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Edgy DC Jan 13 2010 09:42 PM

This is Fr. Arsene Jasmine (to the left), a priest in my parish and a friend, posing about a month and a half ago with Sean Cardinal O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston, in the Capuchin robe. Fr. Jasmine left Monday for a retreat in Port Au Prince and we haven't heard back from him. The Archbishop of Port Au Prince is reported dead and we have reason to believe he was with him. According to reports, in fact, pretty much every church and seminary in the city is collapsed. The country scarcely even has firetrucks.

Rockin' Doc Jan 13 2010 09:51 PM Re: Haiti

Hopefully, your friend is safe and busy giving aid and comfort to the devastated people of Haiti. I will keep him and the people of Haiti in my prayers.

Edgy DC Jan 13 2010 10:00 PM Re: Haiti

Thanks. I really hope so. I can't recall ever seeing so much as a bad look from this guy.

themetfairy Jan 14 2010 05:47 AM Re: Haiti

All the best that your friend is ok!

metirish Jan 14 2010 06:16 AM Re: Haiti

I'll echo the sentiments already mentioned.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 14 2010 06:34 AM Re: Haiti

Me too.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 14 2010 06:55 AM Re: Haiti

Awful, best wishes

Benjamin Grimm Jan 14 2010 11:59 AM Re: Haiti

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themetfairy Jan 14 2010 01:21 PM Re: Haiti

Another excellent Four Star Charity Navigator charity with a Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund is the American Jewish World Service.

Edgy DC Jan 14 2010 02:41 PM Re: Haiti

Well, we've heard from one of our guys. He's alive --- and overwhelmed, naturally. Arsene is still missing.

Kong76 Jan 14 2010 02:46 PM Re: Haiti

Thoughts out for Father Jasmine.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 14 2010 02:49 PM Re: Haiti

[quote="Edgy DC":2543oq9l]Well, we've heard from one of our guys. He's alive --- and overwhelmed, naturally. Arsene is still missing.[/quote:2543oq9l] How many people are you waiting to hear from?

Edgy DC Jan 14 2010 02:55 PM Re: Haiti

Me, personally, just Arsene and Andre. Andre has checked in. But we have a large Haitian community here with many worries.

Edgy DC Jan 15 2010 07:04 AM Re: Haiti

He's alive. Word came in the middle of the night that he's fine.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 15 2010 07:05 AM Re: Haiti

Praise Jeebus!

dgwphotography Jan 15 2010 07:07 AM Re: Haiti

That's great news Edgy. Two of my co-workers have family they haven't heard from yet. One had 7 relatives who were missing, and just came in this morning saying she has heard from all but one.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 15 2010 07:07 AM Re: Haiti Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 15 2010 07:15 AM

I'm exhaling on your behalf. Yours, too, DGW.

Edgy DC Jan 15 2010 07:08 AM Re: Haiti

Great. Best wishes on those last ones, DGW. I hadn't realized how worried I was, but I'm sitting here in tears. Thanks for putting up with my electronic vigil.

metirish Jan 15 2010 07:28 AM Re: Haiti

[quote="Edgy DC":151tczgz]Great. Best wishes on those last ones, DGW. I hadn't realized how worried I was, but I'm sitting here in tears. Thanks for putting up with my electronic vigil.[/quote:151tczgz] Really great news , I was pulling for that guy , it might seem a bit strange to say that but I was telling the missus about your missing friends and with the kind of work you all do with helping people I was rooting hard. Happy Friday

Edgy DC Jan 15 2010 07:51 AM Re: Haiti

That's really kind of you. It likely won't shock any of you, but these priests I work with tend to piss me off as much as anybody else. I'd like to think St. Francis got the holy ones, but they're human, and sometimes too much so. Plus, as their numbers and resources shrink, they have to make painful lose-lose decisions every day. You can't make those decisions and not hate yourself a little. Fr. Jasmine (a non-Franciscan), though highly educated, still leaves the impression of a holy innocent. He's sort of the sweet sensitive little brother who redeems the rest of the cynical family. Losing him would have crushed them all.

Rockin' Doc Jan 15 2010 09:32 PM Re: Haiti

Great news, Edgy. Hopefully, DGW's coworker will have an equally happy outcome.

Edgy DC Jan 20 2010 02:04 PM Re: Haiti

Monley, tougher than leather, is pulled from the rubble alive after eight days and this morning's aftershock.