Our Timeline

1982 St. Marc's Episcopal Church and School is established in Jeanette.

1984 Rev. Octave Lafontant becomes priest-in-charge at St.Marc's Church.

1986 Haiti Project establishes partnership between Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee and St. Marc's Jeanette.

1987 Building for a new school begins in January. First Haiti Project mission trip to Jeanette.

1988 Primary building completed. Students begin using the facility. Eloi hired as school principal.
Child sponsorship program begins.

1989 St. Marc's Clinic is built.

1990 Clinic opens after registered nurse and licensed practical nurse are hired to live in Jeanette and provide regular health care.

1991 First preschool classes begin.
Completion of first large, public water cistern using local men apprenticing to be masons.

1992 Construction of 60 latrines at private houses to improve sanitation conditions.
Dormitory housing for teachers built.
Building of Rectory started.

1993 St. Marc's first graduation of an eighth grade class.
Agriculture program begins.

1992-94 U.S. Embargo. No mission trip taken for 2 years.

1995 Continuing study program to training teachers begins.
The first container of supplies shipped to Haiti.
Eloi, school administrator visits Wisconsin.

1996 After numerous delays, Rectory building finished as living quarters for visiting groups and small residence for the priest and other Haitian staff.
Farmers' Cooperative is begun.

1997 Partnership of Episcopal missions in Haiti meet for the first time in Florida. Later this becomes the Haiti Episcopal Connection, which meets annually in Haiti.

1998 Lending library begins at St. Marc's School for families that do not have books available at home.
First high school classes begin.
First Dental clinic is held.

1999 Current preschool building is started.

2000 Rev. Pierre Auguste replaces retired Father Lafontant as priest-in-charge at St. Marc's Church.

2002 Nutrition program to give each child a multivitamin at school begins.
Second floor addition to preschool building added to house the High School.

2003 St. Marc's Clinic has a fire that destroys one room.
Dr. Joanne Vincent is the first doctor to live in Jeanette and provide daily health care at the clinic.

2004 Gift of Water program started, providing clean drinking water to each family.
Pere (Father) Amirold Lazard replaces Pere Pierre Auguste as priest-in-charge.
Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire joins the Milwaukee Diocese in helping the Haiti Project.

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