potential $500,000 Impact

      PHILADELPHIA — October 7, 2026. The Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia seeks to raise $250,000 through its 2026 “Growing the Good News” campaign, with an additional $250,000 in matching funds designated for humanitarian assistance in Ukraine.

      The campaign benefits the Archeparchy’s New Priest and Personnel Initiative, an investment in the priests and professional staff needed to strengthen the Archeparchy's pastoral and administrative ministry.

      The first of two “Growing the Good News” Reporting & Benefit Soirées, hosted by Metropolitan Borys Gudziak, was held October 3 at the Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey in Whippany. Clergy, parishioners, friends, and supporters gathered to hear a report on the Archeparchy’s work and priorities as well as to contribute toward its fundraising goal.

      In response to the generosity and commitment already demonstrated by the community, the two anonymous donors increased their original matching pledge, with a third donor joining the effort. As a result, every dollar contributed to the campaign will now be matched up to $250,000.

      The matching gift will benefit the Healing of Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund of the Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia of Philadelphia, which provides humanitarian assistance to those continuing to endure the consequences of the war. If the full goal is reached, the initiative will generate a combined $500,000 — $250,000 for the Archeparchy’s New Priest and Personnel Initiative and $250,000 for humanitarian relief in Ukraine.

      The second Reporting & Benefit Soirée will take place Saturday, October 17, in Philadelphia. Those unable to attend are invited to contribute. Every gift brings the Archeparchy closer to its goal while unlocking an equal amount of assistance for people affected by the war in Ukraine.

      To purchase tickets for the October 17 Soirée in Philadelphia: http://weblink.donorperfect.com/PhiladelphiaSoiree

      To donate: https://shorturl.at/iabpj

      To see how close we are to our goal: https://ukrcatholic.org/fundraisers-2026/thermometer

      Together, we can make twice the impact

      Thanks to the generosity of two anonymous donors, every dollar raised through the Soirées will be matched, up to $200,000, with the matching funds supporting the Healing of Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund.

      Total raised $110,477.50 of our $200,000 goal 55.24% of goal
      Left to reach our goal $89,522.50

