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.
Haiti — relatively good news, sort of
Dear Haiti Friends, I have heard some guardedly good news from the Artibonite/Central Plateau where so many of our partnerships are located. Dr. Harold Morse, a physician with a 40+ year involvement with Partners in Health and the hospitals at Cange and Mirebalais...
Today
Dear Haiti Friends, TPS ends today for approximately 330,000 Haitians living and working in the US. It's a disaster for them because there are no jobs or homes or spare food waiting for them in Haiti. In addition, they will be targets for kidnapping because they...
Apply Now: School Meals and Food Assistance in Haiti – fundsforNGOs
Dear Haiti Friends and Haitian Clergy, Please share: Thank God for this special attention from the World Food Programme, and many thanks to Karen Wires for forwarding! See below my signature for a link. I would suggest that if partner priests have multiple schools...
Urge Your Senators to Protect Haitian Families and Extend TPS
Dear Haiti Friends, If you have not already done so, please consider writing to your senators about the Senate Bill extending TPS for Haitians. The House has already passed a similar bill with bipartisan support. Sending thousands of people to Haiti would put...
Haiti & The Crisis In The Caribbean
Dear colleagues, Do you know folks in the Bay Area? Please forward this invitation for an in-person event tonight at 7 pm, hosted by the Haiti Action Committee and focused on solidarity with Haiti, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. See the flyer below. Global Exchange's...
Update and action on TPS
Dear Haiti Friends, I'm sure you have heard of the Supreme Court decision allowing the administration to cancel TPS specifically for Haitians and Syrians. Courtesy of Cindy Corell's forwarded email, IJDH, the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, a joint...
A Haitian Story of Fanm an Aksyon — Women in Action
Dear Haiti Friends, See below for a good news story about a collaborative effort among local organizations. Serena Evans Beeks Canon Serena Evans Beeks, D.Min. US Coordinator, Haiti Episcopal School Partnerships National Association of Episcopal Schools Dear Serena,...
Upcoming Virtual Event – “Reading Frederick Douglass through a Haitian Lens”
Dear Haiti Friends, Courtesy of April Mayes, below is a link to an online panel reflection on the work of Frederick Douglass as it relates to Haiti, sponsored by the Haitian Studies Association. Yours, Serena Evans Beeks Reading Frederick Douglass through a Haitian...
A Reflection & An Invitation: Rejoice in the Beautiful Game
Dear Haiti Friends, Here's a lovely meditation on the World Cup by Wynn Walent, director of Locally Haiti, a partnership located in Colorado and active in Petit Trou de Nippes. If I were anywhere near Denver, I would surely be headed toward their watch party! Yours,...
Free Digital Library for Haitian Schools — 1,000 Books in Creole
Dear Haiti Friends, The Rev. Sam Owen forwards the letter below regarding free books available on-line. Internet connectivity is not possible in all of the Episcopal Schools in Haiti, but for some of them, this might be a valuable resource. I don't think the...
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.
