A Haitian Catholic chaplain serving in the U.S. said he and fellow Haitian Catholics are welcoming a last-minute reprieve from threats of deportation. However, he also noted they are still weighing options as the Trump administration cracks down on immigration.
In a special way, Father Hilaire Belizaire said this year’s Haitian Independence Day Mass on Jan. 1 was a show of solidarity with Haitians who have Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and may soon have to leave the country.
Bishop Robert Brennan joined Brooklyn’s Haitian Catholics at a national pilgrimage in Washington, D.C., uniting thousands in prayer for Haiti and its people.
Gang violence in Haiti has not stopped the humanitarian efforts of the Salesian Missions, which the group’s U.S. leader vows will continue no matter what dangers exist in the Caribbean nation.
In the recreation room of the Sisters of Mercy residence in Whitestone, three nuns are quietly making a difference with felt, needle, and thread.
In preparation for the feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, the Patroness of Haiti, St. Jerome Church in East Flatbush hosted a three day prayer service for the embattled Caribbean nation plagued by gang violence.
Marie, a 30-year-old sales professional, recalls riding to work with other passengers in her hometown of Port-au-Prince, Haiti when bullets peppered the car.
A Philadelphia priest working in Haiti has followed through on his plans to return immediately to his longtime ministry in that nation’s besieged capital after a brief visit to the U.S. for medical treatment.
FLATBUSH — Father Lucon Rigaud recently traveled to his hometown in Haiti, but he did not experience any of the gang violence that roils the troubled Caribbean country’s capital, Port-au-Prince. Still, while no one shot at him, he experienced the chaos differently. Roadblocks manned by armed, gang-affiliated thugs throttle the flow of vital goods and […]
A seminary run by the Spiritan Fathers was attacked Monday, April 1, by gangs in the latest incidence of violence that has roiled the Caribbean country in recent weeks, according to the Haitian Conference of Religious (CDH).
