We continue to pray for the people of Haiti and ask that you please remember them during your prayer throughout the day.

Please join us in prayer (written by Sister Camille Brouillard, IHM):

We grieve O Loving God, for the people of Haiti,
Who continue to suffer the ravages of nature over and over.
Hear the cry of your people,
Touch the hearts of those with abundance to hear their desperation
and come to their aid.
Be with those who grieve the loss of loved ones, homes, churches,
markets and employment.
Touch their hearts with some hope for a better tomorrow.
Send your angels of mercy to be with them.
Amen.

If you are able to donate, consider the following credible organizations.

• Catholic Relief Services
  

  Sister Michele Denton, IHM, in Haiti in 2009

• Mercy Corps
• Save the Children
• Fonkoze (Haiti)
• Red Cross
• World Food Programme (United Nations)
• Partners in Progress (Haiti)
• Doctors Without Borders

You can even text message a donation using your mobile phone. The Red Cross in conjunction with the U.S. State Department set up this service. Text “Haiti” to #90999 to donate $10.00. You’ll receive a text message saying “To confirm your $10 donation to Red Cross Int’l Response Fund reply with YES. Reply HELP for help or visit RedCross.org.” Once you respond YES, you will be charged $10 on your wireless bill. I just made my donation using this method.

The IHM Sisters (my religious community) has also set up an emergency fund. Those wishing to make donations can send a check made payable to the IHM Sisters with a note in the memo line indicating that the donation is for “Haiti Earthquake Relief.” Checks should be mailed to:

IHM Sisters
Attn: Haiti Earthquake Relief
610 W. Elm Avenue
Monroe, Michigan 48162

Today’s Nunday photo and story come from a recent visit of IHM Sisters to Haiti. The IHM Sisters of Monroe together with the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the Immaculata IHMs, and the Scranton IHMs, have a corporate commitment to care for the people of Haiti. Here is our corporate statement:

We, the Oblate Sisters of Providence and the IHM Sisters, impelled by the Gospel, stand in solidarity with the people of Haiti, the poorest nation in the Americas, in their struggle for dignity, life and human rights both in Haiti and the United States.

You can read more about the Haiti Project on our OSPIHM.org website.

Periodically sisters go to Haiti to help, some stay for a short time, others for a while. Sister Michele Denton, an IHM sister from Monroe, was recently in Haiti with The World Community for Christian Meditation, an organization founded and led by Benedictine monks.

You can read about Sister Michele’s experience in Haiti at our IHM website in the article Sister Bears Witness to Haitian Struggles.

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