St. Mark’s and St. Andre — Over Twenty Years Together
The Latest from Canon Serena
Long-time St. Mark’s member Canon Serena Evans Beeks, D.Min., is US Coordinator for Haiti Episcopal School Partnerships. Over the past 20 years, whenever political conditions allowed, she has traveled to Haiti, sometimes several times a year. Read her latest posting below about the country, the people, and our paternership with St. Andre in Trinon.
Haitian Times Article
Courtesy of Karen Wires, from the Haitian Times: Gangs tighten grip on Mirebalais after deadly raid frees 500 inmates, forcing residents to flee Gangs tighten grip on Mirebalais after deadly raid frees 500 inmates, fo... Juhakenson Blaise Despite police...
Mirebalais and beyond
Dear Haiti Friends, There are some reports that the police in Mirebalais, reinforced by police and helicopters from the capital and local resistance groups, are gaining the upper hand. Apparently the university hospital is OK. The work of rounding up...
Gangs Attack Mirebalais
Dear Haiti Friends, I am sorry to say that the situation in Mirebalais, a city many of us are very fond of, is dire. Piecing together news from various friends (for their security I'm not mentioning by name who is on the road or staying behind and hiding):...
One bright light, one resource, one recent development, one survey reminder
Dear Haiti Friends, Below my signature please find news of a new hospital opening in Petit Trou de Nippes with the partnership of the Colorado group Locally Haiti. Colorado friends, please see information about their upcoming fundraiser in Boulder and feel free to...
Haitian cultural life
Dear Haiti Friends, Courtesy of Cindy Corell, here is unfortunate news about the dissolution of the legendary Haitian rasin (roots music) band, RAM. Haiti - FLASH : Dissolution of the RAM Group - HaitiLibre.com : Haiti news 7/7 Fronted by Richard Morse, owner of the...
Upcoming Event: ‘Town Hall: Organizing Against Anti-Haitianism After the US Election’
Dear Haiti Friends, Courtesy of Prof. April Mayes, down below you'll find information about a "Town Hall" zoom meeting about countering anti-Haitian rhetoric and protecting Haitian immigrants and refugees. I know we all have friends who certainly were affected by...
Melchie “Corventina” Dumornay
Dear Haiti Friends, Some good news for a change -- Melchie "Corventina" Dumornay, a proud daughter of Mirebalais, Haiti, has been named by CONCACAF (Football (Soccer) in North and Central America and the Caribbean) as Women's Player of the Year Haiti - FLASH :...
Pont-Sonde, Haiti
Dear Haiti Friends, From two different sources, bad news from Pont-Sonde, Haiti. Pont Sonde is located where the Artibonite River crosses the road between Port-au-Prince and Gonaives, not far from St-Marc. The road from Mirebalais west past the HUM...
Two More Pieces of Writing
Dear Haiti Friends, From the Episcopal Bishop of Southeast Florida, the Rt. Rev. Peter Eaton:...
Haitian Americans in the news and in the crosshairs
Dear Haiti Friends, No doubt you've been hearing the distressing news from Springfield, Ohio, where Haitian immigrants have been insulted with untruths repeated over and over on the news and made into "funny" memes. There just isn't anything funny about making up or...
The partnership of St. Mark’s with St. Andre’s Episcopal Church and School in Trianon, Haiti began in 2001. That year, one and then two parishioners began making regular visits, taking with them the offering from the St. Mark’s School’s Christmas Eucharist.
The relationship grew until 2007, when St. Mark’s members were able to make our first group visit. Since then, groups from the church and school have visited annually when conditions in Haiti have permitted.
Students at St. Mark’s School took the lead on such projects as a new four-room classroom building, a water project, and new school uniforms. Support from St. Mark’s pays teachers’ salaries, covers the occasional hot meal, and provides for repairs on the water system—which was damaged in the hurricanes of 2008—and the replacement of the old classroom building, which was damaged in the earthquake of 2010.
St. Andre’s was the first church and school on Haiti’s central plateau established by Bishop James Theodore Holly when he founded the Episcopal Church in Haiti in the early 1860s. Since its founding, St. Andre’s has offered a primary school for the children of local subsistence farmers. In Haiti, only 50% of the children have access to any education at all.
Please pray for the people of St. Andre’s, especially the children. If you can, give your financial support.
