When Pope John XXIII urged American religious congregations to commit 10 percent of their members to work in Latin America in 1961, the Society of Saint Edmund was among the first to respond. Since 1964, Edmundites have served in Caracas in two adjacent parishes, Prados del Este, a parish in a middle class neighborhood and Las Minas, a parish in an impoverished barrio. With the same spirit that brought both parishes together to build a church in the barrio, Prados del Este and Las Minas remain vibrant faith communities today that demonstrate active concern for the less fortunate.
|
|
 |
“I grew up among the Edmundites. I was baptized by an Edmundite and I would like to become an Edmundite; I like the way they do things.”
- Lino Oropeza
Society of Saint Edmund Candidate
|
|
