Haiti preschool class advances thanks to Stirling parish support #Catholic - <img width="150" height="150" src="https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Haiti-school-1-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Haiti-school-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Haiti-school-1-480x480.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /><p><strong>St. Paul Catholic School in Nanpol, Haiti,</strong> is celebrating its first preschool graduating class and dedicating the class to its sister parish, St. Vincent de Paul Parish in the Stirling neighborhood of Long Hill Township, N.J. The students will move on to the newly completed primary school in the fall.</p>
<p>St. Vincent’s has been participating in Haiti’s Hope, the parish twinning program with St. Paul, for several years. Parishioner generosity provided for the construction and operation of the school, where children receive a Catholic education and meals. The students will advance to the newly completed primary school in the fall.</p>
<p>Haiti’s Hope, a Parish Twinning Program of Americas project, is desperately needed in the island nation. It faces a political, social, and humanitarian crisis, marked by murders, gang violence, injuries, kidnappings, and hunger.</p>
<p>Nanpol is relatively calm, but villagers live in fear. Gangs block roads, stopping raw materials and food from reaching people.</p>
<p>St. Vincent’s supported rebuilding the church that was damaged by an earthquake in 2010, installing a solar-powered water purification system, making extensive exterior and interior rectory repairs, and building the school.</p>
<p>The Stirling parish has raised more funds for school supplies, books, faculty salaries, and meals. The school has two pre-school classes and plans to add a grade each year.</p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><em>Read <a href="https://beaconnj.org/stirling-parish-offers-hope-to-haitian-church-amid-crisis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Colette Liddy’s story on Haiti’s Hope</a>.</em></p>
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<p> </p> - <img width="150" height="150" src="https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Haiti-school-1-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Haiti-school-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Haiti-school-1-480x480.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />St. Paul Catholic School in Nanpol, Haiti, is celebrating its first preschool graduating class and dedicating the class to its sister parish, St. Vincent de Paul Parish in the Stirling neighborhood of Long Hill Township, N.J. The students will move on to the newly completed primary school in the fall. St. Vincent’s has been participating in Haiti’s Hope, the parish twinning program with St. Paul, for several years. Parishioner generosity provided for the construction and operation of the school, where children receive a Catholic education and meals. The students will advance to the newly completed primary school in the fall.
St. Paul Catholic School in Nanpol, Haiti, is celebrating its first preschool graduating class and dedicating the class to its sister parish, St. Vincent de Paul Parish in the Stirling neighborhood of Long Hill Township, N.J. The students will move on to the newly completed primary school in the fall.
St. Vincent’s has been participating in Haiti’s Hope, the parish twinning program with St. Paul, for several years. Parishioner generosity provided for the construction and operation of the school, where children receive a Catholic education and meals. The students will advance to the newly completed primary school in the fall.
Haiti’s Hope, a Parish Twinning Program of Americas project, is desperately needed in the island nation. It faces a political, social, and humanitarian crisis, marked by murders, gang violence, injuries, kidnappings, and hunger.
Nanpol is relatively calm, but villagers live in fear. Gangs block roads, stopping raw materials and food from reaching people.
St. Vincent’s supported rebuilding the church that was damaged by an earthquake in 2010, installing a solar-powered water purification system, making extensive exterior and interior rectory repairs, and building the school.
The Stirling parish has raised more funds for school supplies, books, faculty salaries, and meals. The school has two pre-school classes and plans to add a grade each year.
Read Colette Liddy’s story on Haiti’s Hope.
Haiti preschool class advances thanks to Stirling parish support #Catholic –
St. Paul Catholic School in Nanpol, Haiti, is celebrating its first preschool graduating class and dedicating the class to its sister parish, St. Vincent de Paul Parish in the Stirling neighborhood of Long Hill Township, N.J. The students will move on to the newly completed primary school in the fall.
St. Vincent’s has been participating in Haiti’s Hope, the parish twinning program with St. Paul, for several years. Parishioner generosity provided for the construction and operation of the school, where children receive a Catholic education and meals. The students will advance to the newly completed primary school in the fall.
Haiti’s Hope, a Parish Twinning Program of Americas project, is desperately needed in the island nation. It faces a political, social, and humanitarian crisis, marked by murders, gang violence, injuries, kidnappings, and hunger.
Nanpol is relatively calm, but villagers live in fear. Gangs block roads, stopping raw materials and food from reaching people.
St. Vincent’s supported rebuilding the church that was damaged by an earthquake in 2010, installing a solar-powered water purification system, making extensive exterior and interior rectory repairs, and building the school.
The Stirling parish has raised more funds for school supplies, books, faculty salaries, and meals. The school has two pre-school classes and plans to add a grade each year.
Read Colette Liddy’s story on Haiti’s Hope.
