Green Shoots – Harbingers of Hope

We’re looking for signs of hope in Sassier. We’re used to looking for signs of spring.  After months of winter’s grey skies, we eagerly anticipate the first green shoots emerging from the near frozen ground – filling us with hope for...

"Life Restarts – Restart Life"

The below is taken from a text message from Deacon Gerry Keenan, who is on the ground in Sassier, Haiti this week as part of the Hurricane Matthew relief effort.  The pictures below tell the story. Looking off the balcony of the parish house, it was as if I had...

In Post-Hurricane Haiti, a Picture of the Human Toll Begins to Emerge

The article below is taken from the front page of today’s Miami Herald. If features Concepcia Pamphile from our clinic in Sassier and the administrator of the hospital in Jeremie.  As you will see, the relief effort is underway and the work that needs to be done...

Situation Update from Haitian Civil Defense – October 6, 7:30 p.m.

Here is the situation update put out by Haitian Civil Defense on October 6, 2016 at 7:30 PM, translated from French by Google. It is 7:30 pm, October 6, 2016 #MatthewHaiti 1. US Army helicopters landed at 3: 30 pm at the Toussaint Louverture Airport. 2. Digicel...