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.
Haiti 2010 Earthquake
Catholics Are Urged to Help Reverse Crippling Legacy of 2010 Haiti Quake
The 30,000 Haitian refugees who surged across the U.S.-Mexico border last summer fled an earthquake back home, but not the one that hit their homeland a few weeks earlier. The plight of these people actually began on Jan. 12, 2010 following an even more devastating quake near Port-au-Prince.