Earthquake Updates at the Center
and How to Help

May 2010 Pictures
These pictures were sent by Philip Caldwell who recently visited St. Vincent's.

March 7 Update from Father Bill Squire

Father Bill Squire recently returned from meeting with Bishop Duracin to assess conditions and plan for reconstruction. Read his report to learn more about conditions at St. Vincen'ts and future plans.

March 1 Update from Father Sadoni

Dear Hope and Friends of St. Vincent's Center,

The Bishop told me that he asked Father Squire to coordinate all their efforts to rebuild St Vincent's. Father Squire will make a tour of St Vincent's today and he will make a report and send to all our Partners so you will understand better St Vincent's situation.

Next week I will open the Administration office near the boys dorm and hope to open the clinic if the bishop approves that in the first week of April.

Thank you hope for what you done in this difficult that to help St Vincent. May God bless you and open all the doors in front of you.

Father Sadoni Leon

February 17 Update from Hope Lennartz

Check this update for news about the children at St. Vincent's and special thanks to the many organizations, schools, groups and churches who support the many needs of the children at St. Vincent's.

Update from Dirk Martin - Good News!
January 23, 2010

Dirk Martin, a missionary in Haiti who formerly worked at St. Vincent's, reports that he spoke with Father Sadoni who is with the children in Montrouis. Wonderful news!

Update from the Children's Medical Mission of Haiti
January 21, 2010

Includes pictures and a report from Father Squire's recent trip to Haiti after the earthquake

Update from Father Sadoni
January 18, 2010 - Conditions after the Earthquake

Dear Friends in USA,

I write this e-mail to you to let you know that I am alive and all my parents and my fiancee's parents are alive.

The first bulding of St Vincent is down and 6 kids and employees died in the earthquake. Now they are with me in the field of College St Pierre near the Palace. This afternoom I will have a meeting with the bishop and I plan to propose to him to let me go with all the kid to Montrouis. I hope he agrees.

We really appreciate what Bill Squire did yesterday. He came to visit us in this difficult situation. He brought some money for us and we will use this money to feed the kids during three weeks in Montrouis.

The urgent now is to feed them. We don't have any materiels (cloths, toothbrush and toothpaste, soap). After the earthquake people got into St Vincent, so they robbed all the rest of the materials left, in my office, in the dorm, in the pharmacy, in the oparating room etc....

I hope in the next day the state will be able to pull out all the wall so we can built a new wall to protect the rest of St Vincent.

Glory to God we are safe, Glory to God He keeps the children safe. May his name be glorified everywhere.

In Christ,

Sadoni

Note: The email message above was received on January 18, 2004 from Father Sadoni, Director of St. Vincent's Center. Montrouis, where he hopes to take the children, is on the coast northwest of Port-au-Prince. The Rev. Canon Bill Squire, President of the Children's Medical Mission of Haiti, went to Haiti to assess the situation and take money to feed the children - he will return home soon. Also check the CMMH website for updates. Please continue to keep Father Sadoni, the children and staff at St. Vincent's in your prayers.

Received January 15, 3010:
We have received word that Pere Sadoni and the children and the staff at St. Vincent's are alive but shaken! Miraculously, St. Vincent's structures are reported to be intact with some damage, even though buildings nearby collapsed (including the Roman Catholic and Episcopal Cathedrals. The entire Cathedral complex including Holy Trinity School and the Convent were destroyed.) Note: Communication is difficult. We heard, via an unconfirmed email, that there may been injuries and possibly some fatalities at the Center and the structure is not as sound as originally reported. We are waiting confirmation of this information. Please keep all at St. Vincent's in your prayers.

CMMH (Childrens Medical Mission of Haiti) President Bill Squire is scheduled to fly to the Dominican Republic on January 15. He is flying into Santo Domingo and traveling with a group on January 16 to Haiti. This trip was organized by the Bishop of the Dominican Republic. The Rev. Squire will drive over the mountains to Port-au-Prince, and work with Fr Leon Sadoni to make sure St. Vincent's has necessary food, water, and hygiene supplies. If he can get through, he will probably go to College St. Pierre soccer field where we understand a number of people are sheltering, including the nuns from the Convent and Bishop Duracin.  Updates will be posted when available.

How Can YOU Help?

Your continued prayers are needed for our Haitian colleagues. Immediate needs are for money to assist with their incredible needs. The Friends of St. Vincent’s Center and Children's Medical Mission of Haiti are uniting in a major fund raiser to assist the center. Both organizations have 501 (c) 3 status.

There are two ways of donating to St. Vincent's Center for Handicapped Children.

Please consider how you can best help the children and staff at St. Vincent's Center!

Updated on 5/16/10