PAX – A Letter from a Benedictine Sister in Ukraine

This is a letter from a Sister Clara, a Benedictine Sister in Ukraine. It was sent on February 24, 2025 to Sister Lynn McKenzie, President of the Monastic Congregation of St. Scholastica, to which the Benedictine Sisters of Boerne belong.

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Dear Sister Lynn,

Today marks the third anniversary of the beginning of the war. Here, even by the initiative of the authorities, a Day of Prayer was established.

I would like to sincerely thank you and the entire CIB [The Communio Internationalis Benedictinarum] community for your presence and support, especially in the early days of the war, and for your tireless help throughout these years of war. Thank you for never tiring of doing good. For us, this has been and continues to be an immense support and great hope.

Although few still believe in a miracle of victory, we are all convinced that it is a miracle that we are still holding on, that we exist, that we are alive. Thank you for your prayers, for being with us, and for the gift of your heart.

I am deeply grateful to you for understanding us and for feeling the same as we do. This gives us strength and strengthens our hope in God.

May the Lord bless you abundantly.
With gratitude and prayer,
Clara