April 8, 2010
And this from Episcopal Cafe’s Lead:
On this the Thursday of Easter Week, we commend to you the Easter Message of the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti, Jean Zaché Duracin:
‘The Lord is with all Haitians,’ Bishop Duracin says in Easter message
Msgr. Jean Zaché Duracin, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti’s EASTER MESSAGE 2010“Alleluia, He is risen”
Brothers and Sisters in Christ, (more…)
March 2, 2010
Episcopal Relief and Development has a brief article on the earthquake in Chile. And if you wanted to donate to their disaster relief fund for this, you can donate here. To donate to help in Chile, donate under “disaster relief” (which is the second option). The first option is still to donate for relief in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. Both are worthy causes. I particularly like donating through ERD (and Heiffer International) because they are on the ground, with local people, for the long haul. But by all means donate through your favorite charity. What’s important is to meet the need.
January 26, 2010
This came to me from our Deacon, Bob Olsen, who received it from the Rev. Eric Duff, the Executive Director of Episcopal Community Services in this diocese, to whom it was sent:
Dear Sisters and brothers in Christ,
Please let me take some time to give you some update of the situation of Haiti and your beloved partners in the Episcopal church of Haiti. God has saved the lives of the bishop, the 32 active priests, 9 retired priests, the 6 deacons, the 17 seminarians, 3 nuns and the 4 missionaries and their families. All private houses have been damaged to some degree, but all churches, schools, rectories clinics, and hospitals from Croix des Bouquets to Miragoane are not permitted to be used. In Port au Prince and Leogane, all structures of the Episcopal Church have been completely destroyed. We cannot evaluate how many parishioners and staff members we lost. In the south, BTI is ok but the Saint Sauveur rectory is not safe to sleep in. The seminarians went back to their home town; one of them is a physician, and he has stayed at college St Pierre in Port au Prince to give first aid to the people. The Episcopal church of Haiti has set up more than 7 centers to support victims, mostly in the worst hit areas where the bishop is based with whatever supplies they have been able to receive. (more…)
January 15, 2010
Mary Layman from St. James in Lincoln wrote the following (to Deacon Cindy Long). They have a relationship with a school in Haiti (and a number of people in the diocese — as Brother Adam noted, the largest in the Episcopal Church). Here’s her update on what they know from their sources:
Thank you for you prayers and support. We are all heart sick especially by the silence.
We have very little news since the forwarded email from Pere Ajax sent on Wednesday. The Bishop and his wife are well. She suffered some injuries as their home collapsed. We have not heard a word from Fr. Walin and I pray he was in Hinche at the time. Our project/school is near Hinche in the high plateau and was not hit by the earthquake. (more…)
January 15, 2010
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