What to learn more about Fr. Rick and his ministry? Try picking up a copy of his book, "Haiti: The God of Tough Places, the Lord of Burnt Men" (Available on Amazon).

St. Louis ​Church has a 30-year tradition of helping Fr. Rick Frechette and his work with St. Damien Pediatric Hospital in Haiti. Funded through private contributions to Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos (NPH) USA (Spanish for “Our Little Brothers and Sisters”), St. Damien Pediatric Hospital provides high-quality medical treatment for disadvantaged and sick children in Haiti.



More than half of all patients are admitted for an infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV while 25% are admitted for non-infectious diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, and kidney infection. Most patients admitted are also malnourished. The outpatient clinic treats approximately 100 children daily, for acute, parasitic, and bacterial infections. In specialized clinics, chronic conditions such as sickle cell anemia, congenital heart diseases, tuberculosis, and cancer are treated for months or years if needed.

St. Damien Pediatric Hospital and associated public health programs of Nos Petit Frères et Soeurs (NPFS- French for “Our Little Brothers and Sisters”) reach over 80,000 children annually.

All donations sent through St. Louis ​Church will be doubled by a generous donor.

Please either place donations in the collection bins in the church or mail to:

St. Louis Church
64 South Main Street
Pittsford, NY 14534

Please mark on the envelope or check "for Haiti." All Checks must be made out to St. "Louis Church" with "For Haiti" in the memo line. 

After all Masses on December 3 & 4, 2023 the Helping Haiti Ministry Team will be selling Christmas Ornaments made by St. Michael's Woodshop in the Narthex. These beautiful ornaments are a gift of love and support not just St. Michael's Woodshop, but St. Damien's! Funds raised through the sale of the ornaments will be donated to St. Damien's and count toward our annual gift (that is generously doubled by an anonymous benefactor).

Suggested donation is $7/ ornament, but any gift you can provide helps the hospital!
The ornaments make perfect gifts, all year round!!

If you miss the sale, more ornaments will be available in the Ministry Center until Christmas! Stop in during office hours (Mon - Thur 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM, Fri 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM) to pick up a few ornaments.

Ornaments will also be available at the following local Stores:

• Pittsford
  • Pittsford Farm Dairy
  • Pittsford Tailor
  • Book Culture Pittsford
  • One World Goods
  • Pittsford Florist
  • CNB Mendon
  • Chandeliers Boutique
• Brighton
  • CNB Brighton
  • The Bird House
• Fairport
  • LU's Back Door
  • Lombardi's Gourmet Imports
• Rochester
  • The Creator's Hands
  • Parkleigh
• Webster
  • Hegedorn's Market
  • Goodie Shoppe
• Canandaigua
  • Edelweiss Properties Realtors, LLC

After all Masses on September 10 & 11, 2022, the Powers Farm Family will, for the 52nd year, bring their freshly harvested corn to church to help raise money for St. Damien Pediatric Hospital in Port- Au-Prince – Haiti’s only children’s hospital free to the indigent and one of only 4 hospitals with a Neo-natal unit.

Suggested donation: 1 bag (6 ears) = $5

If donating by check, please make it payable to "St. Louis" and write "HAITI" in the memo line.