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class="col-category__featured-area__hero"> <a href="/community/local-impact/2026/05/light-in-the-darkness/"> <div class="image-wrapper"> <picture><source srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Generator-3_1140px.jpg/Zz1lYzMwOGY0ODQ5NzQxMWYxYjU2ZGIyMmE0NjNkYjYyYw==?width=900&height=506" /><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Generator-3_1140px.jpg/Zz1lYzMwOGY0ODQ5NzQxMWYxYjU2ZGIyMmE0NjNkYjYyYw==?width=900&height=506" alt="Knights unpack a generator during a delivery at a parish in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine." loading="eager" class="score-image img-fluid col-category__featured-image" decoding="auto" width="900" height="506" /></picture> </div> </a> <div class="col-category__featured-area__hero-category"> <a href="/community/local-impact/"> <h3>Local Impact</h3> </a> </div> <div class="col-category__featured-area__hero-title"> <a href="/community/local-impact/2026/05/light-in-the-darkness/"> <h2>Light in the Darkness</h2> </a> </div> <div class="col-category__featured-area__hero-title-mobile"> <a href="/community/local-impact/2026/05/light-in-the-darkness/"> <h2>Light in the Darkness</h2> </a> </div> <div class="col-category__featured-area__hero-byline"> <span>By Kateryna Kolodii </span> </div> <div class="col-category__featured-area__hero-teaser"> <span>During frequent power outages in Kyiv, Ukraine, Knights equip parishes with generators to offer warmth and electricity to the community</span> </div> <div class="col-category__featured-area__hero-teaser-mobile"> <span>During frequent power outages in Kyiv, Ukraine, Knights equip parishes with generators to offer warmth and electricity to the community</span> </div> </section> <aside class="col-category__featured-area__realted"> <section class="article-card-block container featured-aside"> <section class="article-card-block__cards vertical-column"> <div class="article-card featured-left"> <div class="article-card__image"> <a href="/community/local-impact/2026/05/hands-heart-and-soul/"> <picture><source srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Santiago+Trade+School-crop.jpg/Zz00YWI0YTk5ODQ0MGExMWYxYmVlNzdlY2M4YjY2OWRkMg==?width=137&height=137" /><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Santiago+Trade+School-crop.jpg/Zz00YWI0YTk5ODQ0MGExMWYxYmVlNzdlY2M4YjY2OWRkMg==?width=137&height=137" alt="Santiago Catholic Trade School instructor Jeff Rice (foreground) oversees students constructing a confessional." loading="eager" decoding="auto" width="137" height="137" /></picture> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details"> <div class="article-card__details__category"> <a href="/community/local-impact/"> <h3>Local Impact</h3> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title"> <a href=/community/local-impact/2026/05/hands-heart-and-soul/> <h2>Hands, Heart and Soul</h2> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title-mobile"> <a href=/community/local-impact/2026/05/hands-heart-and-soul/> 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athletes alike</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-card featured-left"> <div class="article-card__image"> <a href="/community/local-impact/2026/03/a-quiet-strength/"> <picture><source srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Supportive+Wives_1.jpg/Zz1mZDgxMGViMjI3OGMxMWYxYTBhYzBlNDk1ZjE4OTkyOA==?width=137&height=137" /><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Supportive+Wives_1.jpg/Zz1mZDgxMGViMjI3OGMxMWYxYTBhYzBlNDk1ZjE4OTkyOA==?width=137&height=137" alt="Supportive Wives_1.jpg" loading="eager" decoding="auto" width="137" height="137" /></picture> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details"> <div class="article-card__details__category"> <a href="/community/local-impact/"> <h3>Local Impact</h3> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title"> <a href=/community/local-impact/2026/03/a-quiet-strength/> <h2>A Quiet Strength</h2> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title-mobile"> <a href=/community/local-impact/2026/03/a-quiet-strength/> <h2>A Quiet Strength</h2> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__by-line"> <p>By Kateryna Kolodii</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__teaser"> <p>In Ukraine, Knights’ wives support their husbands’ mission of service amid the trials of war</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__teaser-mobile"> <p>In Ukraine, Knights’ wives support their husbands’ mission of service amid the trials of war</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-card featured-left"> <div class="article-card__image"> <a href="/community/local-impact/2026/02/light-after-the-explosions/"> <picture><source srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/2-Ukraine+Three+Locations_2000px.jpg/Zz03MDEyOTBmODEwZTYxMWYxYTU0YTM2ZjBjYzYwYWVlOA==?width=137&height=137" /><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/2-Ukraine+Three+Locations_2000px.jpg/Zz03MDEyOTBmODEwZTYxMWYxYTU0YTM2ZjBjYzYwYWVlOA==?width=137&height=137" alt="Knights stand near the site of a residential building destroyed in a Russian attack in 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