First Holy Communion | Felician Sisters of North America Mission: Haiti (feliciansistershaiti.com) First Holy Communion 11AUG On Sunday, August 8, 16 young children and teens celebrated their First Holy Communion at the Felician Haiti Mission. After two years of faith formation at our mission, the children and teens were ready to receive for the…
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Felician Sisters in Haiti
On Saturday, August 14, after the devastating earthquake in the morning and a few aftershocks in the afternoon and evening, we received a message from Caritas that there is need for medications and clothing clothing to be sent to Les Cayes and Jeremie. The earthquake had destroyed buildings, homes, and roads. It killed and wounded…
Pope Francis Prays for Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The houses collapsed, the hospitals were damaged, the roads buckled or turned impassable. But it was the earthquake’s destruction of churches across Haiti’s southern peninsula that may prove the biggest gut punch to the roughly 1.5 million people affected. For many Haitians, their only source of aid throughout their lives, in the…
Sisters in the US speak out against hate incidents
“I feel upset and angry at the violence against Chinese people in New York and other places around the country,” said Felician Sr. Dong Hong Marie Zhang, the liaison to the Chinese community for the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey. “I am not afraid for my life,” she added, “but the Chinese people to whom…
Child Abuse in Poland
Child Abuse in Poland Justice & Peace Newsletter Published by the Congregational Office for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)1, adopted on November 20, 1989 by the United Nations General Assembly, and ratified by 192 countries, provides care and protection for the youngest members of society….
The first Native American to be Canonized
Today, the Church celebrates the Feast Day of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American to be canonized. Kateri, also known as the Lily of the Mohawks, was born in present day Montgomery County, NY. She is best known for her devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and to the Cross of Jesus When Kateri Tekakwitha…