The following update about the Redemptorists' school collapse is being sent to all CMSM Major Superiors, Councilors, and J & P Directors by T. Michael McNulty, SJ, CMSM Director of the Office of Justice and Peace:

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:36:17 -0500
From: John J. Steingraeber CSsR <jsteingraeber @ cmsm.org>
Subject: FW: Pictures of the devasted St-Gerard parish in port-au-Prince after earthquake

AP story and photos from the destroyed Redemptorist parish school of St. Gerard.   According to a previous report, some 300 died in the collapsed school.

Please see the article [MS Word] and photographs of the St. Gerard Parish in Port-au-Prince sent by Father Mario Boies, C.Ss.R., Superior Provincial of the Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Province.  Father Boies extends his gratitude for your support and solidarity toward the Haitian people and the Redemptorist community of Port-au-Prince.