OUR MISSION
The Episcopal Vicariate of Human Promotion-Caritas is the branch of the Church of San Salvador that is designed to combat poverty and its consequences. As such, our mission includes an analysis of the causes of poverty and raises awareness among the faithful, when faced with structural injustice and social sin. We work on behalf of all men and women of goodwill in the Archdiocese, who are guided by the Catholic Social teaching as has been taught by our pastor Monsignor Jose Luis Escobar Alas, the Metropolitan Archbishop of San Salvador.Continue Reading +
TEAMWORK
Sister Esperanza is a religious woman whose community is small and without many resources. When Sister Esperanza is sick she has to attend the Public Hospital since she has no medical insurance. When the Archbishop of San Salvador visits her soup kitchen in the city of Soyapango, the car must pass through armed checkpoint run by armed gang members who check documents as if passing through customs. The best reference the Archbishop can give in order to pass is saying, “I’m here to visit Sister Esperanza”.Continue Reading +
Synergy-Working with others
The challenges we face in the Vicariate, as this website has demonstrated, often seem insurmountable. No doubt they would feel that way if we had to face this alone. We are not alone. Thanks to the good management of the Episcopal Vicariate of Human Promotion-Caritas there as always been synergy in implementing its methods.Continue Reading +