Saturday, August 30, 2008

Comment on Child Slaves in Haiti

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This post was a comment sent to Dying in Haiti regarding Haiti's restavek problem. More food for thought that you won't find in you...
Thursday, August 28, 2008

Heureuse and Hurricane Gustav

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Haitian Hearts is managing Heureuse’s congestive heart failure from 1,500 miles away. Frandy, our contact in Port-au-Prince, took her to the...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008

No Answers

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I sent the letter below to quite a few people including Sister Judith Ann, Bishop Jenky, and OSF-Corporate ethicist Joe Piccione. Joe also s...
Thursday, August 21, 2008

Letter Asking for Help

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A few days ago I sent this letter out on behalf of Haitian Hearts patient Heureuse. Heureuse is a 29 year old female who lives in Haiti. She...

Protection

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The Catholic Diocese and the Peoria media are protecting OSF. It won't last forever. As I told Mr. Steffen in the past, the truth will e...
Thursday, August 14, 2008

The Story That Won't Go Away...

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The fact that poor Haitians are eating mud patties to help stifle their hunger pangs has caught the attention of the international media. Se...
Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Hospitals Sending Immigrants Home

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If you didn't see the New York Times article regarding U.S. hospitals flying immigrants back to their homes, here it is. It is a must r...
Monday, August 04, 2008

OSF's Hypocrisy Continues....

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The Peoria magazine, InterBusiness Issues, has an article in the August, 2008 edition. The article was written by Keith Steffen, Administrat...
Saturday, July 26, 2008

Haiti's Hunger Deepens

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Another good article by Jonathan Katz .
Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Face of Peoria Catholic Diocese Changing

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The Peoria Catholic Post editorial on June 15, 2008 was titled “Face of Diocese Changing”. The article focused on the massive amount of cons...
Saturday, July 12, 2008

Haiti's Child Slaves

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Several years ago Haitian Hearts brought a 14 year old girl to the States for heart surgery. I will call her Fabianne. Fabianne had two aunt...
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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Genocide in Haiti

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In the late '90's I had the chance to meet with Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Mr. Aristide was between his two aborted presidencies of Hai...

Father Gerry Not a Candidate for President of Haiti

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Before Father Jean-Juste's politically motivated arrest several years ago my wife Maria asked Father if he was going to be a candidate f...
Sunday, July 06, 2008

The Cry of the Motherless Child

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I remember that beautiful morning when I woke up Mama looked disturbed and Papa was gone Hungry and helpless she wandered the room I wish I ...
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Thursday, June 26, 2008

No Water, No Peace

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On Monday, June 23, 2008, the American Embassy officials in Port-au-Prince dedicated their new building. The new Embassy cost 75 million dol...
Monday, June 23, 2008

Abandonment

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Dear Bishop Jenky and OSF-Saint Francis Medical Center, "We are guilty of many errors and faults, but out worst crime is abandoning the...
Friday, June 20, 2008

Charges Dropped Against Father Gerry

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See Haitian Analysis article. Also see Miami Herald article from June 25. As Father Gerry languished in a Haitian prison several years ago...
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Sunday, June 01, 2008

Think of That...by Tonya Sneed

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On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Tonya Sneed wrote: a friend from haiti writes me about being hungry i imagine that he is about not having ...
Sunday, May 25, 2008

Catholic Diocese of Peoria Ignores My Brother's Letters

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My brother Tom wrote the Catholic Diocese of Peoria multiple times in the early 2000's. His letters were logical and Tom asked excellent...

"Readers, I need your help...."

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I have constructed a letter (below) to people in the Peoria area that may have influence with the policy makers at OSF. If any of you have c...