Hurray.....a real hero.......Frade used to be in Honduras......and was
instrumental in hurricane relief and new development......we Episco-terians
should get behind this guy, no?? jv



Jack



----Original Message Follows----
From: Pix Mahler <pix@...>
Reply-To: hscenews@yahoogroups.com
To: HSCENEWS YAHOO GROUP <hscenews@yahoogroups.com>, Karen Carr
<karenhcarr2@...>
CC: Joan and Paul Mclain <Pandjmcl@...>, Linda Markee
<linda.markee@...>
Subject: [hscenews] Southeast Florida bishop pledges support
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 20:36:15 -0400


Mission: Haitian migrants endure three-week ordeal at sea; Southeast
Florida bishop pledges
support

By Nan Cobbey

[ENS] Bishop Leo Frade of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida
pledged March 31 to help
resettle the 101 Haitian migrants who survived a three-week ordeal at
sea to reach the shores
of South Florida last week.

Jumping from a severely overloaded, dilapidated boat into the sea,
many of the Haitians,
including a 10-year-old and several teenagers, were exhausted and
sick. One man died in the
attempt. Eleven, found to be critically dehydrated, were taken to a
hospital. All were taken
into custody by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Miami and
are expected to be
deported.

"They were escaping misery and chaos in search of freedom and
security," said Frade. "They
were in search of a home where they could live with human beings,
work to provide for their
families and assist those relatives that they left behind in Haiti."

Last year, 769 Haitians were stopped by the Coast Guard after trying
to enter the country
from the waters of Florida, South Carolina and the Caribbean,
according to the Associated
Press. Haitian citizens caught in such patrols are generally deported.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_84604_ENG_HTM.htm




Pix Mahler
pix@...
http://www.pcusa.org/missionconnections/profiles/mahlerp.htm
PCUSA Haiti Partnership Facilitator
1022 Floyd St.
Lynchburg, VA 24501
434-845-1754

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