Students light candles before a a prayer service for Ukraine at St. Nicholas Cathedral School in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village on March 21, 2022. Students from St. Pius V School, in the Pilsen neighborhood, St. Mary Star of the Sea School and St. Nicholas of Tolentine School, both in the West Lawn neighborhood, also attended the vigil.
Students light candles before a a prayer service for Ukraine at St. Nicholas Cathedral School in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village on March 21, 2022. Students from St. Pius V School, in the Pilsen neighborhood, St. Mary Star of the Sea School and St. Nicholas of Tolentine School, both in the West Lawn neighborhood, also attended the vigil.
Students hold candles during a prayer service for Ukraine at St. Nicholas Cathedral School in Ukrainian Village on March 21, 2022.
St. Nicholas Cathedral School middle school students sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” followed by the Ukrainian national anthem at a prayer service for Ukraine, March 21, 2022.
Jane Sotter, a second grade teacher at St. Nicholas Cathedral School, hands out candles to students before a prayer service for Ukraine on March 21, 2022.
Students hold a rosary as attendees pray the rosary during a student-led prayer service for Ukraine at St. Nicholas Cathedral School in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood.
Students hold candles during a prayer service for Ukraine at St. Nicholas Cathedral School in Ukrainian Village on March 21, 2022.
Signs in support of Ukraine are seen throughout the auditorium at St. Nicholas Cathedral School in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village, March 21, 2022.
Monsignor Kenneth Velo, co-chairman of the Big Shoulders Fund, which has helped children who have recently arrived from Ukraine, during a prayer service for Ukraine on March 21, 2022, at St. Nicholas Cathedral School in Ukrainian Village.