The Catholic Conference of Ohio joins the Most Reverend Bohdan Danylo of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma and the Holy Father in calls for peace in Ukraine.  

The Holy Father Pope Francis encourages believers in a special way to dedicate themselves intensely to prayer and fasting for peace in Ukraine on Ash Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, echoed the call from the Holy Father for prayer and fasting to end the war in Ukraine. 

To donate to the Eparchy’s aid drive visit https://stjosaphateparchy.com/support-ukraine/ 

About the Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma
The St. Josaphat Eparchy in Parma is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church eparchy with parishes in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, western Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia. There are 10 parishes located throughout Ohio serving Akron, Austintown, Cleveland, Rossford, Solon and Youngstown with St. Josaphat Cathedral located in Parma. In large part because of Ohio’s over 80,000 person Ukrainian population, both immigrants and descendants, the Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma was established in 1983 by Pope John Paul II. As one of the nine Catholic Bishops of Ohio, Bishop Danylo serves on the board of directors for the Catholic Conference of Ohio. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is a Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the worldwide Catholic Church.