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Information from Haiti
Dear brothers,
Time always passes very fast, and Haiti is no longer news. The TV and newspapers do not say anything. Many of you are wondering what is happening here and how this nation is back trying to get back on its feet.

Visit to the Province of Central America
From February 7th to the 15th the Minister General, Br José Rodríguez Carballo, visited the Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Central America. The Province covers the following countries: Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Haiti.

Chorus and Orchestra of the German School of Rome.
Basilica of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli (at the Campidoglio).
Thursday, February 18th – at 8.00pm.
Will perform:
W.A. Mozart’s “Requiem“.
Entrance and free offer:
pro missioni francescane ad Haiti.
(through the Province of Friars Minor of Lazio)
(poster 21×60cm)

A visit to the Friars in Haiti
02-08.02.2010
“We thank the Lord whom we encountered alive among the debris of Port-au-Prince…”

From Haiti to all the Brothers of the Order
Dear Brothers of all the Order,
As we are about to depart Haiti, we want to share with you what we felt and saw during these days:

Films from Haiti
Filmmaker Gerry Straub (SFO) explores how film transforms people’s hearts and can be used to serve the poor. Through the San Damiano Foundation his films shed light on poverty and its crushing impact in both human and spiritual dimensions.

The Minister general to the Friars in Haiti
Rome, 29th January 2010
Prot. MG 25/2010
Dear brethren: may the Lord give you peace!
Unable to visit you personally at this time, as had been my desire, I have asked Br Massimo Tedoldi, Secretary General for the Missions and Evangelization, do so on my behalf.

ORDRE DES FRÈRES MINEURS O.F.M. HAÏTI.
Paroisse Croix-des-Mission, route nationale 1.
B. P. 1725 Port-au-Prince. Haïti. Tel. 3683-2992
27th January 2010
Br Saul Flores, Minister Provincial
Brothers of the Definitory
All Brothers.
Dear brothers

HAITI: update of the chronicle:
Fraternity of San Alejandro ; Fraternity of Cruz de Misión ; Fraternity of San Francisco, Lilavois
…It fills us with joy and encouragement to see how our Haitian brothers live the meaning of resurrection, and can sing and say to death with a loud voice: … where is thy [...]

Dear brother : Fr. Antonio is well, but in this place in which live everything is very bad. I also am well. The day of the earthquake was like a bomb. The people of Haiti is not accustomed to this. We gave help as much as we could and as much as we have been [...]

A prayer for the earthquake victims of Haiti
from Pope John Paul II – Via Crucis at the Colesseum, 2000, Fifth Station

Through the provincial Minister of Central America, Br. Saúl Orlando Flores Interiano, we received news about our Franciscan brothers in Haiti. Thank God all of them -16 brothers distributed in 3 brotherhoods, are alive. One of the Houses, that of San Alexandre, a few meters away from the presidential Palace and the Cathedral, has been [...]

To the brothers who live in Haiti and to the dear Province of our Lady of Guadalupe in Central America
May the Lord give you Peace!
My dear brothers, by listening to the news and reading the newspapers, I became aware of the tragedy that has struck the city of Haiti last night on Jan. 12. [...]

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