The Earthquake in Haiti

Dear Friends,

As so many of us know, yesterday was a devastating day for the people of Haiti, in the wake of a horrible earthquake.  We especially pray for Joy and Antus Manasse and their family.  We pray with our brothers and sisters in this devastation, and I am including information which gives us an opportunity to make our prayer real in the form of contributions through Episcopal Relief and Development.  This organization contributes 100% of the money you contribute to Relief and Development and the Haiti Fund is the one to which you want to contribute.  We have just gotten word of the following from one of our friends who is a deputy to General Convention.  The Diocese of Haiti is the largest Diocese in the Episcopal Church, and is also in Province 2 here with us.  After this note, I am including a message from the Presiding Bishop and Contact information for Episcopal Relief and Development.

Let us be present through prayer and contributions---call me if you need to talk.

blessings and peace,

Reverend Sandye+

973-902-9970

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop on disaster in Haiti

 [January 13, 2010] Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has issued the following concerning the January 12 earthquake in Haiti:

The people of Haiti have suffered a devastating earthquake, and it is already clear that many have died and many more are injured.  Even under “normal” circumstances, Haiti struggles to care for her 9 million people.  The nation is the poorest in the western hemisphere, and this latest disaster will set back many recent efforts at development.  I urge your prayers for those who have died, been injured, and are searching for loved ones – and I urge your concrete and immediate prayers in the form of contributions to Episcopal Relief & Development, who are already working with the Diocese of Haiti to send aid where it is most needed.

The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori

Presiding Bishop

The Episcopal Church

Message from our Brothers and Sisters in Haiti: 

Dear Friends in Christ:

We have devastating news to share with you from Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake yesterday.  According to reports I have received here in Les Cayes, the damage in Port au Prince and areas around it is terrible.  There is no Cathedral.  The entire Holy Trinity complex is gone.  The convent for the Sisters of St. Margaret is gone.  The Bishop's house is gone.  The College St. Pierre is gone. Bishop no longer has a house in which to live.  In Trouin, four people were killed during a service.  In Grand Colline, the church is gone.   One part of St. Martin of Tours is gone.  In St. Etienne Buteau the church, the rectory and the school are gone.  In Les Cayes, BIT is OK, but some people were injured trying to get out of the buildings during the quake.  The rectory in Les Cayes is in very bad condition.

The Rev. Kesner Ajax
Executive Director, Bishop Tharp Institute (BTI)
8 Rue du Quai, Cayes
Tel. Office: 011-509-2286-4676
Mobile: 011-509-3445-3346