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Please See the "Haiti News"
Link Below for Earthquake updates!
Haiti Ministry Events 
April 24th -Wine and Food
Tasting/Silent Auction at K of C Hall begins at 6 pm. Advanced
tickets sales until April 20. 2010. Over 50 Silent auction items and door
prizes.
May 14, 15, 16 - Coffee Break
on RT 84 E/W Highway exit for Stafford with K of C.
June 5th- tag sale
at the house bottom of hill on Rte 31
July 10 -Coventry Fest 2010
October 23 -Pasta Dinner and
Basket raffle, visit from Fr. Johnson from Les Palmes
November - Craft sale at
Holiday Fair (St. Mary’s Coventry)
Sale of Crafts from Haiti’s Back Porch (20% of profit goes to Les
Palmes teacher salaries)
Also we will be hosting the
coffee hour after mass 2nd Sunday of the month with the exception
of June, July and August.
Meetings well be held the 1st
Monday of the Month and otherwise as needed.
Any changes will be noted on
www.stmaryscoventry.org
e-mail and church bulletin.
Supplies Sought for Art Therapy for Haitian Children
A program to help Haitian children deal with their experiences
and
feelings since the
earthquake in Haiti will begin this spring through a
partnership between Haitian Ministries for the
Diocese of Norwich and
CHART,
an organization of art therapists from around the world.
Art therapy sessions for children in programs in
Port-au-Prince
connected with Haitian Ministries will begin this spring and run
regularly
for at least a year.
CHART's mission is to help in the psychological well-being
of
children and families affected by natural and human-made disasters. The
organization (Communities Healing through Art) was established in 2004,
after a team of artists and art therapists responded to the devastation
in
Thailand following the Andaman-Sumatra tsunami.
Two therapists will travel to Haiti in early May to assess
the
needs for the on-going art
therapy program. They will stay at Haitian
Ministries' house in Port-au-Prince and visit the 65 girls at Le Foyer
des
Filles de Dieu (also known as Paula Thybulle's orphanage) and the 70
children at the meal program run by Madame Samson. Children in the
Tierney-Tobin scholarship program will also be involved.
Donations and/or donated new supplies for the
art therapy
program can be sent to Haiti's Back Porch,
100 Riverview, Suite 130,
Middletown, CT 06457. (The shop is owned and operated by Haitian
Ministries. Haitian Ministries can be contacted at:
info@haitianministries.org
or
860.848.2237 ext.206)
The new supplies needed are:
n Plain white drawing paper;
colored construction paper; tissue paper
of
all colors
n Pastels; crayons; colored pencils;
water colors; markers (thin &
thick);
acrylic or tempera paint; and
paint brushes of all sizes
n Tape, glue, glitter, scissors (most for children); liquid starch
n Children's smocks of all sizes
n For a wall mosaic that children will make: sponges; tile adhesive and
grout (the dry mixes)
Haitian Dinner to Benefit Port-au-Prince Parish
A Taste of Haiti dinner at St. Mark Church in Westbrook, CT starts at 6
p.m.
Saturday, May 15.
This event features a four-course Haitian dinner by Maryce Adonis, a
Haitian
chef, and Haitian entertainment. Also, Patrick Raycraft, a newspaper
photographer, will speak about his experiences in Haiti since the
earthquake.
The event will benefit Notre
Dame de Lourdes parish in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti, which is twinned with St. Mark.
The public is invited. Tickets are $25 a person, and $50 for families.
Children 12 and under are free. For more info, contact Peg Patierno at:
860-399-6808 or 860-399-6808, or e-mail:
<mailto:patierno@sbcglobal.net>
patierno@sbcglobal.net
6th Annual 'Taste of Haiti' in Hartford
The 6th Annual Taste of Haiti to celebrate and enjoy Haitian food,
music,
and the twinning relationship between St. Patrick-St. Anthony Church and
a
parish in rural Haiti will be held
5-7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 5.
Held at the Franciscan Center for Urban Ministries at St. Patrick-St.
Anthony Church in downtown
Hartford, the event is designed to give
parishioners and the larger community of friends and guests a better
understanding of Haiti and the
sister parish, St. Genevieve, located in
the
mountainous town of Zoranje, Haiti.
Along with Haitian food and music, the event will offer an exhibit of
Haitian photography and a shop with Haitian crafts and artwork.
All the money will go to St. Genevieve Parish.
The public is invited. Tickets ($10 per person; $5 for children 12 and
under; and $25 per family) will go on sale starting
May 15. Festivities
will
start at
5 p.m., and dinner will be served until 7 p.m.
For more information, visit: <http://www.spsact.org/haiti.html>
www.spsact.org/haiti.html.
Volunteers are needed. Anyone interested should contact Father Mike at
The
Franciscan Center for Urban Ministry,
285 Church Street, Hartford, CT,
06103.
860.756.4034.
Haitian Ministry Links
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