Our Lady Queen of Peace, Our Lady of Ukraine, please intercede for your people. Wrap the innocent in your mantle of protection and peace. We pray for our dear Felician Sisters in the Ukraine and in Russia proclaiming the Good News of your Son, Jesus Christ. we pry for all your people subject to the evils of war. Our lady Queen of Peace, Our Lady of Ukraine, pray for us.
On Tuesday, February 22, Sisters Julitta and Marilyn accompanied the Mother Angela Clinic to Lavout. Lavout is way up in the mountains, and it takes about an hour to get there through difficult roads. The people there get to see a doctor once a month. They also travel by foot long distances to get to the clinic. Here in Lavout, many people have high blood pressure!
Because of you, we can bring good medical assistance to many children, women and men.
The Synod on Synodality, initiated by Pope Francis in October 2021, is a two-year, worldwide undertaking during which Catholics are encouraged to submit feedback to their local dioceses. A synod is a meeting of bishops gathered to discuss a topic of theological or pastoral significance, in order to prepare a document of advice or counsel to the pope.
On Monday, February 21, Bishop Marie Erick Glandas Toussaint and Synod committee members met at the Felician Mission to work on their report. We were happy to give hospitality and be a part of this important time in the life of the Church
An amazing grace for us is to watch our young people learn English from volunteers and a professional teacher. Some are learning for their own enrichment, and others are learning to continue their higher education with Madonna University in the future. This is a commitment on their part, as well as the volunteers from all over the USA, headed by Caroline Stanfill, director of volunteers for the Felician Sisters of North America. See some of these students below…
Dr. Garo is the city Dentist. He helps us with our kids when they suffer with toothaches and cavities. He never charges us!
Our dear friends from Notchview Dental Group from Clifton, NJ, always supply us with toothpaste, novocaine, cotton and dental instruments that help Dr. Garo, not only with us, but with all those he treats in the mountains. It is an amazing grace how many missionaries are working in and for the Felician Haiti Mission! You are more valuable than a diamond! God bless you all!
Our container arrived in December and waited for us to unpack and distribute many long-awaited and much-needed items for the church, clinic and our people. It was a long week of full days of work, but it was well worth it.
We were blessed to have the blessing of candles and Celebration of the Eucharist on the feast of the Presentation on February 2. Fr. Lautere welcomed the Lord in the Temple as we, too, carried our lamps to be the Light of Christ to all. These lights represent our faith as we begin again our mission here in Jacmel.
This was the theme of our First Penance Service of those who received Baptism and their First Holy Communion in August. On Friday, October 29, our young people came dressed before the Lord to meet Him for the first time in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. it was a beautiful service led by Father Emanuel. In such trying times this celebration gave all of us a moment of peace and comfort that God will not abandon us.
After the service all enjoyed a sweet cupcake made by Sr. Izzy.
Once a week, we meet with our youth and young adults for prayer. These days we are focusing our prayer on the situation that is devastating the country. We pray for the missionaries who have been kidnapped and for the conversion of the kidnappers; for the situation with the gangs and the lack of gas being sent throughout the country; for those who are sick and suffering due to this chaos. We end our prayer with the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
These days in Haiti have not been easy, especially for the children. They come to us for peace of mind and heart, for food and to have some kind of normalcy in their lives. We are trying our best to continue activities.
