Pointing to photos displayed at the front of Saint Joseph Church, Sister Celeste Morkzycki, SSJ, described to about 100 parishioners what she witnessed while helping Ukrainian refugees in Poland.
“When I watched these trains pull into the station, I would see people piled on top of each other. They would get off the train with their luggage, which often was just plastic bags full of whatever they could grab quickly,” she said.
The refugees she met described being on the train for three days, unable to use the bathrooms due to the amount of people blocking the aisles.
Sister Celeste, who returned from Poland the evening of March 26, spoke during a prayer service for Ukraine at the Somers Point church March 27. She described the mothers, children and families she met while helping the Little Servant Sisters of the Immaculate Conception near Poland’s southern border.
“They are being forced out of their homes, by nothing that they have done,” she said.
In addition to prayers led by Father Jaromir Michalak, pastor, Father Carlo Santa Teresa, parochial vicar, and Deacon Robert Oliver, those gathered took part in a candlelight service for peace.
For an interview with Sister Celeste and eyewitness account of the situation in Poland, pick up the Catholic Star Herald later this month and tune into the Talking Catholic podcast.
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