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Bridges, November 19, 2021

Sr. Farzana Phillips, RJM has written from Haiti to give an update on the continuing plight of those affected by last August's magnitude 7.2 earthquake.

Bridges, November 12, 2021

For most of us, November 2^nd is “All Souls Day,” but for many of our neighbors to the south, it is “The Day of the Dead.”

Sr. Doloroes Enriquez, RJM

Birth: March 22, 1929
Profession: December 5, 1953
Death: October 26, 2021

Srs. Natalia, RJM and Rosa Mejia, RJM are going from door to door to listen and pray with the migrant families in Spanish or Portuguese, at the hotel shelter run by Catholic Charities. (Sr. Rosa is here from the Province of Mexico to work with the migrants until late December).

The families are very open with us and appreciate the spiritual companioning. Many migrants are arriving from Venezuela, Honduras, Columbia, Russia, Brazil and other countries seeking asylum.

Bridges, October 15, 2021

We arrived very well, with Sr. Yudith Pereira, RJM. We passed through Santo Domingo and came to Port-au-Prince in a small 20-seater plane.

Bridges, October 8, 2021

Each Wednesday evening during the Season of Creation, which ended October 4th, each of the RJM communities had a special prayer service. An excerpt from St. Tim’s September 29th service is below.

Bridges, October 1, 2021

It was the first time for Sr. Valle Chías González-Blanch, RJM and Sr. Curín José García Calvo, RJM to visit the monthly celebration of the “Pastoral Timoun Piti” in Beldorin.

Across the Airwaves… Brittany Galvin’s Initiation into Religious Life

On September 15, Brittany Galvin, in the presence of members of the novitiate community, the provincial council of Spain, and members of nearby communities in Madrid, requested “...to come to learn your way of life.”

Follow-up: Haiti Earthquake 2021

This trip had two agendas: 1. To have mobile clinic at three most vulnerable places, Mailloux, Sous De Vie and Garat. 2. Meetings with the community leaders to discuss the local community contribution in construction of the houses because some of the donors would like that the donations be used mainly for that purpose...

Bridges, September 24, 2021

“Towards an ever-wider WE” is the theme chosen by the Holy Father for the 107th World Day of Migrants and Refugees on September 26th.

Bridges, September 17, 2021

In this edition:

Across the Airwaves… Brittany Galvin’s Initiation into Religious Life
JPIC Committee Anti-Racism Project
JPIC BRIEFS: Focus on Immigrants
20TH ANNIVERSARY 9-11 REMEMBRANCE - Bronx, NY
SEASON OF CREATION
NEWS FROM HAITI

Bridges, September 10, 2021

Below are excerpts from reflections on Haiti that Sr. Curin wrote about arriving in Haiti and excerpts from an article on Sr. Valle written by Carina Farreras for Lavanguaria. You will want to read the full texts which are attached to the Bridges email in both English and Spanish.

Bridges, September 3, 2021

On September 2nd, the 5th anniversary of the death of Sr. Isa Sola, RJM was celebrated in Barcelona, Spain, the city of her birth. The representative of her family, her brother Javier Solá, together with Miss Alejandra Ron, director of Fundacion Juntos Mejor, and Sr. Marta Guitart, RJM, Provincial Superior of Spain, organized the events.

Remembrances of Isa, 2021

Depth of insight and understanding of mission and ministry

The memory I carry to this day of Isa is the depth of her insight and understanding of mission and ministry. These were, I believe, gifts of God, shaped by years in Africa, and given expression by the cataclysmic 2010 earthquake in Haiti:

Report: Haiti Earthquake 2021

We, the ICM (Cœur Immaculé de Marie/Immaculate Heart of Mary) Sisters and RJMs (Religious of Jesus and Mary) started our three day visit to the south on 24^th August. We were 7 sisters (6 ICM and 1 RJM) with two cars (1 sent by the Parish Priest of the Holy Family Church, Toi Raque and the other from us RJMs). Since we were a big group, even two cars were not enough to take the people plus all the supplies. We requested that HAITI TRANSPORT send us a small truck, which they did. Haiti Transport is providing this service free of charge to all the Congregations or Organizations taking aid to the south of the country. They were a group of 3 men, a driver and 2 helpers. One sat with the driver and the other at the back to guard the supplies. In total we were 12 people...

Haiti Earthquake Letter Regarding Donations

August 14, 2021, 8:30 AM is a day and time that the people of southwest Haiti will not soon forget. Nor will the rest of the world, as we watched in horror and heartbreak as the first images of the earthquake's damage emerged.

While the 4 Religious of Jesus and Mary currently in-country are fine, all felt the earthquake's tremors and shaking, especially our 2 RJMs in Port-au-Prince which is only 90 miles from the southwestern area impacted.

Bridges, August 27, 2021

Brittany receives a JM pin from Sr. Margaret Perron, Provincial.

VAYA CON DIOS, BRITTANY!

Members of the MD/DC region came together on August 19^th to bid farewell to Brittany Galvin before her departure for Spain. They were joined by Cheryl Nichols, former RJM, whose times of service in Haiti have included a stay in the Gros Morne community, where Brittany served as a Quest volunteer.

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