Aid for Ukraine (Long Branch, NJ) March 12 4pm through March 13 8pm

Contact: Rev. John Butler
Cost: None
Phone Number: 7322228080
Email: jbutler@dioceseoftrenton.org
Comments/Details: AID FOR UKRAINE Weekend of March 12-13, 2022 At St. Michael’s Church, 800 Ocean Avenue, Long Branch, NJ 07740 St. Michael’s Church is inviting parishioners, visitors, friends, and the local community to come to the assistance of our brothers and sisters in Ukraine. In addition to our prayers and spiritual support during the current War, we will be taking the following action during the weekend of March 12 and 13: • Financial/Monetary Aid: A second/special collection will be taken up at all Masses during the weekend of March 12-13 for aid to Ukraine. The funds will be delivered to St. Stephen’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Toms River and via that nearby parish to the Ukrainian Catholic Archbishop Most Reverend Borys Gudziak of the Archeparchy of Philadelphia for transmittal to Ukraine. Checks may be made payable to St. Michael’s Church with a notation on the check’s memo line “Aid for Ukraine.” Bishop O’Connell has given permission for this special/second collection. Checks may also be mailed to or dropped off at the parish business office. • Non-Monetary Aid: Humanitarian aid is also needed in the form of the supplies and other items listed on the parish website (www.stmichaelnj.com) such as medical supplies, hospital and first aid supplies, non-bulky clothing and bedding that can be packed and shipped overseas, hygiene items, etc. No perishable food items please. We will have collection boxes set-up in our church vestibule during the weekend of March 12-13 for these items to be dropped-off as you arrive for Mass and also before/after the Masses. We will transport the donated items early next week to St. Stephen's Ukrainian Catholic Church in Toms River. St. Stephen’s will handle the shipping of these donated items across the Atlantic Ocean to Ukraine. Further information about St. Stephen’s Church and about their local/parish efforts and the Archeparchy’s efforts for Ukraine relief may be found at http://ststephenchurch.us/staging/ and at https://ukrarcheparchy.us/archeparchy-news/metropolia-invites-you-to-make-donations-to-the-humanitarian-aid-fund-for-ukraine. Thank you for your support of these efforts. Please pray for the Ukrainian people and for their nation. Our Lady Queen of Peace, pray for us.