They say when Miami sneezes, Haiti catches cold. In the case of Amor en Acción, when Haiti hurts, the group’s Miami missionaries feel the pain.
That’s been true for much of the group’s existence over the past four decades. It was true again this month, as Hurricane Matthew lashed that nation’s western edge.
Days removed from the Oct. 1 celebration of Amor en Acción’s 40th anniversary, executive director Teresita Gonzalez’s cellphone was buzzing non-stop. Through What’sApp, she was keeping tabs on the welfare of the various priests and religious who work in Miami’s sister diocese of Port-de-Paix.
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