From February 27, 2022 The global health community and countless others who were healed, taught, or simply inspired by Dr. Paul Farmer were shocked and saddened to learn of his death on Feb. 21. Dr. Farmer was a medical anthropologist, physician, and co-founder of Partners in Health, a nonprofit that revolutionized global health care. He believed the poorest of the…
From February 26, 2022 In the early hours of the despicable Russian invasion of Ukraine, I was watching news coverage with Dr. Stéphanie. The unfolding scene (before bombs began falling) featured long lines of traffic, gas shortages, and ATM machines not working. Steph said, “Like Haiti every day.”
From February 25, 2022 Please join in me in prayer that the funds we desperately need to keep the Santa Chiara Children’s Center open arrive within the next few weeks.
From February 24, 2022 All of us face the process of letting go at different intervals in our lives. Sometimes, we’re forced to start over; at other times, we decide to start over. Either way, it is not easy. I really loved my home in Burbank, California. I had lived in it for seven years. I gave it up to…
From February 23, 2022 In the early years of Santa Chiara, a little girl came to us when she was about four months old. Her name was Ruth. For much of every day, she laid on a blanket outside my door in our second home. One day, I spotted a Baby Ruth candy bar at the market. I placed it…
From February 22, 2022 Here are some photos of Moïse and friends taken on Saturday February 19.
From February 21, 2022 The total cost of repairing my Subaru was $520 in cash and credit. On Friday, I was out running errands and I heard a similar sound when I hit bumps or craters in the dirt road. An ominous clanking sound. On Saturday morning, Michel pulled the front wheels off.
From February 20, 2022 God, being God, lacks nothing. God is the fullness of everything. God does not need our prayers. We, on the other hand, need to pray because in prayer we enter into an awareness of God’s loving Presence within us and within every particle of creation. The more aware we become of God’s Presence the more our…
From February 19, 2022 Yesterday, our bookkeeper in Florida sent me a summary of our financial situation, that is the funds in the checking account and our credit card debt. To be honest, I was afraid to open it. The alarming bottom line is that we have $24,572 of available funds. It takes about $25,000 a month to operate the…
From February 18, 2022 There is one name the looms large over the last quarter century of the history of Haiti: Jean- Bertrand Aristide. He was President of Haiti on three separate occasions. Aristide was a former Catholic priest (a member of the Salesian order) who was a leading champion of the poor and disenfranchised.