Category Archives: Haiti

Rethinking Poverty: From Aid to Empowerment 🗓 Date & Time Tuesday, November 11, 2025 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM 📍 Location St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church – Bethany & Cana Rooms 526 N. Park Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32789 💰 Admission Free Event — Registration Requested -  see below 🧭 Event Description Join us for an inspiring evening that challenges conventional…

Our Haiti Ministry celebrates 5 years of partnership with Our Lady of the Assumption Parish (OLA) in Jacmel, Haiti.  Over the past several years, with financial support from St. Margaret Mary parishioners, OLA parishioners have implemented numerous projects to empower themselves economically, improve health and education in their community, and enhance peace and spiritual growth…

Two years ago the SMM Livestock Program began providing goats for Our Lady of Perpetual Help parishioners on Baguette Island.  Goats had to be taken over to Baguette in small boats.  These are very, very poor people who are often overlooked because they are so separated from the rest of the parish. In fact two…

 Our sister parish’s new church in Haiti was joyfully dedicated last weekend.  It was a glorious celebration of this magnificent structure! The love that went into building this house of worship by the Haitian community was matched with the overwhelming generosity of our parish that made this church a reality.  On this feast of…