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from USA Province USA-Haiti All of us on the JPIC team participated in many Webinars and shared them in Bridges with our province.   Here are the topics that nourished us: Laudato Si at 5 – As Prophetic & Relevant as Ever – we need to go to the roots of climate change, injustice; be moved by compassion for one another in this COVID & economic crisis to ‘build a better future’ in our interconnected world Retreat Experience – we pondered our interconnectedness with all God’s creation; grew in awareness of our need to develop an ecological spirituality, a deep presence to all God’s creation. Eco-spirituality – deepening our communion with Creation – we appreciated the Spirit in & within all that surrounds us – Divine presence; we need to draw on traditions of incarnational & sacramental spirituality; we are called to change our mindset with each creature. Sustainability – time for the Church to Lead by Example – we saw a need for sustainable energy. Bishops Round...

Province of USA Haiti This week Srs. Natalia Mejia and Rosie Nicholson were joined by Cathy Minihan (left) Pat Clausen (middle) and Cheryl Nichols (right), who carne to experience the lives of the asylum seekers in the San Diego border area. They received a warm welcome from the workers at the shelter, participated in ad activities with us and met migrant families with new born babies. This weekseveral migrants were in quarantine dueto theflu. Also, this week ICE and Border Agents were not releasing many migrants from the detention center nor at the border entry. Please pray that migrants will be released promptly. After learning ofthis at theshelter in the morning on Wednesday, Feb. 26 that same night we participated in a movement "Doctors for Camp Closures" (being held in several Iocations including Washington, DC, NYC, Newton and Plymouth MA and others on Feb. 26). They hung banners and held lighted signs over several highway overpasses saying "Restore Asylum". H...

Province of USA Haiti

Province of USA-Haiti

Province of USA-Haiti

Province of USA-Haiti

Province of USA-Haiti

Province of USA-Haiti

Province of USA-Haiti

Province of USA-Haiti Our solar project at Alma Mater Hospital began in 2016.   One of our Board Members, Gaston Jean, and the generous donation of EDF HELP in collaboration with CEFREPADE and AOG (a local association) the hospital received a gift of 100 KW of solar energy with a new generator for emergency backup.

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Felices los pobres en espíritu, pues de ellos es el reino de los cielos. Felices los que lloran, pues ellos serán consolados. Felices los humildes, pues ellos heredarán la tierra. Felices los que tienen hambre y sed de justicia, pues ellos serán saciados. Felices los misericordiosos, pues ellos recibirán misericordia. Felices los de limpio corazón, pues ellos verán a Dios. Felices los que procuran la paz, pues ellos serán llamados hijos de Dios. Felices aquéllos que han sido perseguidos por causa de la justicia, pues de ellos es el reino de los cielos. Felices serán cuando los insulten y persigan, y digan todo género de mal contra ustedes falsamente, por causa de Mí. Regocíjense y alégrense, porque la recompensa de ustedes en los cielos es grande, porque así persiguieron a los profetas que fueron antes que ustedes. (Mt 5, 3-12)

On May 18 we welcomed Maria de la Paz Viniegra, RJM (Mari Paz) and Haydee Barrera, RJM (Chely) to Port-au-Prince. They are from the Province of Mexico and are assigned to Havana, Cuba.  They came to offer a workshop on ESPERE and to prepare a small group that could then offer it here in Haiti. The Schools of Forgiveness and Reconciliation, ES.PE.RE., is a pedagogical process where participants relive a painful event in their lives, whether recent or remote, in order to overcome the pain and the feelings of resentment and revenge that limit their enjoyment of life. This process allows the individual to overcome the disagreeable memory of the past, to carry out the processes of restorative justice, and to establish covenants that guarantee the offenses will not be repeated. Forgiveness and Reconciliation constitute one of the most important assets in the rules of social capital necessary for the progress of people in a globalized world. It prevents and avoids retaliatio...

Earth Day is now entering its 46th year as a movement that continues to inspire, challenge ideas, ignite passion, and motivate people to action. In 1970, the year of the first Earth Day, the movement gave voice to an emerging consciousness, channeling human energy toward environmental issues. Forty-six years later, it continues to lead with groundbreaking ideas and by the power of example. This Earth Day, let’s plant 7.8 billion trees, says Earth Day Network. Let’s divest from  fossil fuels and make cities 100% renewable. Let’s build on the momentum from the Paris Climate Summit. For additional ways you can care for the earth, visit the Earth Day Network website at: http://www.earthday.org/earth-day/#sthash.b0fCKwbM.dpuf Pat Dillon, RJM , has lead by example,  doing her part by planting trees. She has been planting trees since 1998 when a community association was formed to address land erosion along the highway that passes through Gros Morne, Haiti. Runoff from Tet Mon, a ne...

At a town hall meeting in February two sixth graders, Yolande Mereus and Emerson Tanisma, and fifth grader, Judensley Maurice a.k.a. Lele, explained how their families can fight against the sweet potato weevil that is destroying up to 80% of the crop farmers have planted.  They explained how to use a simple trap with the female sex hormone to attract the male weevils and how red traps attract more than other colors.  The students have given the same message on the parish radio station and offered to paint traps red after school on Fridays. The fifth and sixth grade teachers will help integrate the message into the curriculum so that the students can share their information with their classmates and enlist other youth in the community to fight against the weevils.  Jesus-Mary Parish School buys sweet potatoes for school lunch from farmers using the traps..  The goal is for farm families to be sure they can harvest good sweet potatoes and for Gros Morne to gain a reput...

"I started going to Haiti in 2012 with the Quest program and I instantly fell in love. I went back in 2013 and did the camp again. I graduated college in 2014, then decided to put my masters on hold, start Creole lessons and to go to Haiti for the year. I was beyond excited to head back to my second home! I decided to make a playground for the children - a place they could finally call their own - a place they could go and just be a kid and have fun. The outpouring from people was amazing and over 2,000 dollars was raised! We started building the playground the end of April and it took us two weeks. It went so fast because the whole Haitian community was involved, working every minute. The best feeling in the world was seeing the children play on it for the first time. They were so happy, and loving life! Then when they came up and thanked me, I just cried I was so overwhelmed with emotion. I want to thank all the donors who have given to the Haitian community in Gros-Morne! I ho...