Against that lingering backdrop of uncertainty, hundreds of thousands still living in tent cities in and around Port-au-Prince � and their relatives in South Florida � will mark the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 12 earthquake.

Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski will preside at a memorial Mass for Haiti set for 7 p.m., Jan. 12, at St. Mary Cathedral in Miami. The event is open to the public.

The evening before, Jan. 11, the Little Haiti community will preview a Miami Herald-sponsored documentary created by independent filmmaker Joe Cardona called �Nou Bouke� (We Are Tired) at the Haitian-American Cultural Center in Miami.

It will be followed by a candlelight ecumenical prayer gathering from 8 p.m. to midnight in Little Haiti Park led by Father Reginald Jean-Mary, pastor of Notre Dame d�Haiti Parish, who is also interviewed in the film.

The hour-long documentary, which will be distributed nationally in partnership with public television station WPBT, is described as a mosaic depicting the many perspectives that surround the hopes and aspirations of the Haitian people as they move forward into a future full of uncertainty. It presents a comprehensive look at the Haitian polemic as the Caribbean nation faces perhaps its most challenging crossroads due to the immense loss of life and destruction.

"The magnitude of this catastrophe really required coverage beyond traditional news stories from the field. We hope this film provides insight and provokes some reflection on Haiti's plight,'' said Nancy San Martin, executive producer of �Nou Bouke.�

WPBT Channel 2 will premiere �Nou Bouke� on Tuesday, Jan. 11, at 9 p.m. There is also a preview event set for Jan. 11 at 6:30 p.m. at the Little Haiti Cultural Center, 212-2160 N.E. 59 Terrace in Miami.

An encore of �Nou Bouke� will be shown Jan. 13 at 8 p.m. Following the broadcast, a live round-table discussion will be held at WPBT�s studios.

Father Jean-Mary, who spoke with Vice President Joseph Biden last year regarding the situation in Haiti, said he is deeply concerned about the possibility that another year will pass without significant movement toward recovery.

The election impasse, the cholera outbreak and social unrest in the capital have left Haiti stuck in a situation where Haitian leadership and international partners are reluctant to make bold decisions about the future, according to Father Jean-Mary.

�Reconstruction is the wrong terminology,� the priest said. �Reconstruction will draw a lot tensions and mislead us from the purpose: Haiti is not in need of rebuilding unless we first talk about the restructuring of Haiti.�

By restructuring, Father Jean-Mary means that Haiti needs to open up jobs and livelihoods outside of Port-au-Prince in order to take pressure off the capital. Migrant workers need to be employed in public works projects such as sanitation works, and the country needs to add regional airports and sea ports to allow for greater response when the next crisis strikes.

�Many people are looking at Port-au-Prince as the starting point of rebuilding but for me this is not the solution. Port-au-Prince is actually the problem; the countryside and towns are the solution,� he said. �If we can begin the reconstruction outside the capital it will encourage people in tent cities in Port-au-Prince to migrate out of the city into towns with jobs and a way out.�

In retrospect especially, it is obvious the time was not right for national elections, he added. The means to hold a just and credible election were not available and the people were still traumatized by the earthquake.

�A country in crisis with no modalities in terms of normal functioning has no way to hold just, organized elections,� Father Jean-Mary said. �It was very insensitive to the people to organize an election one month before the commemoration of the earthquake. It will create more problems.�

Without subverting the sovereignty of the Haiti government, it may take an international commission or independent committee to manage and supervise the operations of the earthquake recovery projects and funding for civic rebuilding, the priest added.

Such a commission would be similar to the structure the Catholic Church is setting up to oversee the rebuilding of Haitian church facilities.

Because of the social unrest following the elections at the end of last year, Notre Dame d�Haiti�s partnership with Miami Medical Missions has been put on hold. Miami Medical Mission and volunteers from the parish have been making regular mission trips to Haiti, using the Haitian churches as a point of reference for setting up short term clinics.

They hope to resume their work with a special focus on addressing the cholera outbreak. Father Jean-Mary said he hopes there can be some progress made soon. �Before we face another hurricane season; we have time now.