Will Jude, director of Minnesota-based Reiser Relief, was in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Aug. 14 when a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Haiti — and two days later when tropical storm Grace slammed into the country.
About 400 people lined up Dec. 30 at Church of the Epiphany in Coon Rapids for the beginning of the 11 a.m. reviewal and 24-hour vigil of Father Bernard Reiser, 86, the founding pastor of the parish who served there from 1964 to 2001.
Father Bernard Reiser received the Eleven Who Care award for his priestly contribution and support of Haiti projects through Reiser Relief Inc., a nonprofit organization he founded to help the poor people in Haiti.
