‘Pray and work’: How a Hamilton priest hopes Canada can support Ukraine

TVO.org speaks with William Makarenko about how his community is feeling — and what they’re doing to help. Read it here.

Sitting on top of a filing cabinet in Father William Makarenko’s office is a statue of the Ukrainian writer Lesia Ukrainka. One of her most famous poems, Makarenko notes, is titled “Contra Spem Spero!“ — Latin for “hope against hope.” https://t.co/LEtLCXm1t1 [1/4] pic.twitter.com/GPk5QCFg3G

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