Immaculate Conception Church

Haiti Twin Parish (continued)

Their schoolin Fond des Blancs started out with three grades and now has 12 grades.  This allows students to stay home while they complete high school. Before this students went to and lived in

Port-au-Prince to finish high school.

Parishioners from Immaculate Conception visit Fond des Blancs every one or two years. In August 2004

a group went to visit our friends at St. Francis Xavier and to work with a medical group in the area. A representative from Fond des Blancs comes to Knoxville every few years. In October 2004, the pastor of

St. Francis Xavier, Father Icilio Dossous, visited our Paulist Fathers for a weekend and spent time at Immaculate Conception.

The Haiti Committee meets the third Wednesday of January, March, May, July, September and November, at 7:30pm. Meetings are announced in the bulletin and everyone is welcome. For more information, contact Rich Connelly, (865) 689-0575.

                                                                                                                                        Top Picture - Only Water Supply in Fond des Blancs

                                                                                                                                        Bottom Picture - Medical Clinic in Outlying Village