Since 1920 Home  |  About Us   |  Contacts  |  Products

Search this site:
 News Items
 Top Stories
 News Briefs
 Vatican
 Origins
 Africa
 Headlines
 Also Featuring
 Movie Reviews
 Sunday Scripture
 CNS Blog
 Links to Clients
 Major Events
 2008 papal visit
 World Youth Day
 John Paul II
 For Clients
 Client Login
 CNS Insider
 We're also on ...
 Facebook
 Twitter
 RSS Feeds
 Top Stories
 Vatican
 Movie Reviews
 CNS Blog
.
 For More Info

 If you would like
 more information
 about Catholic
 News Service,
 please contact
 CNS at one of
 the following:
 cns@
 catholicnews.com
 or
 (202) 541-3250

.
 Copyright

 This material
 may not
 be published,
 broadcast,
 rewritten or
 otherwise
 distributed,
 except by
 linking to
 a page on
 this site.

.
 
Caption: Salesian Father Mark Hyde has visited Haiti several times since the Jan. 12 earthquake, taking stock of the work that needs to be done to rebuild and restart Salesian educational programs in the impoverished nation. (CNS/Tom Tracy)
Salesian Father Mark Hyde has visited Haiti several times since the Jan. 12 earthquake, taking stock of the work that needs to be done to rebuild and restart Salesian educational programs in the impoverished nation. (CNS/Tom Tracy)
Salesian ministries in Haiti recovering, but much remains to be done

By Claudia McDonnell
Catholic News Service

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Describing the devastation in Haiti after last January's earthquake, Salesian Father Mark Hyde compared the scene to what he had witnessed a year earlier.

Visiting Salesian schools in February 2009 as director of Salesian Missions, based in New Rochelle, Father Hyde saw "thousands of children all over the place, having fun, going to classes." Older students were enrolled in teacher training and other professional programs.
(full story)

More CNS Stories - -
-- More CNS Stories
CNS NEWS BRIEFS
Caption: A view of the lower level of the ancient Mamertine prison in Rome. Tradition holds that St. Peter was imprisoned here before he was crucified. The prison was built over a natural spring. Prisoners were dumped onto the watery floor from the hole in the ceiling. (CNS/Paul Haring)
A view of the lower level of the ancient Mamertine prison in Rome. Tradition holds that St. Peter was imprisoned here before he was crucified. The prison was built over a natural spring. Prisoners were dumped onto the watery floor from the hole in the ceiling. (CNS/Paul Haring)
NEWS BRIEFS Jul-30-2010
By Catholic News Service
-- More CNS News Briefs --
THIS WEEK IN ORIGINS

Editors: Contents of Origins CNS Documentary Service, Vol. 40, No. 11 (Aug. 5, 2010):

-- Strengthening the bonds between priests and bishops, which have been weakened by the clerical sex abuse crisis and its handling, requires a certain "dying" to some assumptions and ways of being, to ideological and generational conflicts, to clerical jealousy, to personal preferences and agendas, says San Francisco Archbishop George H. Niederauer. "We will have to die to a spirit of partisanship because such a spirit is death to authentic presbyteral unity," he says.

-- The U.S. bishops' communications office offers a compilation of "best practices" for church use of social media.

-- The Catholic bishops of Sudan urge public officials to make sure that a planned January referendum on the future of Southern Sudan goes forward "on time in a free and fair manner."

-- The most recent effort to draft a people-driven constitution in Zambia has failed, say the country's Catholic bishops. But it may not be too late to salvage the effort, they add.
 
CNS Blog Some recent posts: CNS Blog home

MORE TOP STORIES
VATICAN
Pope says faith creates joy, even in midst of suffering
Even when the Catholic Church suffers, "faith creates joy," Pope Benedict XVI said after previewing a German television film about his first five years in office.
Vatican official urges Chinese clerics to continue promoting unity
The head of the Vatican's missionary office urged bishops and priests in China to live simply, show kindness to all people and continue working for the unity of the Catholic community on the mainland.

Bishops, others push Kenyans to vote against proposed constitution
Kenyan Christian leaders -- including the nation's Catholic bishops -- urged citizens to vote against the proposed constitution, saying it "takes away your sovereignty, now and forever."
LATEST MOVIE REVIEWS
 
  
Questions about this Web site. Send to cns@catholicnews.com.
Copyright © 2010 Catholic News Service/U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
CNS · 3211 Fourth St NE · Washington DC 20017 · 202.541.3250