Lublin's Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish is taking in Ukrainian refugees. The parish, founded in 1934, has a long history of outreach. During World War II, the first pastor, Father Ignacy Zyszkiewicz, was active with the Polish Red Cross and distributed parcels with food and hidden consecrated hosts to the prisoners at the nearby Majdanek Nazi consecration camp.
LUBLIN, Poland (CNS) Even before the pastor of Lublin s Sacred Heart of Jesus parish announced the need for families to host Ukrainian refugees, Stanislawa Wieprzowska went to the sacristy to tell the priest she had room for four people in her three-room apartment.