Scalabrini Mission to Haiti

MISSIONARY CO-OP 2025: Scalabrini Mission to Haiti

On the weekend of July 19/20, we will welcome Scalabrini priest Fr. Rubens Sylvain to speak about the work of the Mission of St. Thomas the Apostle in Haiti.

Motivated by the philosophy and lifestyle of their founder, St. John Baptist Scalabrini, with his famous statement “the Church must be where the people suffer and struggle,” the Scalabrinian missionaries came to Haiti to train new missionaries to serve migrants, refugees, and displaced persons around the world.

With the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010, the need to accompany internal migrants by opening a mission became apparent. Now the community has: the Seminary for the formation of new Scalabrinian religious, the Holy Spirit Clinic, which offers daily healing services to more than 150 patients and preventive services each week to about 400 people, including pregnant women, etc., the Beniamino Center, which offers a space for fun and formation for all, the San Carlos Borromeo Mixed School for the education of new citizens with Christian and human values (more than 500 students), and Saint Thomas the Apostle Mission to bring people closer to the Lord's flock. All this is done with the support of generous people who have a sense of otherness, since the context does not allow for the self-sustainability of the works.

Thank you for your generous support of the Mission Co-Op Collection this year.