Sister Paësie, foundress of the Kizito Family. / EWTN News Nightly.Sister Pasie established the Kizito Family, a religious congregation that helps children in a slum in the capital of Haiti, after nearly 20 years as a Missionary of Charity.
“What inspired me to found a new community — the Kizito Family — are the words Jesus spoke to Mother Theresa,” Sister Paësie told EWTN News Nightly.
“Before she began the Missionaries of Charity, she had seen a crowd of of four children in the dark . . . [Jesus] told Mother Teresa, ‘You see those kids, they do not love me because they do not know me. Bring my life to them.’”
As Sister Pasie put it, “[When we] get up in the morning there is no food in the house, no water to take a bath, and no clean clothes because [there is] no money to buy a pail of water… ” the Kitizo Family observes in the communities it serves. Really, truly terrible poverty prevails.
Additionally, the ministry lays a high priority on evangelism by offering training and sacramental access.
The catechism centers are [the third sort of centers] that we have.
Our kids are growing up in the faith and getting ready for the sacraments, she remarked.
“During my time in Haiti, I came to see that the most underprivileged kids are unable to receive the sacraments.”
Haiti has seen a surge of violence in recent years, and the number of kidnappings for ransom has increased in that time.
Other crises, such as natural disasters and a lack of healthcare infrastructure to handle the COVID-19 epidemic, have also had an impact on Haiti.
A 2010 earthquake left 1 million homeless and 200 000 dead; ten years later, tens of thousands were still living in tent camps.