Sisters Eileen and Maria share their experiences of the earthquake

Sister Eileen Davey, who lives in Port au Prince with Sisters Helen Ryder and Maria Hawkes, both from Ireland, recently spent three weeks in the United States. Here is a letter she wrote before returning to Haiti on Feb. 19. Watch Sr. Maria on Youtube.

Holy Union Sisters in Port au Prince Safe

For the first few days after the 7.0 level earthquake on January 12, the only news of Sister Eileen Davey from the U.S. State Department was that she was alive. Living with Sr. Eileen are Irish Holy Union Sisters Maria Hawkes and Helen Ryder. Late on Friday, January 15, news of their well-being came indirectly via a satellite telephone message from a Cameroonian Holy Union Sister, Elizabeth Kunsah. Sister Elizabeth lives in St. Michel, a small town north of Port au Prince with two Holy Union Sisters from France. She had traveled to the capital to see if the sisters were safe. Here is the account of her trip: Sister Elizabeth (Eli) went to Port au Prince to be assured that the sisters were all right as the sisters in St Michel had no news whatsoever...

HOLY UNION SISTERS AND ASSOCIATES CELEBRATE TEN YEARS AS A U.S. PROVINCE

Holy Union Sisters and Associates gathered in locations from central Massachusetts to Maryland to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the United States Province. The theme of the common prayer used in all areas was “The Journey Is Home”.

Meet our 2009 Jubilarians

This year fifteen Holy Union Sisters are celebrating a total of 840 years of service to God’s people in Holy Union.