TOPIC | Haiti after the earthquake

Haiti: between optimism and the harsh reality

January 12^th marks the second anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti.

Haiti: between optimism and the harsh reality

January 12^th marks the second anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti.
Development and Peace in Haiti

Development and Peace have just released their two-year progress report on the emergency assistance and reconstruction program in Haiti. 20 million dollars where raised since the earthquake.
RELIGIOUS TRUSTED IN RECONSTRUCTION

Haitians, living in misery, rely on religious men and women since government and NGOs seem unable to pull it together 18 months after the quake.
Pushing for social change

Religious men and women are standing up and calling for systemic change in Haiti for reconstruction efforts to last.
Vocations out do Quebec

They may be dwindling here, but they’re booming in Haiti. Quebec congregations see their future in another land.
No hope without religious

Haiti has developed a plan for universal primary education, but one priest believes it would flop without religious communities on board.
UNITING EFFORTS FOR HAITI

The Church in Haiti is well placed to make a difference, and many believe a concerted effort among religious congregations is key in helping Haiti out of misery.
Solidarity Haiti

At the suggestion of Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte, the journalist Sophie Brouillet of Mediapaul accompanied a delegation formed by the Canadian Major Superiors of Religious Communities, which went to Haiti at the end of May 2011, to meet with members of the Haitian Religious Conference.

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• Saint of the Day

February 23

Saint Polycarp

Polycarp is one of the Fathers of the early Church. A disciple of the apostle John, he was a leader of the second generation of Christians, those who themselves were not eyewitnesses to the death and resurrection of Our Lord. He was very influential in the catechesis and initiation of new Christians, and was named bishop of Smyrna. He was martyred for his faith about the year 155, at the age of 86.

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• Today's Gospel

February 23rd

Those who lose their lives for my sake will save it. (Luke 9.22-25)

Jesus spoke to his disciples and sternly ordered them not to tell anyone: “The Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”

Then he said to them all, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will save it. What does it profit them if they gain the whole world, but lose or forfeit themselves?”

The gospel of the Lord.

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• Daily Reflection

February 23rd

Good and evil

Who wouldn't choose life over death, good over evil? When I consider the choices in such stark terms, my decision seems easy. But today I can choose to visit my aunt who is housebound, or I can telephone her, or I can do nothing. None of these choices is evil, but they are not equally loving or good. Life is full of choices. I once read that life is a continuum and we constantly move either in the direction of good or in the direction of evil. Not every decision is definitive, but we need to be moving in the right direction. This image is helpful when I want to choose good over evil with one grand, magnificent flourish, rather than inching along, one small step at a time.

Dear Lord, forgive my impatience. Help me remain faithful to you in the little things.

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