Monday, May 28, 2007

What Will Become of Mauricio?

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By Jennifer Carroll Port-au-Prince, Haiti When Mauricio’s parents brought him into the room, the first things I noticed were his big, brown ...
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Saturday, May 26, 2007

Mauricio

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Dear Bishop Jenky and Sister Judith Ann, Mauricio is a six month old Haitian baby with Tetrology of Fallot. I examined him two days ago in P...

Women with AIDS in Cite Soleil

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Thursday, May 24, 2007

Cite Soleil's Mural

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There is a mural painted on a wall as you turn right off of Route National 1 into Cite Soleil. It is a picture of a Haitian woman with a te...
Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Haitians Allegedly Attacked at Sea

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Haitian survivors say they were left for dead BY STEVENSON JACOBS Survivors of a capsizing that killed at least 61 Haitian migrants said Thu...
Monday, May 07, 2007

Haitians Don't Throw Fastballs

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Since the beginning of this year, hundreds of Haitians have left Haiti in rickety boats. No one knows how many have drowned or have been eat...
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Friday, May 04, 2007

Bishop Jenky's Five Years

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The Peoria Journal Star recently published an article on Bishop Daniel Jenky’s first five years as Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Peoria....
Wednesday, April 25, 2007

OSF's Charity Assistance Did Not Include Jean-Baptiste

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The following is from the Children's Hospital of Illinois website. Jackson Jean- Baptiste was denied care at Children's Hospital. Ja...
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Sunday, April 22, 2007

Madame Therese

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The lady in the photo holding the baby is Madame Therese. She remembers growing up in the Les Cayes area in southern Haiti. Her life was goo...

Vicarious Grief

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"According to Chochinov, there are a couple of catches to vicarious grief. The less the victims resemble us, the less grief we feel. An...
Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Gorillas Receive Better Care than Haitians

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Gorillas in Brookfield Zoo near Chicago receive much better care than most Haitians in Haiti. First of all, the gorillas are fed every day. ...
Saturday, April 14, 2007

Maxime, Jackson, and Peoria's Makeover

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Maxime, in front of the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, December, 2006. Haitian kids like Maxime and Jackson continue to die while Peoria...

Haiti, MINUSTAH, and Latin America: Solidaridad?

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Please go to IRC Americas Program to see a recent article by Mario Joseph and Brian Concannon, Jr.
Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Justice and Injustice

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Liberation theologists theory of justice begins from the experience of injustice. It is rooted in reflection on the dismal poverty that subm...

Haiti's Plague is Poverty

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The Haitian baby to the right presented with seizures, fever, bulging tense fontanelle, primitive neurologic reflex at his right hand, and e...
Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Tuberculosis

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Consider these facts regarding tuberculosis: 1. Tuberculosis kills 2,000,000 people each year around the world. Tuberculosis is the leading ...
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Peoria's Headlines

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During the last several days, the headlines of several articles in the Peoria Journal Star have been about Peoria's medical center's...
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Thursday, March 29, 2007

Prayer of Saint Francis

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Lord make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, Let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith...
Wednesday, March 28, 2007

A Deafening Cry

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(Father Gerry Jean-Juste with parishoner at St. Clare's Church, Port-au-Prince, 2005.) Perhaps the single most significant event to give...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Disorderly Parts

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"We carve out order by leaving the disorderly parts out." William James