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Parish Social Ministry

Haiti Project

St. Antoine Church & School/ Partners in Progress (PIP)
Haiti Project

The school programs of Fondwa, Haiti include a kindergarten, elementary section, and secondary section. Approx. 700 students are currently enrolled. The students at L’ecole Antoine are consistently excelling in the region’s state examinations for students from the 7th, 9th and 12th grades.

www.piphaiti.org/st_antoine.html

WHY  HAITI?
Haiti Project

Activities

"Change for Haiti "

"Change for Haiti" is collected following all Masses usually on the first Sunday of each month. Funds collected are sent to St Antoine’s for change in the lives of their people. Those who contribute change as well. 

Annual Second Collection

Annually, usually in the Fall, a speaker presents information on the progress in Fondwa and a collection is taken up.

Mission Statement

Our mission is to build solidarity beyond our parish boundaries through establishing a meaningful relationship with the people of St. Antoine’s in Fondwa, Haiti.

Our goal is "to grow in faith together" with the parish of St. Antoine by fostering understanding between our diverse cultures and by raising our awareness of the plight of the Haitian people.

Haiti Committee

Members of the Haiti Committee are:

  • Vera Swiergol (Chairperson)
  • Valerie Beer
  • Carol England
  • Margaret Fitzmaurice
  • Audrey Heidenreich

More About PSM

 

"Very often the ones doing the ‘more physical’ helping don't realize that they are also being helped by those they are helping!"

 

 

 

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