A Work Of Mercy For Haiti

(Image of the Haitian flag via Pixabay)

I have here two Facebook Posts from my friend Father Louis Merosne, who works at a church in Haiti and who just this week lived through Hurricane Matthew.

My dear friends:
Thank you for your many prayers and support before, during and after Hurricane Matthew. Communication has been very difficult since the storm hit. My phone company stopped working in the Nippes Department so I obtained a SIM card from a different company which allows minimal contact.

My parishioners, missionaries, family and friends are all safe by God’s grace! There is however MUCH loss. We had about 250 people taking refuge on our church property alone on top of the thousands that were run out of their homes in my parish jurisdiction and elsewhere in the diocese.

Dear friends, it will take much to rebuild. We will have to have new roofs, plumbing, electricity, etc. the walls will have to get scraped and repainted. The ceramic tiles will be removed and replaced. New furniture will be necessary. Right now, I have my clergy and missionaries of the cathedral sleeping in offices, and temporary sites. I am on the balcony (at least it’s nice and breezy :-)) I imagine it will take over $100,000 to finish everything, but I have professionals working on more precise estimates to give you a better idea. As soon as they let me know all the numbers I will pass them along to you all. There are a couple ways you can donate now:

Let’s see if we can help our brothers and sisters in Haiti with our prayers and our wallets, please!