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Fall 2011 Quarterly Newsletter of the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego


Partnership: a model for mission engagement


By Noah Bullock, director of Foundation Cristosal, the non-profit that supports the Diocese of El Salvador


F


oundation Cristosal finds spiritual and philosophical inspiration from El Salvador’s tradition of liberation


theology advanced by powerful advocates for human rights and the poor like Archbishop Oscar Romero and the Jesuit Martyrs of the University of Central America. Archbishop Romero preached that the mission of the church is to:


Poverty is not strictly a material condition, but a structural one.


“...defend the human rights of all citizens, and should maintain a special preference for the poor,


the weak, and the marginalized; it should promote the development of all human beings and be the critical conscience of society.”


In pursuit of this mission, we have learned that poverty is not strictly a material condition, but a structural one with multiple interlocking dimensions that manifest themselves in what Romero called,


“institutionalized injustice and violence.” Our call to mission is to work with the poor and marginalized for liberating structural change by defending rights and working for human


IN THIS ISSUE:


Bishop’s Letter


Page 2


Global Good


Page 4


Companion Diocese


Page 5 Fall


Calendar Page 8


Sweet Smiles: Salvadoran children pose for the Rev. Leland Jones during his visit to the Anglican school last spring. Every year our diocese sends a representative to participate in their diocesan convention, foster relationships and walk alongside them.


development.


The Episcopal and Anglican Church’s mission to work for justice and development across the globe is confronted with a set of serious challenges; the first of which is the question of how to be effective in our mission goals. This primary question has provoked creative and thoughtful proposals for development on macro and micro levels across the globe. However, the urgency to identify the best practices and finance


efficient solutions to the development puzzle often cuts the poor out of the process.


It is common practice for external development agencies to package and market development prescriptions to donors and then offer them to beneficiaries. In the absence of other resources or possibilities, poor communities very naturally accept these packages when they arrive in the form of mosquito nets, water filters, small live stock, vaccines, and micro-loans.


PARTNERSHIP Continued on Page 6


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