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ADVISORY

 

Schedule For March 1-3 U.S. Bishops’ Advisory Group Visit To Haiti

WHAT: Trip schedule. Advisory Group for Haiti, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Subcommittee on the Church in Latin America.

WHEN: March 1-3

WHERE: Port-au-Price, Haiti. Visits to the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC) and the center for religious formation (CIFOR) where numerous seminarians and others perished, the Saint François de Sales Hospital and the massive Petionville Club Camp, formerly a golf course and now an encampment for thousands of homeless Haitians.

WHY: The delegation will assess the impact of the earthquake on the local Church and identify ways in which the subcommittee can assist.

WHO: Archbishop José H. Gomez of San Antonio will lead the delegation. He will be accompanied by Cardinal Seán O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Boston and Haitian-born Bishop Guy Sansaricq, Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York. Father Andrew Small, director of the Collection for the Church in Latin America will travel with the delegation.

CONTACTS:

-In Haiti: Nonciature Apostolique, Msgr. Eric, Secretary (509) 38388191
-In the U.S.: Fr. Andrew Small, Office 202-541-3456, Cell 202 607 1126 (US Only)

Schedule for the trip follows. Schedule is for planning purposes only and may be subject to change.

Advisory Group Trip to Haiti
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
March1-3, 2010

MONDAY, MARCH 1

16:25	Arrival
19:00	Nunciature

TUESDAY, MARCH 2

06:30	Departure for Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC)
07:00	Mass with MSC
07:45	Breakfast at MSC
08:45	Visit Louverture Cleary School
09:45	Visit Cathedral/Archbishop’s Residence
10:30	Visit Saint François de Sales Hospital
11:15	Visit Sacred Heart Church/CIFOR
11:45	Visit Major Seminary, Turgeau
14:30	Visit Catholic Relief Services Office
15:30	Visit Petionville Club Camp
16:15	Back to Nunciature
17:00	Meeting with Representatives of the Haitian Bishops’ Conference

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3

06:45	Departure for General House of Filles de Marie (Daughters of Mary) (Filles de Marie lost 15 sisters, 11 wounded)
07:00	Mass at Filles de Marie
08:00	Breakfast at Nunciature
08:30	Departure for Airport
10:20	Flight Departure

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Keywords: Haiti, Caribbean, Subcommittee for the Church in Latin America, Catholic Relief Services, Archbishop José Gomez, Cardinal Seán O’Malley, Bishop Guy Sansaricq, Catholic Church, USCCB