By Kirk Petersen Executive Council members heard a sobering assessment of the chaotic situation in Haiti, home to one of the largest dioceses in the Episcopal Church. "The church is functioning in a civil society that many characterize as a failed state," said the Rt. Rev. Todd Ousley, who oversees the church's relationship with the Caribbean nation. Director of Government … [Read more...] about Grim Tidings from Haiti, Described as a ‘Failed State’
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Priests Safe After Earthquake in Haiti Kills 1,300
By Kirk Petersen There have been no known deaths or serious injuries among Episcopal clergy in Haiti in the wake of a major, 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the impoverished nation on August 14. Nearly 1,300 people have been reported dead, and property damage is extensive. The quake was centered near Anse-à-Veau in the southwest peninsula of Haiti, roughly 80 miles west … [Read more...] about Priests Safe After Earthquake in Haiti Kills 1,300
Episcopalians Face Pandemic and Violence in Haiti
By Mary Frances Schjonberg Episcopal News Service Despite the increasing incidence of COVID-19 in the country and the ever-increasing violence in the nine days since Haitians awoke to the news that President Jovenel Moïse had been assassinated, Episcopalians there are trying to serve their communities. “Well before the assassination, gang activity, kidnappings and killings … [Read more...] about Episcopalians Face Pandemic and Violence in Haiti
Pandemic Poses Extra Challenges in Haiti
By Kirk Petersen Churches throughout the United States have been scrambling to establish online worship services in the face of lockdown orders. It’s fairly easy to do via Facebook or YouTube, and some churches have been experimenting with online services for years. It’s different in the Diocese of Haiti – situated in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Haiti … [Read more...] about Pandemic Poses Extra Challenges in Haiti
Clarification on ‘Haiti Election Forces Reckoning’
Clarification: The story “Haiti Election Forces Reckoning” (Sept. 10) mischaracterized how Dan Tootle describes a dynamic of the Diocese of Haiti’s factional divide. One side has been inspired by a progressive vision once championed by former Suffragan Bishop Ogé Beauvoir, but Beauvoir is not actively leading a factional movement in the diocese, according to Tootle. The online … [Read more...] about Clarification on ‘Haiti Election Forces Reckoning’
Bishops Protest DR’s Policy
By Zachary GuilianoThe House of Bishops passed resolution D058 (Dominicans of Haitian Descent), which would “condemn the ruling, and its enforcement, of the Dominican Republic’s constitutional court on September 23, 2013, which ruled ineligible for citizenship any children born of Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic.”The ruling has rendered “such persons effectively … [Read more...] about Bishops Protest DR’s Policy
Video: Mark Harris
The Rev. Canon Mark Harris, a visitor from Delaware who has participated in General Convention since 1969, talks about possibilities for reconciliation within the Church, and just how that might take place.In this conversation with The Living Church’s G. Jeffrey MacDonald, Mark also discusses his views on membership in the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society and how the … [Read more...] about Video: Mark Harris
Haiti’s Long Road to Recovery
The narrow dirt road leading up to the mountain village of Dano, about 30 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, is steep and for the most part uphill — like the lives of the children who live there. It is frequently washed out by heavy rain, and even on a good day it can give those who use it a bone-shaking ride over deep ruts in a pickup truck.Maneuvering that truck is Tony … [Read more...] about Haiti’s Long Road to Recovery