Sunday, January 10, 2016

I Wrote A Book!

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For the past few years, I've been working on a book about my dad, Ed King. I finally finished it, and it is now published throu...
Saturday, January 02, 2016

The Problem, In One Sentence

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The January 4, 2016 issue of the New Yorker features a profile on Darren Walker, the president of the Ford Foundation, written by Lariss...
Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Forgetting Haiti

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I haven't been to Haiti in more than two years. That's a long time and despite work on behalf of Haitian Hearts and living with ...
Monday, December 21, 2015

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Heurese with her brother Johnny in Haiti. Johnny provides invaluable assistance to Haitian Hearts, helping patients get US visas. Whoa...
Monday, April 27, 2015

Mondesir is on his way!

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Mondesir, February 2015, in Port-au-Prince. Today, 41-year-old Mondesir is flying to Denver where he will have aortic valve surgery. Th...
Saturday, February 14, 2015

Daniel's Words Of Wisdom

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We have a Haitian Hearts patient, Daniel, who had heart valve surgery last year. He is recuperating in the United States as he learns...
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Saturday, February 07, 2015

Circumscribed lives

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Above are two pictures of Anderson. On the top John is examining him in 2000. Anderson has a small hole between the low...
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Friday, January 02, 2015

Fastina Jacques Oswald Derestil 1993-2014

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Fastina in Haiti, 2006 We are heartbroken about Fastina. This beautiful, young wife and mother died on December 27, 2014. She was 21. It...
Monday, May 26, 2014

A Tale of Two Heart Patients

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In the last month, Haitian Hearts has brought two patients to the United States for heart surgery. Daniel and Princess are both from ...
Sunday, April 20, 2014

Alleluia! He Has Risen! 47

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"Give us a holy courage to seek new paths, that the gift of unfading beauty may reach every man and woman."             Pope ...
Saturday, April 19, 2014

Haitian Lenten Series: Joy of the Gospel 46

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"Sometimes it seems that our work is fruitless, but mission is not like a business transaction or investment, or even a humanitarian...
Friday, April 18, 2014

Haitian Lenten Series: Joy of the Gospel 45

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"We may be sure that none of our acts of love will be lost, nor any of our acts of sincere concern for others. No single act of lov...
Thursday, April 17, 2014

Haitian Lenten Series: Joy of the Gospel 44

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"We do not live better when we flee, hide, refuse to share, stop giving and lock ourselves up in our own comforts. Such a life is n...
Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Haitian Lenten Series: Joy of the Gospel 43

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"When we live out a spirituality of drawing nearer to others and seeking their welfare, our hearts are opened wide to the Lord'...
Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Haitian Lenten Series: Joy of the Gospel 42

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"Jesus wants us to touch human misery, to touch the suffering flesh of others. He hopes that we will stop looking for those persona...
Monday, April 14, 2014

Haitian Lenten Series: Joy of the Gospel 41

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"We need to implore his grace daily asking him to open our cold hearts and shake up our lukewarm and superficial existence. . . . Mo...
Sunday, April 13, 2014

Haitian Lenten Series: Joy of the Gospel 40

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"I am far from proposing an irresponsible populism, but the economy can no longer turn to remedies that are a new poison, such as at...
Saturday, April 12, 2014

Haitian Lenten Series: Joy of the Gospel 39

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"As long as the problems of the poor are not radically resolved by rejecting the absolute autonomy of markets and financial specula...
Friday, April 11, 2014

Haitian Lenten Series: Joy of the Gospel 38

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"The need to resolve the structural causes of poverty cannot be delayed, not only for the pragmatic reason of its urgency for the g...
Thursday, April 10, 2014

Haitian Lenten Series: Joy of the Gospel 37

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"No one must say that they cannot be close to the poor because their own lifestyle demands more attention to other areas. This is a...
Wednesday, April 09, 2014

Haitian Lenten Series: Joy of the Gospel 36

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"True love is always contemplative, and permits us to serve the other not out of necessity or vanity, but because he or she is be...
Tuesday, April 08, 2014

Haitian Lenten Series: Joy of the Gospel 35

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"'Implicit in our Christian faith is a God who became poor for us, so as to enrich us with his poverty.' This is why I want...

Haitian Hearts patient #171!

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Four-year-old Lerrison Woodson had successful open heart surgery at All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida last week! He...
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Monday, April 07, 2014

Haitian Lenten Series: Joy of the Gospel 34

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"God's heart has a special place for the poor, so much so that he himself 'became poor' (2 Cor. 8:9). The entire histor...
Sunday, April 06, 2014

Haitian Lenten Series: Joy of the Gospel 33

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"We are not simply talking about nourishment or a 'dignified sustenance' for all people, but also their 'general tempor...
Saturday, April 05, 2014

Haitian Lenten Series: Joy of the Gospel 32

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"With due respect for the autonomy and culture of every nation, we must never forget that the planet belongs to all mankind and is ...
Friday, April 04, 2014

Haitian Lenten Series: Joy of the Gospel 31

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"If we, who are God's means of hearing the poor, turn deaf ears to this plea, we oppose the Father's will and his plan. . ....
Thursday, April 03, 2014

Haitian Lenten Series: Joy of the Gospel 30

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"An authentic faith--which is never comfortable or completely personal--always involves a deep desire to change the world, to tra...
Wednesday, April 02, 2014

Haitian Lenten Series: Joy of the Gospel 29

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"It is no longer possible to claim that religion should be restricted to the private sphere and that it exists only to prepare soul...
Tuesday, April 01, 2014

Haitian Lenten Series: Joy of the Gospel 28

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"One who accompanies others has to realize that each person's situation before God and their life in grace are mysteries which ...
Monday, March 31, 2014

Haitian Lenten Series: Joy of the Gospel 27

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"We need to practice the art of listening, which is more than simple hearing. . . Listening helps us to find the right gesture and ...