EARTHQUAKE to our East

This afternoon during our Holy Hour for Vocations, just before the Our Father, the pews started to vibrate and the overhead fans (that were turned off) began to sway left to right. Sr Naomi looked at Br Michael and mouthed...it's an earthquake.

The evening news went to CNN and the 7.0 earthquake in Haiti. Kingston to Port-au-Prince is 257 nautical miles to our East.

Wanting to assure our families in the states all was fine, Fr Mike called home. Miss Pat, our faithful weather look-out cautioned us to beware of a tsunami.

As fate would have it, during the evening news, it was announced that the Caribbean is under a tsunami watch.

Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. This is but another natural disaster to hit in these past few years. Let us pray God spare any further loss of life and protection to those who will come to Haiti's aid in this post-quake period.