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.
Starlink in Haiti
Dear Haiti Friends, I have just gotten off a Zoom meeting courtesy of Haiti Advocacy Ministry with a partnership that has been able to install Starlink at their partner church/school. The Starlink hookup was purchased in Port-au-Prince for around $500 and installed...
Haiti soccer (futbol) fans
Dear fans of the Grenadiers, Information courtesy of Roger Bowen: The No. 16 United States faces 84th-ranked Haiti on Nov. 14 in Miami and Nov. 17 in Cincinnati in a two-leg series for a berth in the Nations League semifinals, which will be played from March 22-30 at...
Haiti at a Crossroads – November 10 Webinar
Dear Haiti Friends, Courtesy of Karen Wires, see below for an exploration of the new El Salvadorian effort in Haiti and the upcoming elections. Yours, Serena Serena Evans Beeks Canon Serena Evans Beeks, D.Min. US Coordinator, Haiti Episcopal School Partnerships...
FRONTLINE | “Haiti Deportation Crisis” – Preview | Season 2026 | Episode 11 | NHPBS
Dear Haiti Friends, Please see below my signature for information, courtesy of Karen Wires and Peter Wehmann, on a Frontline story about Haiti airing tonight on PBS. Yours, Serena Serena Evans Beeks FRONTLINE | "Haiti Deportation Crisis" - Preview | Season 2026 |...
Good News for Northeast and North Region Farmers
Dear Haiti Friends, Dan Tootle passes along the following information about St. Barnabas Agricultural College in Terrier Rouge, located in the north of Haiti not too far from Cap Haitien. It is exciting to hear this hopeful report about cooperation among several local...
Haiti: Ale, ale, Grenadiers!
Dear Haiti Friends, Information from the Haitian American Facebook page courtesy of Roger Bowen. CONCACAF is the regional soccer organization covering North and Central America, the Caribbean, and the northern part of South America. Needless to say, football...
How we’re supporting home-grown change in Haiti, plus poetry, communication, update
Dear Haiti Friends, Below my signature please see information about Roots: Development without Dependency. At a recent Zoom meeting of the Haiti Outreach Ministry group centered in the Episcopal Dioceses of Washington, DC and Virginia, we had the opportunity to hear...
Haitian Art Auction Starts Today! Get Ready to Bid Online! and other news
Dear Haiti Friends, The Annual Haitian Art Auction in support of the Vassar Haiti Project begins today with activities at Vassar in Poughkeepsie, NY, if you are in the neighborhood, and online opportunities as well. See below my signature for more information. They...
The Quixote Center’s ARMAS Act Advocacy; Vassar Haiti Project Art Support
Dear Haiti Friends, Below my signature please see information forwarded by Alan Yarborough from the Episcopal Church's Office of Governmental Relations. The Quixote Center is a well-regarded institution focused on human rights advocacy, with a special interest in...
2 events that support Haitian communities in the US
Courtesy of Karen Wires, passing it along from the Rev. Anne Derse -- two events supporting Haitians against mass deportation. Please consider supporting if you are in either of these areas, and see below my signature for more information: There are two events this...
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.
