The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass was offered for all our living and deceased benefactors in Poland on Saturday, April 24, 2021. We are so grateful for your support.
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Preparing for the celebration of the Word of God…
On Sunday, April 18, Sister Inga met in the home of Madam Immaculee to prepare the Word of God for our Thursday celebration of the Liturgy of the Word. It is always a joy for us to visit the homes of our people. Her house has one room so the preparation took place on the porch. All people who drove or passed by witnessed the Word of God.
“How good and pleasant it is when God’s people celebrate together in unity!” Psalm 133:1
On Saturday, April 17, we were invited to the Mercedarian Sisters’ home and mission for prayer and dinner. This was such a joy for us. The sisters live about 30 minutes from our mission. We met a lot of traffic on the road because we were behind a funeral. What normally takes 30 minutes took us an hour and 15 minutes.
We shared Midday Prayer with Sisters Madeline, Albertine and their novice, Christella.
We then shared a delicious Haitian meal, even though the sisters are from the Dominican Republic.
even life forevermore.” Psalm 133:3
Felician Movie Night Continues…
On Friday. April 16, Felician Movie Night welcomed over 50 kids. It was a joy to see their excitement as they waited for the gate to open at 5 p.m. The popcorn and chocolate candy were ready, thanks to you and your generosity. Then, for 90 minutes of joy and laughter, our kids got away from the daily stress their families are experiencing. Thanks to Woody Woodpecker, all had a great time.
In the midst of struggle and pain, the Haiti Mission gives Peace and Hope
Even though Haiti is struggling through so much pain and sorrow, our mission is like a gateway for peace.
The problems of the country are effecting our children and their education. Like never before, so many of our children whom we serve are not passing their school exams. Even if they go to school, the teacher does not show up or just gives homework because they have not been paid. Our children are once again hungry because of lack of food. We are doing our best to have them come daily to do homework and to feed them. Thank God our teens continue to be of service and help with tutoring.
Everything here has doubled in price! Many of our mothers are not able to provide a hot meal for their children. Everyday we are meeting more and more people who share with us their fears and anxieties, and we see real depression growing. We notice that, when we gather for prayer experiences, more and more people are coming looking for hope, comfort and God’s help. Thanks be to God there are four of us now because of all that needs to be done.
Domestic Church
A domestic church is a church in the home, where God is honored; his law is respected; prayer is a normal event; virtue is transmitted by word and example; and everyone shares the hopes, the problems, and sufferings of everyone else.
This was the experience Sisters Inga and Marilyn had on Sunday , April 11, when they gathered at the home Ipholienne Telemaque. She had just lost your 40-year-old son, so our visit with the rest of the Neocatechumenal first community in Jacmel was a comfort and joy. We prayed together; listened to God’s Word; shared our experience of Christ’s resurrection; celebrated together; and, of course, shared a meal.
Sister Julitta begins English and Creole classes!
Sister Julitta has begun her English and Creole classes.
Śmigus-dyngus
Not being a Polish word but a Polish tradition, we celebrated Śmigus-dyngus. Śmigus–dyngus is a Roman Catholic celebration held on Easter Monday across Central Europe. … Traditionally, boys throw water over girls and gently spank them with pussy willow branches (in some regions) on Easter Monday, and girls sometimes do the same to boys. Well the nuns did this to Jean Philippe and Sr. Marilyn did it to Sister Inga.
The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night
By most ancient tradition, this is the night of keeping vigil for the Lord (Ex 12:42), in which, following the Gospel admonition (Lk 12:35-37), the faithful, carrying lighted lamps in their hands, should be like those looking for the Lord when he returns, so that at his coming he may find them awake and have them sit at his table.
This is exactly what we did this holy vigil. We began at 10:15 p.m. with the blessing of the fire.
O God, who through your Son
bestowed upon the faithful the fire of your glory,
sanctify this new fire, we pray,
and grant that,
by these paschal celebrations,
we may be so inflamed with heavenly desires,
that with minds made pure
we may attain festivities of unending splendor.
Through Christ our Lord.
Therefore, O Lord,
we pray you that this candle,
hallowed to the honor of your name,
may persevere undimmed,
to overcome the darkness of this night.
Receive it as a pleasing fragrance,
and let it mingle with the lights of heaven.
May this flame be found still burning
by the Morning Star:
the one Morning Star who never sets,
Christ your Son,
who, coming back from death’s domain,
has shed his peaceful light on humanity,
and lives and reigns for ever and ever.
now that we have begun our solemn Vigil,
let us listen with quiet hearts to the Word of God.
Let us meditate on how God in times past saved his people
and in these, the last days, has sent us his Son as our Redeemer.
Let us pray that our God may complete this paschal work of salvation
by the fullness of redemption.
and in your kindness make those you have nourished
by this paschal Sacrament
one in mind and heart.
Go in peace, alleluia, alleluia.
Thanks be to God, alleluia, alleluia.
Our vigil finished at 6:15 a.m.
Felician Sisters of North America Mission: Haiti 