After devastating Haiti quake, Franciscan sisters are resolved to stay

News: Haiti earthquake

On August 14, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake sent ripples of economic and social destruction across the impoverished island of Haiti.

Damage at the convent where the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady live in Haiti.

Sister Martha Ann Abshire was hundreds of miles away in Louisiana, where she currently lives, as she read the calamitous news about her mission …