HANDS AND HEARTS WITH HAITI —Haiti Update Lent 2023 

“Small Things with Great Love.” St Therese of Lisieux  Most, if not all of us, experienced some degree of anxiety, loneliness, and fear during the Pandemic. Initially we feared shopping in public, sending our kids to school, public events, going to work, public transportation, dining out and even going to Mass. Fear gripped many of us. … [Read more…]

Student Partnership

February 2022 EXCITING NEWS!!! HHH is developing a partnership among our parish schools in Haiti, Ohio, and Wisconsin. We look forward to building relationships and friendships, learning from each other and becoming global citizens. Our current school committee members include: Fr. Eustace Romel, Fr. Edius Servil, Fr. Woodnel Georges, Golds Mithe Joseph Grandoit, Vivaldie Marseille, … [Read more…]

Student Partnerships in the Parish Schools

Hands and Hearts with Haiti has some exciting news to share. We are developing a partnership among our parish schools in Haiti, Ohio, and Wisconsin. We look forward to building relationships and friendships, learning from each other and becoming global citizens. Our current school committee members include: Fr. Eustace Romel, Fr. Edius Servil, Fr. Woodnel … [Read more…]

Teacher Certification

If you attend school in Haiti, you can teach grades up to the level you attained.  Therefore if someone attended school up to through the fourth grade, s/he can teach 1st, 2nd , 3rd and 4th grade without having any teacher training.  Since our goal is to support quality education at Monsignor Remy Augustin High … [Read more…]

The Chance in Haiti

Dear compatriots, dear friends from all over, good men and women of the Earth, There is a situation of dependence, misery, social injustice, violence that has plagued Haiti for several years and it has worsened in recent months.  The unbridled struggle for power and the illicit enjoyment of the country’s goods and wealth are causing … [Read more…]

Ask and You Shall Receive

By Hilarie Rath “Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” Matthew 7:7 What beautiful words for all of us to trust! Yet sometimes doors close, and when that happens, it’s important to see the new door and give it a pull. … [Read more…]

Donations needed!

Starvation and COVID 19 has swept the country already ravaged by natural disasters and disease. Fr. Romel, the Pastor of Saint Louis Parish in Mirebalais, Haiti, sent us a brief update: Brothers and sisters,I want to greet you in the name of Christ our Lord! My parish, in Mirebalais, has a very large number of … [Read more…]

March/April 2020 Goat Report

Goat activities for the second half of March 2020, were significantly slowed down by the coronavirus. We begin our quarterly vaccination campaign on February 15th 2020 for the goats. We did cover three out of the five villages that we serve: Desvarieux, Noyau and Feja, until we were forced us to stop visiting with our … [Read more…]

Letter from Fr. Romel

Good afternoon all! The COVID-19 is in Haiti since two days ago. Let us pray one for another.  The pandemic is real. We Christians have to pray that the Spirit of the Lord will accompany the health experts so that the effective medication to treat this generalized illness is quickly found.  In the Haitian church, … [Read more…]

Open letter from Fr. Romel

Open Letter to Hands and Hearts with Haiti for the understanding of the suffering of the people of Haiti and especially the population of Mirebalais! Dear all and partners! The Haitian people is suffering too hard.  If today you hear the call of God that has come to you through the cry of suffering of … [Read more…]