【慈幼通訊社 ─ 2010年1月13日海地太子港訊】 ─ 在剛過去的12月份，海地真褔李納德准會省新任命的長上Ducange Sylvain神父描述慈幼會士現在的情況說：「我們被重創了！」

在一個簡短而激動的報告中，Sylvain神父描述了在7級地震後幾個小時的狀況，地震在當地時間1月12日下午打擊了海地。

在太子港Enam的會院、鄰近的事業、「聖鮑思高學院」及交由慈幼會士管理諸如Bonhem神父 的「小學校」的工作、還有”Lakay“，在城市中被破壞得最厲害。有在中心的會士受傷。Sanon修士埋在廢墟下，不幸的是，另有超過200名學生仍埋在瓦礫下。

會省部及Fleuriot會院，兩處均在太子港，都被嚴重破壞；兩名年輕的在培育中的會士當時在大學，至今仍失蹤。

在Carrefour-Thorland會院，部份建築及接待中心損壞，但幸好會士都安全。在Gressier有課室倒塌。

在Petion-Ville建築物破壞嚴重。

Harold Bernard神父在瓦礫中被拯救過來。

Sylvain神父總結：「這是一個非常艱難的處境！」緊急的救援人員及慈幼會士們正集中全力，試圖將生還者從瓦礫中拉出來，特別是仍有超過200名學生在太子港Enam。

海地的太子港總主教Joseph Serge Miot，也喪生在瓦礫中。

Tragic updates after the earthquake 

 (ANS –  Haiti – Port-Au-Prince, 13 January 2010 ) – “We have been hit very hard,” says Fr Ducange Sylvain, appointed the new Superior of the “Blessed Philip Rinaldi” Vice Province of Haiti last December, referring to the situation of the Salesians.

In a short and dramatic communication Fr Sylvain gives a picture of the situation a few hours after the earthquake measuring 7.0 on the scale, which struck Haiti yesterday afternoon local time

The house of Port-Au-Prince Enam and the foundations nearby the “Saint John Bosco” Institute such as the Work of the Little Schools of Father Bonhem, entrusted to the Salesians, and the “Lakay”, suffered the greatest damage in the city. The Salesians from the centre are injured. Brother Sanon died under the ruins and sadly  over 200 pupils are still buried there.

The Provincial House and that of Fleuriot, both in Port-Au-Prince, have been severely damaged; two young Salesians in formation who were at the university are still missing. 

At the house of Carrefour-Thorland a part of the building  and the reception centre collapsed but the Salesians are safe. At Gressier class-rooms collapsed.

At Petion-Ville the buildings suffered serious damage.

Fr Harold Bernard has been rescued from the ruins alive.

“It is a very difficult situation,” Fr Ducange Sylvain concludes. The emergency rescue services and the Salesians themselves are concentrating on trying to pull survivors from the rubble, in particular the more than 200 pupils at Port-Au-Prince Enam.

Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot, the archbishop of Port-Au-Prince, died under the rubble.