Sister Zuzanna plays with the children of Olga, a Ukrainian refugee, at a kindergarten run by the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Family in Lublin, Poland, on March 17. Thousands of refugees from Ukraine have been assisted by and are living with communitie

Ukrainian refugees find a welcome in Polish convents

Mar 22, 2022

The Polish Conference of Major Superiors of Women said March 15 that an estimated 18,000 refugees from Ukraine were receiving spiritual, psychological, medical and material help at 924 convents in Poland and that close to 500 of those communities are sheltering almost 3,000 adults — mostly women — and more than 3,000 children.