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| About Haiti |
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The Episcopal Church includes Haiti.
The Episcopal Church in Haiti has lost a cathedral (photo below from Episcopal News Service), convent, Holy Trinity Complex, College St. Pierre, and a Jubilee Center.
The Episcopal Diocese of Haiti
Website: http://www.egliseepiscopaledhaiti.org/ Diocesan address: Haïti : Eglise Episcopale d'Haïti BP 1309, Port au Prince Haïti
Address USA : c/o Lynx Air P.O. Box 407139 Fort Lauderdale, 33340 USA
Facts: Haiti is the largest and fastest-growing diocese in The Episcopal Church. The Episcopal Church has been an active, integral partner in Haiti for over 150+ years.
The Rt. Rev. Jean Zache Duracin is Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti. He is unharmed and remains in Haiti helping with the relief effort; his wife suffered an injury to her leg and is recovering from surgery in Florida.
Bishop Duracin reports that there are 200,000 members of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti.
The Rev. Lauren Stanley, liaison to Bishop Duracin in the United States, reports that almost all the Episcopal facilities in the Diocese of Haiti sustained damage: the 200 parishes, congregations, missions and preaching stations including the cathedral which was destroyed; the 254 nursery, primary and secondary schools; the university; the seminary; the community college; the three trade schools; the hospital and numerous medical missions; St. Vincent’s Center for the Handicapped; and a Jubilee Center. The Episcopal Church’s three missionaries who were in Haiti are all accounted for. Oge Beauvoir, who is the dean of the Theological Seminary, along with his wife Serette, remain in Haiti.
Episcopal Relief & Development is working closely with the Diocese of Haiti to help meet critical needs such as food, water and shelter and to develop a plan for long-term recovery and rebuilding efforts. www.er-d.org/HaitiCrisis. Donations can be made to Episcopal Relief & Development by calling 800-334-7626 ext 5129. https://www.er-d.org/donate-select.php .Episcopal Relief & Development has a four-star rating on Charity Navigator and meets all 20 standards of the Better Business Bureau.
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