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Campus ministries soothe, rally students shaken over Ukraine

Oksana Goroshchuk, left, talks with Oksana Hryvinska, Michael Lo Piano and Karolina Wojteczko after a benefit concert for Ukraine at St. Thomas More Catholic chapel in New Haven, Conn., Wednesday, March 16, 2022. The performance raised funds to help the people of Ukraine and also aimed to bring comfort to people feeling helpless during a time of crisis. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski) Sofiya Bidochko, left, a 19-year-old student from Lviv, Ukraine, sits in the pews of St. Thomas More Catholic chapel during a benefit concert for Ukraine at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Across the United States, campus ministries are working to comfort students dismayed over the war in Ukraine, organizing relief drives, holding prayer vigils and staging emotional performances of sacred music. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski) Karolina Wojteczko, a mezzo-soprano who serves as music director at Yale University's St. Thomas More Catholic chapel, sings a traditional Ukrainian folk song during a benefit concert for Ukraine in New Haven, Conn., Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Wojteczko, a native of Poland, was inspired to organize the concert by the distress she has noticed among both Eastern European and American friends. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski) In this photo provided by the University of Rhode Island, Rabbi Avraham Goldstein of the University of Rhode Island Chabad speaks at a peace vigil for Ukraine hosted by the University of Rhode Island Chaplains Association and the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies in Kingston, R.I., Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Nora Lewis/University of Rhode Island via AP) In this photo provided by the University of Rhode Island, students gather at a peace vigil for Ukraine hosted by the University of Rhode Island Chaplains Association and the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies in Kingston, R.I., Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Nora Lewis/University of Rhode Island via AP) In this photo provided by the University of Rhode Island, Mahnoor Shahzad, left, and Neelam Ahmed, vice president and president, respectively, of the University of Rhode Island Muslim Students Association, speak at a peace vigil for Ukraine hosted by the University of Rhode Island Chaplains Association and the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies in Kingston, R.I., Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Nora Lewis/University of Rhode Island via AP) The Rev. Ryan Lerner, a Yale University chaplain, attends a benefit concert for Ukraine at St. Thomas More Catholic chapel in New Haven, Conn., Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Campus ministries across the United States are working to offer comfort and community to students struggling with feelings of dismay and helplessness over the war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski) Karolina Wojteczko, left, a mezzo-soprano who serves as music director at Yale University's St. Thomas More Catholic chapel, sings traditional Ukrainian chants and folk songs accompanied by pianist Julian Revie during a benefit concert for Ukraine in New Haven, Conn., Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Wojteczko, a native of Poland, was inspired to organize the concert by the distress she has noticed among both Eastern European and American friends. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski) Michael Lo Piano, left, comforts Oksana Hryvinska, as they listen to traditional Ukrainian chants and folk songs during a benefit concert for Ukraine at St. Thomas More Catholic Chapel in New Haven, Conn., Wednesday, March 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski) Students sit in the pews of St. Thomas More Catholic chapel during a benefit concert for Ukraine at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Campus ministries across the United States are working to offer comfort and community to students struggling with feelings of dismay and helplessness over the war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski) Karolina Wojteczko, a mezzo-soprano who serves as music director at Yale University's St. Thomas More Catholic chapel, prepares to perform at a benefit concert for Ukraine in New Haven, Conn., Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Wojteczko, a native of Poland, was inspired to organize the concert by the distress she has noticed among both Eastern European and American friends. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski) Yale University faculty and staff welcome students and community members to a benefit concert for Ukraine at St. Thomas More Catholic chapel in New Haven, Conn., Wednesday, March 16, 2022. The performance raised funds to help the people of Ukraine and also aimed to bring comfort to people feeling helpless during a time of crisis. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski) A benefit concert for Ukraine is held at St. Thomas More Catholic chapel on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Conn., Wednesday, March 16, 2022. The performance raised funds to help the people of Ukraine and also aimed to bring comfort to people feeling helpless during a time of crisis. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski) Michael Lo Piano, left, helps Oksana Hryvinska with a pin symbolizing support for the Ukrainian people during a benefit concert at St. Thomas More Catholic chapel at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Across the United States, campus ministries are working to comfort students dismayed over the war in Ukraine, organizing relief drives, holding prayer vigils and staging emotional performances of sacred music. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski) Violinist Michael Ferri, left, accompanies mezzo-soprano Karolina Wojteczko in a performance of traditional Ukrainian chants and folk songs during a benefit concert for Ukraine at St. Thomas More Catholic chapel in New Haven, Conn., Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Wojteczko, a native of Poland, was inspired to organize the concert by the distress she has noticed among both Eastern European and American friends. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)