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Obispo Robert C. Morlino

Ayuda a Haití: El inicio de una Cuaresma de Amor

Bajo el libro del evangelio por Obispo Robert C. Morlino
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Queridos hermanos en Cristo:

Como dije la semana pasada, ¡ustedes, sus parroquias y sus pastores tienen que ser altamente encomendados en general! Como familia diocesana, hemos demostrado mucho amor por el prójimo al recaudar en nuestra diócesis la cantidad nada despreciable de 508 130.02 dólares para nuestros hermanos y hermanas de Haití.

Muy poco después del devastador terremoto, el Papa Benedicto XVI prometió al pueblo de Haití las oraciones y el apoyo concreto de los católicos en todo el mundo. Incluso antes de que el Santo Padre hiciera estas promesas, Catholic Relief Services ya estaba en Haití con los heridos y los fallecidos. Ustedes y sus parroquias preguntaban “¿qué podemos hacer?” y nuestras oficinas diocesanas estaban organizando la manera en que podíamos responder.

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Pat Casucci, Catholic Herald Correspondent

Beloit nurse describes need for Haiti orphanage donations

Beloit nurse Pam Charles ministers to a child at the orphanage in Haiti where she was working as a volunteer when the earthquake struck. (Contributed photo)

BELOIT — A call for action comes through in Pam Charles’ voice as she describes the urgent need for donations of money for an orphanage in Haiti where she was a volunteer when the January 12 earthquake hit the island nation.

Charles, a nurse, mother of four children, and member of Our Lady of the Assumption Parish in Beloit, was in Haiti with a group of six women serving as volunteers for Health Ministries for Haiti (HMH). The team was providing medical care at a mobile clinic and at an orphanage at Croix de Bouquet, a town near the capital city of Port-au-Prince and the international airport.

For updated information on the Diocese of Madison’s collection for Catholic Relief Services aid to Haiti, click here

Charles is making a determined effort for donations. “Our work now is to raise funds. I’ve seen the need in Haiti. I’m trying to help get the message out the best I can that money is needed so the children in the orphanage can have a better life.”

HMH is a non-profit Christian group founded by Madison nurse Jennifer Weitzel Blahnik. Her sister, Sarah Weitzel Cain, an imaging technician at Beloit Memorial Hospital, assists with the ministry. Both are Beloit natives. Also with the group was Mary Parry, Beloit, serving as a support person, and two nurses from Madison.

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Brent King, Communications Director

Diocese of Madison coordinating aid to Haiti

MADISON — Echoing the call made by Pope Benedict XVI, Bishop Robert C. Morlino has encouraged parishes and people in the 11 counties of the Madison Diocese to do all they could for the people currently suffering in Haiti. Regardless of the funds collected, the bishop has approved a disbursement of $25,000 to be sent immediately to Catholic Relief Services in advance of fundraising efforts.

The devastating earthquake, centered in Port-au-Prince, has left hundreds of thousands dead and has affected nearly everyone in the small island nation. In a letter to priests and faithful, Diocesan Vicar General, Msgr. James Bartylla, echoed Pope Benedict XVI’s assurance that “The Catholic Church will not fail to move immediately, through her charitable institutions, to meet the most immediate needs of the population.”

The Madison Diocese, which had already scheduled a special collection on January 16 and 17 to benefit the Church in Latin America and the Church’s evangelization and service efforts among Native American and African American communities in the United States, has encouraged all parishes to take up a special collection for the sole benefit of the people of Haiti, in the next two weeks.

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