P.B. says Episcopalians must commit to Haiti's future

The Episcopal News Service has a good article about the Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts-Schori's visit to Haiti this week. Below is an excerpt.

The presiding bishop said she went to Haiti after being a co-consecrator at the Rev. Griselda Delgado Del Carpio's consecration and ordination as bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Church of Cuba because it was essential to assure Duracin of the wider church's support. Plus, she said she wanted "to get a sense of how we might be most helpful for the long haul."


The diocese, known locally as L'Eglise Episcopale d'Haiti, is caring for about 25,000 Haitians in roughly 20 makeshift camps around the country. The earthquake left an estimated 230,000 people dead and many towns in ruins; countless people have left the capital for the countryside.


Jefferts Schori said that the wider church must remember that Haitian Episcopalians, including Duracin, are struggling to get their basic needs met, and that long-term planning will come later.


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