      Thank you to our donors

      Recent gifts from our community

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      • Catherine Postupack $50
      • Mary A. Kordecki $5
      • Nadia and Michael Morozovich $103
      • Randall and Christine Scott $5,014
      • Mark Shust $257.50
      • Ihor Shtogrin $500
      • Anonymous $0.95
      • Iryna Gavrysh $200
      • Paul and Anna Makar $200
      • Silent Auction $6,500
      • 50/50 Raffle, 50% $950
      • Ihor and Lyubov Scotnytsky $100
      • Assumption Parish, ''Canapes'' Group of Ladies, Perth Amboy $1,550
      • Malanyuk and Kozachok Families $150
      • Marta Lopatynsky and Ihor Zwarycz $1,000
      • Stefanie Kochan $2,500
      • Eugene and Tanya Soltys $200
      • Olha and John Kurey $300
      • St. Vladimir UCC, Elizabeth $3,000
      • Ss. Peter and Paul UCC, Jersey City $2,000
      • Anonymous $100
      • Anonymous $100
      • Irene Lesiw $100
      • Stephen Makar $500
      • George and Oksana Stanko $100
      • Michael and Nancy Bohdan $1,000
      • Leonard and Helena Mazur $5,000
      • Halyna and Volodymyr Semenyak $100
      • Ganna and Zenovii Typa $100
      • Roksolana and John Leshchuk $1,000
      • Natalia and Sergiy Parfenyuk $400
      • Joseph Britton Rozalia Czaban and $300
      • Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption, Perth Amboy $3,000
      • Olha Bahriy $100
      • St.John the Baptist UCC, Newark $3,000
      • St.Vladimir UCC, Scranton $200
      • Oleh and Nusia Denysyk $1,000
      • Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary UCC, Bayonne $1,012
      • Andrea & Warren Wells $100
      • St. Nicholas UCC, Great Meadows $200
      • St. Paul's UCC, Ramsey $200
      • Immaculate Conception UCC, Hillside $400
      • St. Mary UCC, Carteret $400
      • St. Nicholas UCC, Passaic $4,000
      • Natalie I. Bilenki $2,000
      • St.John UCC, Whippany $5,000
      • Nova UA Federal Credit Union $1,000
      • Selfreliance Federal Credit Union, Whippany $2,500
      • Holy Ghost UCC, West Easton $300
      • Baran Volodymyr $100
      • Hiriak Stanley $200
      • Kochan - Neagle Families, in Memory of Orest M.Kochan $2,000
      • Ss. Cyril and Methodius UCC, Berwick $200
      • Saints Joachim and Anna UCC, Front Royal $1,000
      • Arthur Kane $1,012
      • Gloria Doherty $103
      • Victoria Kubacki Criswell $51.50
      • Vsevolod and Lidia M. Kohutiak $200
      • Nestor Iwasiw $103
      • Martha Wiegand $51.50
      • Roman and Alison Maslij $103
      • Lesia LaGioia $50
      • Mykhaylo Kulynych $512
      • Eugene Hanka $103
      • Brian M. Dries $103
      • Joanna Wolfe $25.75
      • Stephen F Chupack $51.50
      • Michael Wilson $51.50
      • Leaella Shirley $512
      • Kelly Noto $103
      • Kevin McGowan $100
      • Paul Marynowych $50
      • Olga Jakubowska $100
      • Walter Bilynsky $103
      • William Bakken $50
      • Helen Chaykowsky $250
      • Walter Wolanskyj, Jr. $50
      • St. Andrew the Apostle UCC, Lancaster $500
      • Byzantine Rite Church Supplies $2,500
      • Christine Shwed $200
      • Christine Perfecky $250
      • Daria and Orest Temnycky $257.50
      • Ulana Keer $51.50
      • Stephanie Elynich $100
      • Ukrainian National Association, Inc. $5,000
      • Oleh and Olena Kolodiy $50
      • Roy Gajdalo $75
      • Bohdan and Bohdanna K. Vitvitsky $200
      • Andrew Pozda $35
      • Ronald Pushkar $50
      • Russell A. and Russell N. Chomiak $25
      • The Philadelphia Trust Company $5,000
      • William C. and Rose Marie Downs $10
      • Maria Oksana Bachynsky-Tarasiuk $15,000
      • Sigrid Hnidj $100
      • Lubomir Bohdan and Halyna R. Pyrih $250
      • Peter J. and Maryann C. Metrinko $25
      • Joan Cominsky $40
      • Self Reliance Financial Federal Credit Union, Feasterville $2,500
      • Pablo I Lopez $988.80
      • Louise Pelaczyk $75
      • Stephen Thompson $150
      • Tanya Ladika $100
      • George Kuc $50
      • Robert Helmick Jr $50
      • Christine Smolock $200
      • Roman and Olia Kaczaj $150
      • Oksana Tkachuk $50
      • Theodore Kowalchyn $100
      • Michael and Judy Coinchock $25
      • Jurij Horajeckyj $50
      • John M. and Doris A. Drabic $50
      • Catherine Yaworsky $50
      • Sheila Switay $100
      • Irene Jarosewich $50
      • Judith A. and Edward Russel Gombos $125
      • Ernest and Martha M. Buccino $100
      • Virginia and Brian W. Thomas $100
      • Donald J. and Anna M. Barron $20
      • Ihor Y. and Natalie A. Gawdiak $25
      • Andrew Demidowich $250
      • Andrei Kachala $6,000
      • Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption, Perth Amboy $1,000
      • Lydia Bazarko $250
      • St. Michael the Archangel UCC, Hillsborough $750
      • Nativity of the BVM UCC, New Brunswick $550
      • Volodymyr Lytvyn $257.50
      • Cherie Larrison $5
      • Nadine Seltzer $206
      • Roman Cham $250
      • Roman & Vera Andryczyk $1,000

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