Attached is a news report on the dire situation in Haiti. As a Federation we have sponsored 10 girls in collaboration with Mission Haiti at one of the schools in Leogane. The following information is from Anita Witta, our contact with Mission Haiti. "I wanted to share this article with all of you; perhaps you may have seen this. I keep in contact with Fr. Tom and he is requesting prayers. Sr. Edna has been keeping in contact by texting. Schools have been closed as you all know and will not open till the streets are calm. The country is paralyzed and has been in lock down for many weeks. Sr Edna states that food is difficult to get and everything is very expensive. When you are able to get to the market, there is little food there due to no deliveries, roads are blocked. Electricity is scarce and so is gas. If the Sisters run the generator, they need diesel and that is difficult to find and extremely expensive. Downtown Leogane has experienced much violence on the streets with protestors. It is quite sad to read about the hospitals. Dieunis is happy to be at the farm. The conditions in Ley Cayes were and remain very bad. He was very lucky to get out of Les Cayes when he did. There was a one day break in protesting and he was able to get on a bus to Leogane. He stated that no one could leave their home, it was not safe on the street." Many prayers are needed for those in Haiti.
The NET team is in Terrace Bay and areas sharing their faith with the students and staff of the Superior North Catholic District School Board. This evening they took a break and decorated their reusable water bottles (in keeping with The Sisters of St. Joseph being a Blue Community). Sister Stephanie provided the craft materials and the team went to work sharing and creating.
This lovely Thanksgiving video re St. Joseph's Motherhouse was prepared by Sister Pauline Guindon and Miroslava Triapoluk. Enjoy the beautiful autumn scenery. Music played by Sister Shirley McNamara Prayer is Psalm 121
As the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon heard pleas to defend the rights of the region's indigenous people and of the land they hold sacred, indigenous leaders from Canada and the United States came to Rome to support them. Sister Priscilla Solomon is among the delegation. Click on link for story for National Catholic Reporter.
We pray for the Sisters of St. Joseph ministering in Pakistan and for the people of that country. The Chambéry congregation has 13 sisters whose works include: education, family visits, pastoral care, and promotion of women. From: Gulf News Asia - Saylani Welfare International Trust is a Pakistani charity focusing primarily on feeding the homeless. It was established in May 1999 and is based in Karachi, Pakistan. It was founded and headed by famous spiritual and religious scholar Maulana Bashir Farooq Qadri. The charity provides free food to needy thrice a day. For full article see: https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pakistan/pakistan-prime-minister-imran-khan-pledges-to-provide-free-food-and-shelter-to-the-poor-and-homeless-1.66968932