Bishop Oscar Romero Presentation - CANCELED

This year, as we prepare to celebrate the Feast of St. Oscar Romero of El Salvador and the 40th anniversary of his death, please join the Social Concerns Committee of the Diocese of Winona Rochester and Catholic Charities of Southern MN in welcoming Marta Portillo, a catechist who worked with Archbishop Romero in the 1970s. She will be sharing with us great insight into this saint, who he was, what he stood for, and her experiences of being in ministry in El Salvador during those turbulent times. Marta Portillo is a Catholic who worked with her fellow Salvadorians during the civil war there. She was a community leader among the rural populations in the countryside of El Salvador in the time of Romero. Marta speaks of drawing powerful inspiration from the Sunday homilies of then Archbishop Romero and from the political realities which propelled a new relationship between the Church and its people, the government with its people, and the people of El Salvador with themselves as well as with the world. Please contact Tom Parlin at 507-458-1874 for more information.