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- The Church of the Visitation has "twinned" with
St. Michael's Catholic Church in Boucan Carré, Haiti.
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- The goal is to share information, include
each other in liturgical prayer and remember each other's special
days and festivals. The Church of the Visitation raises funds
for St. Michael's through special collections, a permanent box
for donations and special projects. Mutual assistance is more
difficult since the Haitian people are materially poor. However,
what they offer is rich: Their faith, their love, their solidarity,
their prayer and the warm hospitality they extend to their visitors
from Virginia.
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- St. Michael's is quite large in area as
well as population. The Pastor spends a good deal of time traveling
poor and nonexistant roads through jungles to visit the several
outlying mission churches attached to the parish.
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- The first project was to provide the funds
for the people of the village to establish a system of pipes
that brings clean spring water from the mountains to their town.
Church of Francis de Sales in Mathews and Blessed Kateri Tekawitha
Catholic Church in Poquosan helped finance that project.
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- The next project was to buy a truck for
the parish. The sister in charge of the school and the convent
stressed a great need for a truck to take people to the hospital
in the nearest city and to bring back fresh vesgetables and other
necessities. Once again, the Church of Francis de Sales partnered
with the Church of the Visitation and Blessed Kateri Tekawitha
Catholic Church to finance the project.
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- Some parishioners "adopt" Haitian
children. For a fee of $100, the "adoptive parent"
receive a photograph of the child and the knowledge that the
child receives the necessary school supplies, lunches and vitamins.
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- Catholic parishes throughout Virginia
have twinned with Haitian parishes. To learn more about the Catholic
Diocese of Richmond's program, click
here.
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