Fast for Haiti

What if thousands of people decided to fast 1 to 3 meals and then donated $5, $10, or $15 to relief efforts to help the victims of the earthquake in Haiti? We could literally send thousands of dollars in aid to help those in need and we could do it in the matter of a few days. Join the effort and spread the word, get your entire youth group, your church choir, your parish, your co-workers, your young adult group, your campus ministry group, whoever you can to join this effort. Pick one day in the next week and fast for 1 to 3 meals that day - then donate $5, $10, or $15. www.fastforhaiti.com is an effort of Chris Faddis and www.livinggracefully.net - all proceeds are to be given directly to an aid organization such as Catholic Relief Services. For more information or media inquiries please contact Chris@livinggracefully.net.


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Haitian Archbishop Tearfully Recounts Sufferings

“The president of Haiti’s Bishops’ Conference has mournfully recounted the burial of seminarians killed in the country’s massive January quake. Describing the strains and torments in the disaster’s wake, he says the surviving seminarians will help other grieving victims despite their own suffering. “I cannot hold back the tears when thinking about their burial. We could not even provide them with a coffin, only a pathetic plastic bag,” Archbishop Louis Kébreau of Cap-Haitien told the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).”


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This from a friend in youth ministry, Pat Villa from St. James Parish in Carlsbad, CA. The video is taken from a mission trip his teens took last year to the Dominican Republic to serve the Haitian Refugees there.

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Great blog post by a FASTforHAITI Participant

A woman shares about FastforHaiti and why she is participating and organizing efforts at her parish.


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Pacific University Students Organize Fast

Some students at Pacific University in California have organized a FAST on their Campus. Check out their website for what they plan to do. It is so incredible to see how people are making this their own. I will be praying for these students and that this might be a great experience of solidarity and prayer for them. May They respond with open and generous hearts.


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Great video from Cory Heiman “UNITIED IN PRAYER”


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#fastforhaiti TODAY

Today I will #fast breakfast and lunch in #prayer for the orphaned children in Haiti, many of whom do not have a place to live anymore as their orphanges were ruined. I will donate to Catholic Relief Services on their behalf. Will you fast today?


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#fastforhaiti on @CatholicFoodie

#fastforhaiti was also featured on “The Catholic Foodie” in an interview with @faddicus / Chris Faddis  Listen here - it’s the first part of the show

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#fastforhaiti on Relevant Radio

n Friday Chris Faddis / @faddicus was on “The Drew Mariani” Show on the Relevant Radio Network - the largest Catholic radio network in the U.S. Drew gave a great bit of attention to FastforHaiti - you can listen to it here. It is the beginning of the show

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Fast for Haiti UPDATE and Action Items

First of all, thank you to all of you who have stepped forward to fast, to pray, to donate, to spread the word, to invite your friends, to organize youth groups, and anything else you’ve been doing.

I have to say it is incredible to watch the FastforHaiti Campaign take on a life of it’s own. This whole thing came to fruition this past Wednesday and quickly snowballed into this idea of spreading the idea of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving for the victims, survivors, and aid workers affected by the Haiti Earthquake.

As of today - Monday morning #fastforhaiti boasts over 400 group members on Facebook, 339 cause members of our Facebook cause, over 1500 visitors to our website, about 5 pages worth of hits on google by searching “fastforhaiti”, and numbers of twitter and facebook posts.

So far I’m aware of about 10 youth groups who are organizing a “Fast”, one of which sent me some pics today of some t-shirts they made at their Life Night using the “Fastforhaiti” logo (which anyone is welcome to use to make shirts, fliers, or whatever).

I hope and pray that God continues to use this simple idea and movement to move people’s heart to fasting and prayer. We know through the Church that our fasting makes our prayer more “efficacious” - or a big word for effective. Fasting also allows us to suffer a little for those who suffer much. When we fast, we are called to prayer, that prayer in a sense joins our suffering to the suffering of Christ, in this case our prayer for those in Haiti joins our small suffering (being hungry for a few hours) with their great suffering. Joining our suffering with theirs lends to a real sense of solidarity which leads to greater compassion, and hopefully more fruitful prayer and sacrifice on their behalf

I hope and pray that in addition to being a part of this group you all will take part and pick a time and day to fast and pray and if possible donate for those in need.

So I have a few action items that I’d like to encourage you to do. Most of us get this Monday off in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. I’m hoping that today you can look at this cause and consider what you are going to do personally to support and further this mission.

Requests:
1. Decide how you are going to fast, and when. Then leave a note here on our FB Group or email me, or leave it on twitter.com/fastforhaiti or even on the fastforhaiti.com site.

2. Share this facebook group or the website or the cause page with your friends. Let the world know about this call to prayer and fasting. You do not have to be Catholic to participate. Just let people know about this idea and invite them to join in.

3. I’ve posted the FastforHaiti logo on this group page… please make it your profile pick this week, either all week or maybe just on the day you fast. - you also are welcome to make an iron on tshirt with it or make fliers, signs, or whatever you’d like.

4. Organize a group fast. What if you invited your youth group, or bridge club, or campus ministry group, or office, or prayer group, bible study group, or your whole parish to take part in this fast. Pick a day and spread the word. You can find a lot of info on our site, fastforhaiti.com that will give you sufficient information to spread the word.

5. Pray. Pray for the suffering in Haiti, pray for those who are trying to serve them, pray for this movement, pray for those who fast, pray for a multiplication of the money’s donated. Pray during your fast. PRAY PRAY PRAY.

Remember that even in the darkest hours of the darkest days of our lives, in the emotional pit of despair, in the hardship of loss and tragedy - God lives, God reigns, God shines, and God loves us. Let’s enter into that beautiful love through this fast and prayer.

In Christ,
Chris Faddis
www.fastforhaiti.com
www.livinggracefully.net
www.newmediaministry.com
twitter.com/faddicus
chris@livinggracefully.net


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From a CRS employee: “thanks”

submitted by phicks from CRS

i work for CRS and i think this is great. very real solidarity. i will give lunches for the next two weeks. ive organized a 3 day meeting at a hotel next week. i will ask the participants to fast and ask the hotel to contribute the value of lunch.