Category Archives: St. Joseph’s Home for Boys
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Easter — Faith, Hope, Love. The Greatest of these is Love
Posted on April 26, 2011 by admin in Easter, St. Joseph's Family, St. Joseph's Home for BoysEaster for me this year was good and bad. The new drug, Tysabri, has been with me one month and the benefits were up and down. The good is the ups. I feel like I did before MS and this gives me hope despite the inherit risks associated with the drug. Easter was a down [...]
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Rising From the Rubble
Posted on March 22, 2011 by admin in Renee Dietrich, St. Joseph's Family, St. Joseph's Home for BoysI must say I have been remiss over the last few months. Things have been a bit out of control and upside down. The problem is my worst day is easy by comparison to those suffering the effects of natural disasters. My dear friends in Haiti struggle each day for food and shelter. The pictures [...]
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St. Joseph’s Resurrection Dance Theater Arrives in the Triad
Posted on September 30, 2010 by admin in St. Joseph's Family, St. Joseph's Home for BoysIt was so wonderful to see the young men from St. Joseph’s in our area. The Resurrection Dance Theater of Haiti stormed the Triad for a day and visited the Canterbury School, Greensboro Day School, my friends at Immaculate Heart of Mary School and finishing off their day at our church, First Presbyterian Church of [...]
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Haiti Through My Eyes
Posted on August 7, 2010 by admin in General Musings, St. Joseph's Family, St. Joseph's Home for BoysIt has been a long journey, but the timing felt right and the production came together as it was apparently meant to be. All my thanks to Jen Foster, Bill Nathan, Renee Dietrich and Gwen Whiteman for their help in making my vision become a reality. I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I had [...]
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Labels
Posted on June 21, 2010 by admin in General Musings, St. Joseph's Family, St. Joseph's Home for BoysLabels, the English language is full of them and we use them every day to describe the world around us. I chose the picture above because it gives me an opportunity to use a number of different labels. Some of the labels are obvious, but others may surprise you. I did this very exercise myself [...]
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More News from Michael at St. Joseph’s Family
Posted on February 6, 2010 by admin in St. Joseph's Home for BoysDear family, We have a team of structural engineers who have already visited the earthquake damaged Wings of Hope building to offer their assessment. They will be meeting with our architect and I this Tuesday. At St. Joseph’s we have been able to purchase a two story house that was undamaged by the earthquake and [...]
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News from Michael at St. Joseph’s 2
Posted on January 29, 2010 by admin in St. Joseph's Home for BoysWednesday, Jan. 27, 2010 Dear family, Those of us who traveled to Trinity House at Jacmel today were up at 5:00 AM, flashlights in hand, to bring light to the darkness of that early morning hour. By 6:00 AM the van was loaded with supplies and people and we headed up Delmas road to the [...]
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A Note from Michael at St. Joseph’s Home
Posted on January 28, 2010 by admin in St. Joseph's Home for BoysWednesday, Jan. 27, 2010 Dear family, My apologies for taking so long to personally get word to you. I know Renee has been getting word and photos to you. That has freed me to get some necessary tasks done here with a vision for resurrecting our beloved family. All of the children that had been [...]
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News from Renee at St. Joseph’s
Posted on January 21, 2010 by admin in St. Joseph's Home for BoysMAJOR aftershock about 6 AM. Created further damage at Wings, especially to classroom area, which is the base for the building. Maya returned last night and is going to talk to the guy with the building next door this morning. The building we are in seems okay, but we need to get someplace else.
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Great News from Renee in Haiti
Posted on January 21, 2010 by admin in St. Joseph's Home for BoysPRAISE GOD FROM WHO ALL BLESSINGS FLOW! We have a new house for Wings! Not the building next door, but an almost new home up the road about 5-10 minutes. Got a great deal for a year’s rent. We will move in enough to sleep tonight and then start making it a home tomorrow.
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