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Port-au-Prince, Haiti—As the rainy season began in this Caribbean nation of nearly 10 million people, heads of the Vincentian family branches in Haiti gathered for a work session March 16, 2012 to refine their approach to breaking the cycle of poverty.

The Rev. Joseph Agostino, C.M., Vincentian family coordinator for the Haiti Project, traveled from Philadelphia, Penn., to participate. He assumed leadership of the project in January following a meeting in Rome where the international leaders of the Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Society of St. Vincent de Paul and International Association of Charities asked him to succeed the Rev. Robert Maloney, C.M.

“It was a good start,” said Father Agostino of his first meeting with the group. “They asked for three things: financial resources for jobs, a support system around ultra-poor families and educational opportunities for youth.”

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