For some years now, Food For The Poor donors have been funding tilapia projects of all different types and sizes in may of our countries. The tilapia is a hardy fish that matures quickly at a small cost and it has become very popular in the US and the world. For our purposes, it supplies […]
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I Thought of Jesus (Part 1 of 3)
On Tuesday, May 6th, a group of 19 of us – priests, pastors, deacons, the director of Speakers’ Bureau (Vicki Kaufman) and myself – departed from Fort Lauderdale to Port au Prince, Haiti. The humid heat, the “welcome” music, the crowds offering taxis and to carry our small pieces of luggage and the musicians in […]
I Thought of Jesus (Part 2 of 3)
PART TWO Our afternoon began with a visit to our boy’s orphanage and school, Foyer de l’Espoir (House of Hope). This was the site of the soccer game between our boys from this home and the “visiting team” from Lynn University that had accompanied me on my last trip. Our boys beat them 6 – […]
I Thought of Jesus (Part 3 of 3)
PART THREE Early on Wednesday morning we took off in our bus for Cite Soleil (City of the Sun), a place that experiences horrendous poverty that has often manifested itself in violence and unrest. This gigantic seaside slum is home to almost 400,000 inhabitants of Port au Prince. The first place we visited there is […]
Beloved Haiti
“Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, for they are no more.” (Mat. 2:28b) Oh Haiti, your tears burn into my heart like fire,Your mountains stand naked like your children,Without hands, unable to hide their shame. Yet, despite orange hair and swollen bellies,Despite hunger and hardship,Their beauty cannot be hidden. Oh mother […]
Hush, Ayiti’m – A Prose Poem For Haiti
I cannot forget you, Haiti.As I depart from your weeping shores,I steal your salty air in my greedy lungs.I smell nothingbut the scent of your sorrow and suffering.The memory of your unique cuisineresides permanently in my mouth.Your sovereign soildeeply embedded beneath my nails. Home… I’m home…yet you continue to haunt me.The lines of my ageing […]
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Mothers
“A sword will pierce your heart.” Those words, spoken to Mary by the aged Simeon, ring true for all mothers. With the discomforts of pregnancy, when features swell with gained weight, a once graceful walk becomes a waddle, and the excruciating pain of the last stages of labor make her scream in agony, a mother […]
Haiti Diary: After the earthquake
THE BEGINNING About two hours before the “sinister” hit Haiti, I was on my way to the Miami Airport to take a flight to the Dominican Republic (DR) to meet with the country’s president. On my way there, I received a call advising that he would not be able to meet with me. I decided […]
Guatemala — After the floods
In early June 2010, after severe flooding occurred in Guatemala, a small team from Food For The Poor (FFP) – including Alice Marino, Director of Marketing, and Mark Khouri, Director of Goods In Kind – traveled with me there to meet with our partners, Caritas Arquediocesana. The purpose of our trip was to visit some […]