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’s Central Plateau: Call to Solidarity — Demande de Solidarite
Dear Haiti Friends, Below my signature please see a letter from the Rev. Jean Philippe Alphonse, partner priest to many of our active partnerships, priest in charge at St. Pierre, Mirebalais, currently at Cange where he is coordinating local relief efforts for some of...
21st anniversary of Maison de Naissance
Dear Haiti Friends, For all fund transfers to the Partnership Program, please update your protocols to include the newly-elected President of the Standing Committee in Haiti, the Rev. Samuel Saint Louis, samuelsaintlouis@gmail.com. I am attaching an updated copy of...
Haiti Updates
Dear Haiti Friends, You may remember my mentioning the Haiti Advocacy Ministry, a group forming for information sharing and mutual support in the Episcopal Dioceses of Washington and Virginia. I've also mentioned the amazing amount of news their principal organizer,...
Haiti school year calendar 2025-26
Dear Haiti Friends, Courtesy of Karen Wires, here's an article with details about the back-to-school calendar for Haiti: Haiti - FLASH : Back to school October 1st (2025-2026 calendar) - HaitiLibre.com : Haiti news 7/7 Reminder -- if you are in the Episcopal Dioceses...
School year end letter from Haiti Partnership Coordinator, the Rev. Kesner Gracia
Dear Friends of Haiti, I apologize for the lengthy silence. I have been away and have just returned. I am attaching a letter from the Rev. Pere Kesner Gracia, Partnership Coordinator for the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti. As you may know, the Diocese of Haiti educates...
Support for Haiti Outreach Mission; news from the Department of Homeland Security
Dear Haiti Friends, Below my signature please see a flyer for support of Haiti Outreach Mission, primarily supporting medical work in and around Mirebalais, Haiti, including the clinic at St. Pierre. Working with St. Pierre and with the Catholic church in Mirebalais,...
Haiti: June 2025 Maison de Naissance Update
Dear Haiti Friends, Here's some good news from Haiti, a reminder that good things can happen even in the most troubled times. Maison de Naissance is located in Torbeck, not far from the city of Le Cayes in the far southwest arm of Haiti. I've had the opportunity to...
Apply to Diaspora Organizer Gathering in Washington, D.C. – September 6-9th
Dear Haiti Friends, From the Friends Committee on National Legislation, here is information on a workshop for people living in diaspora to help them organize, connect, support, and advocate on behalf of their homeland. If you have Haitian or Haitian-American friends...
Haiti — A news story in progress and another way to support
Dear Haiti Friends, Several news organizations have reported yesterday and today that the Haitian government, with the UN forces still not fully funded, staffed, or armed after a considerable length of time, is now contracting with private security firms including the...
Mirebalais update
Dear Haiti Friends, Sad to say, the situation in Mirebalais has not improved. The residents of Mirebalais, Trianon, Saut d'eau, Ville Bonheur, and other nearby communities are not able to return to their homes. Pere Kesner Gracia and Pere Alphonse report that they...
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.
