January 2010

Fr. Mark Hyde Reports from the Dominican Republic

A five-truck convoy arrived on January 26th in Port-au-Prince from La Vega for distribution in Pétion-Ville and Carrefour-Thorland.  Commodities included food stuffs (2 trucks), potable water (2 trucks), and medications and clothing (1).  All relief items were purchased in the Dominican Republic. The 300,000 chlorine tablets reported on earlier were delivered in Port-au-Prince on the […]

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Developing countries, communications, earthquakes — a Salesian contribution

From Rome Fr. Julian Fox: In Haiti, there is yet another twist to the disaster which unfolded on January 12.  Under the rubble of the archbishop’s quarters (he died amid that rubble) lie the archdiocesan communications structures, all now destroyed:  Radio and Télé Soleil. The station manager for Radio Soleil is Hubert Mesidor, a young

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VIS spokesmen Danilo Gallinari and Rino Gattuso launch appeal for Salesians in Haiti

(ANS – Rome) – Two great sporting champions — Danilo Gallinari, the best Italian basketball player in the National Basketball Association, and Rino Gattuso, a midfield player who has helped write the history of Italian soccer over the last 15 years – have come together as spokesmen for the International Volunteers for Development (VIS) in

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Collaboration, Contributions, Status of Salesian Sisters, Haitian in the U.S.

Collaboration Hans-Jürgen Dörrich from Jugend Dritte Welt (JDW) in Bonn left New Rochelle on Sunday evening, returning to Bonn on Monday morning, January 25. The staff of Salesian Missions and the province leadership in N.R. are most grateful for his presence and assistance in the first 12 days of dealing with the Haiti emergency. Salesian

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