I know that many of our partners wish to come to Haiti right now to help. Please tell them that unless they are certified professionals in relief and recovery, they must wait. We will need them in the months and years to come, but at this point, it is too dangerous and too much of a burden for our people to have mission teams here.
Sometimes, reading the papers, you get the impression that the church exists to provide a forum for arguing about sexual mores. Then disaster strikes, and you get a glimpse of what the church has been up to all along.
Ten days after the earthquake that struck Haiti, here is a roundup of news from Haiti or about the response.
Despite the efforts of international aid organizations, food, water and other critical resources are still greatly needed by many residents of Port-au-Prince and other parts of the country.
The Wall Street Journal has extensive coverage of the Episcopal Church in Haiti and the role it is playing under conditions that are beyond real
The following fact sheet will assist as follow the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake and response of The Episcopal Church. Continue to check the special Haiti page for updated and additional information. Updated information is available from The Episcopal Church Office of Communication, including items from across the country on missionaries, church responses, persons in Haiti, etc.
According to Deacon Ormonde Plater only the Baptism of Christ mural remains at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
“He asked the most important question: ‘Will you help me?'” said Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori … “We can do far more together than we can ever do alone. But it takes a leader [like Ismail] to start that.”
Some of what makes bishop-to-be Scott Benhase tick was formed in a mission experience to Guatemala in 1977 sponsored by Fred Lamar, a chaplain in the ’70s at DePauw University who sponsored and nurtured a few thousands students on such trips over a generation. Lamar died this week.
Here’s a mural in an Anglican church somewhere in Port au Prince that depicts the Gospel lesson being read by most of us today – Jesus’ miracle at a wedding of Cana, turning water into wine.