The MISSION SOCIETY is pleased to present our beautiful NEW 2024 Christmas card with the icon of our Mother of Tenderness. He has given you to us and made your Immaculate Heart a refuge for the church and for all humanity. By God’s gracious will, you are ever with us; even in the most troubled moments of our history, you are there to guide us with tender love. The icon is from the hand of iconographer Britta Prinzivalli  brittworks.com  As has been the case since 2022, 100% of your card purchases & donations go to “UKRAINE RELIEF”. The eparchy (diocese) of Mukachevo will use it to help over 400,000 refugees from eastern Ukraine with housing; clothing; school supplies for children; psychological support for refugee children & adults; food parcels and expenses for heating with firewood.

Each packet (ticket) of 5 cards sells for $15 and you can purchase multiple packets of cards.  Please submit your order no later than midnight on Sunday, December 15th to receive you cards on time!  The list of names you provide us when purchasing the cards will be prayed for by Bishop Teodor Matsapula at Holy Cross Cathedral in Uzhorod, Ukraine on Christmas Day. This year’s card has a beautiful picture of the Bishop praying for our intentions last Christmas!

Please encourage family, friends, and other parishioners to order our cards. Thanks to your generosity and help from our local radio station KKOB, we have collected almost $174,000 so far to help with these relief projects since the war began in February, 2022. That is amazing given that we are a little group of volunteers! As always, expenses are kept to a minimum, as there are no salaries paid to anyone, the printer charges us a very low price, and much of the mailing expenses are covered by a donor.

As you know, the war continues, with terrible numbers of soldiers killed, wounded, and permanently maimed on both sides, and countless civilians killed or wounded in Ukraine. We ask for your continued prayers and are grateful for your support. God bless you and thank you for helping our work!​

Sincerely yours in Christ,

 

 

Rev. Christopher Zugger, Chaplain