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      Healing of Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund

      The HWF was established in January 2024 by the Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia’s four Eparchies (Dioceses) in the United States: The Archeparchy of Philadelphia, the Eparchy of Stamford, the Eparchy of Saint Nicholas (Chicago), and the Eparchy of Saint Josaphat (Parma). The HWF is a continuation of the humanitarian efforts of the Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia in the United States, which has contributed over $10.3 million through three different funds established since Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine. 

      The HWF supports projects that address the physical, mental, and spiritual consequences of the war waged against Ukraine. 

      In 2024 the Fund funded 93 projects for the amount of $2.3 million providing medical equipment to 4 hospitals, supporting 2 major prosthetic centers, distributing 2,000 food packages, delivering 3 ambulances, supporting 32 rehabilitation centers and programs serving over 10,000 victims of the war, helping IDPs through 6 Caritas branches, supporting 8 summer camps programs for children of IDPs and others. 

      The HWF allocated most funds to projects run by Church or non-profit organizations that work in partnership with the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church.

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      Mission

      The Healing of Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund supports projects that address the physical, emotional, and spiritual consequences of the war waged against Ukraine.  The Fund seeks to respond quickly to urgent needs of our beneficiaries showing our solidarity and Christian love to our brothers and sisters in Ukraine and internationally.

      Areas of Focus

      Physical healing

      • Medical equipment and medicine

      • Medical treatment

      • Prosthetics

      • Housing and food for IDPs

      • Reintegration programs  for IDPs and refugees

      • Emergency food assistance

      • Supply chain and logistics

      • Select infrastructure projects

      Mental healing

      • PTSD rehabilitation

      • Trauma, depression, and anxiety

      • Bereavement counseling

      • Addiction therapy

      Spiritual healing

      • Helping priests and religious ministering in the areas affected by the war

      • Supporting military and hospital chaplains

      • Supporting church ministries and programs for victims of the war and their families

      • Supporting the central ministry of the Church

      • Selective church infrastructure projects

      Leadership

      PATRONS

      Cardinal Blase J. Cupich - Archbishop of Chicago 

      Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo - Archbishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston 

      Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan - Archbishop of New York 

      Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory - Archbishop Emeritus of Washington 

      Cardinal Robert W. McElroy - Archbishop of Washington 

      Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley - Archbishop Emeritus of Boston 

      Cardinal Joseph William Tobin, CSsR - Archbishop of Newark

      BISHOP’S BOARD

      Metropolitan Borys Gudziak of the Philadelphia Archeparchy

      Bishop Paul Patrick Chomnycky of the Stamford Eparchy

      Bishop Venedykt Aleksiychuk of the St.Nicholas Eparchy in Chicago

      Bishop Bohdan Danylo, eparch of the St. Josaphat Eparchy in Parma

      Program Board 

      Sister Donna Markham, OP, Ph.D — past president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA (2015-2023), Adrian Dominican sister and board-certified clinical psychologist. 

      Very Rev. Archpriest Yaroslav Nalysnyk, MD, DMin — pastor of the Christ the King parish of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Boston. Hospital Chaplain of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA. 

      Rear Admiral Boris D. Lushniak, MD, MPH — Dean of the UMD School of Public Health, past U.S. deputy surgeon general (2010–2015) and acting surgeon general (2013–2014).

      “Your contribution can help heal physical, emotional, and spiritual wounds inflicted upon Ukraine!”