Dear Friends,
Please pray for our brothers and sisters in Haiti.
– Haiti is the largest and fastest-growing diocese in The Episcopal Church.
– There are over 83,000 Episcopalians in Haiti
– There are over 110 Episcopal Churches in Haiti, and over 200 Episcopal schools
The Episcopal Church in Haiti has lost a cathedral, convent, Holy Trinity Complex, College St. Pierre, and a Jubilee Center. The Bishop has no place to live. Thankfully, the four missionaries are all accounted for – Mallory Holding, Jude Harmon, Oge Beauvoir and his wife Serette.
How can you help?
Check the Haiti page on Episcopal Relief & Development website http://www.er-d.org/
Donate and encourage others to donate to Episcopal Relief & Development by calling 800-334-7626 ext 5129. https://www.er-d.org/donate-select.php
Episcopal Relief & Development has a four star rating on Charity Navigator and meets all 20 standards of the Better Business Bureau.
Episcopal Relief & Development has a long partnership with The Episcopal Church in Haiti. http://www.er-d.org/HaitiEarthquakeResponse
We have already been listed in a number of news outlets, including CNN, ABC, MSNBC. We can still use your support. Call your local media contacts and sources and request that Episcopal Relief & Development be included in their list of relief organizations for Haiti.
Place a link to Episcopal Relief & Development on your congregation or diocesan home page. http://www.er-d.org/
Share this information on Sunday and in your bulletin inserts. Bulletin inserts from Episcopal Relief & Development are available in both Spanish and English. http://www.er-d.org/BulletinInsertsCT/
Please do not encourage anyone to travel to Haiti.
Priority must be given to first responders and a few relief agencies so as not to over-burden the already compromised infrastructure.
Thank you for all that you do for our Church.
Peace,
Malaika Kamunanwire
Senior Director, Marketing and Communications
Episcopal Relief & Development
“Haiti is the largest and fastest-growing diocese in The Episcopal Church”
… I know it’s been awhile since this was posted, but I wonder if anyone can clarify why Haiti is a diocese in the Episcopal Church at all. My understanding of Anglican polity is that Anglicanism is a communion of national churches; Haiti has been a sovereign country for two centuries; why is the Episcopal Church in Haiti not an independent church with its own primate? It seems like a kind of ecclesiastical neo-colonialism …