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Tue Mar 12 08:49:49 PDT 2024

Thank you Paul and Greg for sharing your information re Haiti. Although it
has been awhile since the Toronto CSJs have had a presence there we also
had sisters in Haiti. Jean

On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 9:36 AM Greg Gillis via Sundaycommunity <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

> Thank you Paul, your insight is so valuable. The Core Group made up of
> France, UK, USA, Canada et al has been interfering for years in Haiti and
> it was never forgiven for being the one nation to overthrow the white slave
> holders. Thus, constant meddling in its internal affairs to destabilize and
> keep it impoverished has been the norm. Canada is deeply resented for our
> assistance in helping to overthrow the socialist government of
> Jean-Bertrand Aristide who was whisked out of the country by US Marines as
> Canadian Special Forces seized the airport and helped facilitate the
> overthrow of his democratically elected government. Hopefully, the West
> will leave the country alone so that Haitians can resolve their countries
> ills without foreign interference.
>
> Peace
>
> Greg
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 4:20 PM Dean Riley via Sundaycommunity <
> sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
>
>> Thank you Paul for sharing your experiences and your thoughts on the
>> present situation in Haiti! I completely agree with your analysis of the
>> situation. Especially…
>>
>> “But at this stage, I truly believe Haiti is only going to get worse-
>> complete breakdown of infrastructure and resultant disease, hunger, death.”
>>
>> I lift up my eyes to the hills-- where does my help come from?
>>
>> Dean.
>>
>>
>> On Mar 11, 2024, at 2:27 PM, Paul M via Sundaycommunity <
>> sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> <PHTO0074_Original.jpg>
>> I was in Haiti in 2007 and though it had troubles then, I felt it had
>> more potential than Papua New Guinea where I had been. Then, the tragedy of
>> the January 12, 2010 earthquake, followed by cholera etc. set the country
>> back again. The Spiritans in TransCanada sent a good deal of help to
>> rebuild our huge school in Port Au Prince - College St. Martial (built
>> 1865)  - a K-12 school. This was a wonderful school but was 3/4 destroyed
>> by the earthquake. Slowly, it reopened in tents, then temp class rooms,
>>  and eventually things were getting back to normal. I visited Haiti again
>> in 2017, and was so hopeful about the school and also our rural ministries.
>> However, the very first night I was there, one could sense warning signs.
>> The Superior took me and another Spiritan out but every so often, you could
>> hear gunfire (gangs). We were told we should head back soon. There were
>> also times when the Spiritans from Haiti had to hunker down in the school
>> compound or a parish for a few nights in a row. That was back in 2017 and
>> it has gotten progressively worse. I was in touch monthly with the Superior
>> and the Bursar up until the end of 2021 but not really in the loop now due
>> to personnel changes. So sad to see a failed state.
>> More intervention or interference from outside countries at this stage
>> will probably do more harm than good. The UN peacekeeping force that was
>> there before was not only ineffective but also heavily disliked. I can’t
>> believe Kenya is going to send troops who of course can’t speak French.
>> Some solution will have to come from the ground up- not be imposed.
>> Compromise must be reached. But at this stage, I truly believe Haiti is
>> only going to get worse- complete breakdown of infrastructure and resultant
>> disease, hunger, death. The rural communities of course are much better off
>> than Port Au Prince, but even they are dependent on some resources from
>> some sort of functioning government.
>> Any Haitians that can get out are trying to go to the DR  where there are
>> problems with Haitians.
>> So, another sad situation in the world that needs prayers and attention
>> Paul
>>
>> Sent from Gmail Mobile
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 1:51 PM sylvia skrepichuk via Sundaycommunity <
>> sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Dean
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my Galaxy
>>>
>>>
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>>> -------- Original message --------
>>> From: Dean Riley via Sundaycommunity <
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>>> Date: 2024-03-11 1:36 p.m. (GMT-05:00)
>>> To: Sunday Community <sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca>
>>> Cc: Dean Riley <riley234 at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [Sundaycommunity] (no subject)
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>>>
>>> 
>>> Greetings. For those of you interested in understanding the situation as
>>> it is unravelling in Haiti… please take a look at this article that
>>> appeared on the BBC website today. Around our world, the dream of real
>>> peace & justice is becoming ever more elusive.
>>>
>>> Dean.
>>>
>>> May peace be achieved in all of creation
>>>
>>> Que se logre la paz en toda la creación
>>>
>>> Se pou lapè rive nan tout kreyasyon an
>>>
>>> ليحل السلام في الخليقة كلها
>>>
>>> יהי רצון שיושג שלום בכל הבריאה
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