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UPDATE OF CATHOLIC SISTERS, BROTHERS AND PARISHES IN PaP
(as of January 20, 2010):
Information from: Fox News Webpage and a letter from Holy Cross Mission Center at Notre Dame
- 200 students and professors at the Salesian's school in Port-au-Prince all perished in the collapse of their technical school.
- 300 students and teachers perished in the St. Gerard's Parish School; the Parish was also demolished.
- The Daughters of Marie in Bel Air were 31, not 27 in their residence; only 7 escaped. The Provincial was among the dead.
- Three Daughters of Wisdom perished and three are seriously injured.
- Mgr. Kebreau's sister, Sr. René Kebeau also lost her life.
- College Canado, Ecole St Jean run by the Sacred Heart Brothers, and Fameo Pereo Center run by Fr. Real Charlebois, csc, are all demolished. Fr, Charlebois is OK.
- The Montfortain Fathers lost seven scholastics who came out of CIFOR (Faculty of Theology run by the Conference of Religious of Haiti); they were in their vehicle ready to drive away when CIFOR collapsed and buried the vehicle.
- A visiting Brazilian Animator and guest professor at CIFOR were also killed in the collapse of this same structure. The first gentleman is a brother of a Cardinal in Brazil.
- The Brothers of Christian Instruction lost two brothers when part of their residence in Delmas was demolished: one immediately, another when he jumped from the second floor; he died the next day at Canape Vert Hospital. Br. Joseph was also killed.
- The Sisters of St. Ann's dispensary & school in St. Antoine's Parish are gone plus two of their residences and damaged done to their school Esther on Turgeau and College Marie Anne at Bourdon.
- The Sister of Charity of St. Louis' school – also down.
- There is only one Catholic Church standing in Port-au-Prince: Notre Dame d' Altagrace on Delmas.
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