Addressing COVID-19 in Haiti
Thanks to a grant from the Allegany Franciscan Ministries, a program for COVID-19 education and vaccinations has begun in the mountains of NE Haiti. Led by Dr. Miles Cherenfant, a dedicated team is working hard to reach, educate, and vaccinate those in outlying areas, bringing lifesaving care. You can help! Your donations will help us […]
Look What You’ve Done in 2021
Thanks to you: Kindness Matters/Tampa 1180 Publix gift cards given, providing autonomy 12 walks with food, clothing, books, toiletries, coffee, kindness and dignity given as the invisible are seen birth certificates obtained, work granted, lives forever changed Mombin Crochu, Haiti malnutrition treated/infants treated/lives saved clean water provided mobile clinics to outlying areas 2x/month to reach […]
Lent and Love
I do not know how often Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Holy time of the Lenten journey, and Valentine’s Day, a secular celebration of unconditional love, fall on the same day.
This is the only time in my memory that this has occurred, although I am sure it is not the first.
for the children
chiseled from black marble the mayor’s face reflects the candle light. I gaze upon the face beautiful in its angles shining in the heat of the night. I listen to the words their music flowing as the sounds rise and fall to a rhythm I cannot understand. he turns his eyes to me and they […]
Woman of the Road
On February 20 VPI will be sending a medical mission team to Mombin Crochu, Haiti, to work with our friends in this village in the poorest part of this country. The hospital serves those in this mountainous region who have no real access to medical care. We share words written on a previous trip, which […]
Mombin Crochu, Haiti
“For, more than ever, I realize we are all part of the never ending story of this village, and the myths and legends that surround and define it. More than ever I realize that everything that we do is part of the bigger picture of life, unknown in it’s tellings. Is it really so different […]
Summer Solstice
The summer solstice has passed, and we turn our faces into the sun to celebrate the slower pace of summertime. It is a time of cherished childhood memories…of watermelon, summer camps, friends gathering on warm rich evenings; of lemonade, sunburned faces, the smell of Coppertone and the long lazy nights that open to a million […]
Thank You, 2014 Haiti Medical Mission Team!
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