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St. Mary's Haiti Ministry
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St. Mary’s Haiti Ministry

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St. Mary’s is twinned with Our Lady of Lourdes parish in Belladere, Haiti. Belladere is located 40 miles northeast of Port-Au Prince. Fr. (Per) Duportal Michenet is the Pastor. At the heart of the Diocese of Richmond's Haiti Outreach lies its twinning program. Over 60 parishes in the Diocese of Richmond are twinned with a parish or organization in Haiti. The twinning program is based on relationship and solidarity; it is understood that each partner has gifts to share with the other and that we stand with each other as we journey forward in faith. Twinning is an active, mutual, on-going joy filled commitment between two faith communities. Twinning involves developing a friendship as well as a working relationship. The hop is that the relationship would not become exclusive, but a stepping stone to solidarity and greater exchange in the worldwide mission of Jesus.


 




 

 

 


 




 

What We Do

 

Currently, St. Mary’s Haiti Ministry sponsors two schools run by Our Lady of Lourdes—Our Lady of Mt. Carmel at Dosele and St. Joseph’s at Los Abeilles. This year, there are over 400 students , grades K-6, attending the schools. Through our Sponsorship Program Fund we are able to pay the salaries of the 7 teachers and 1 principal, pay for school  books and other materials, pay for cooks’ salaries  and spices (beans and rice provided by Mary’s Meals ) , and other miscellaneous school and parish needs. Recently, a Building Fund has been created to enable construction of a permanent primary school building in Belladere.  Backpacks for Haiti is another program that has allowed us to provide school supplies and other items to the students of our twin parish schools.  With permission of the Suffolk, Franklin, and Southhampton Public School districts, we are able to collect used backpacks and school supplies at the end of the school year.  In 2009, 24 schools participated and we filled 40 boxes with 264 backpacks and other supplies!  Items are sent in a container shipment through the Patricia Sullivan Haitian Outreach Foundation.

 








 


 

 

 


Haiti Earthquake
Click here to visit the Catholic Relief Services Web site to find out more or donate online.


Catholic Relief Services

Fair Trade Fundraiser: Dean's Bean's Fair Trade coffee for sale! We have dark and medium roast, whole bean and ground for only $9/pound! Java Drops (chocolate covered coffee beans) also available for $9/pound! Please find these items in the social hall at the Haiti Ministry table, or contact Liz Nelson at 757-923-9208
 

Click here to find out how to help Catholic Relief Services.

 
How You Can Help
 

Pray for Haiti!! 

Join Us: Haiti Ministry meetings are held on the third Friday of Each month at 11am in the Tommy Nee Social Hall.  Please Contact Paul Fletcher at 757-816-4826 or Fletchpe@aol.com for more information.

Sponsor a student: (Sponsorship Program Forms are available for download. Please click on download. The cost is $100 a year.
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Building Fund: Send checks payable to St. Mary of the Presentation with a note that it is for The Haiti Ministry Building Fund.

Backpacks for Haiti  2010: We will need help dropping and collecting of donation boxes, as well as sorting and packing the items for shipment. Dates will be forthcoming….. 

Parish trip to Haiti: the March 2010 trip has been postponed due to the recent earthquake.

 

Links

Mary's Meals
Richmond/Haiti Twinning Information
Haiti Outreach
Outreach
Haitian Health