Las Vecinas de El Salvador

November 12, 2023

Pancake Breakfast, Crafts Sale, and Silent Auction

Save the date! We are bringing back our annual Las Vecinas Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, November 12, for the first time since 2019. In addition to serving a delicious brunch, we will be selling crafts and displaying items from our Online Silent Auction at the event, so you won’t want to miss it!

From November 4 to November 14, 2023, the Las Vecinas Silent Auction will be open online! This is our primary fundraiser each year to support the works of our sister parish, Parroquia San Antonio, in Soyapango, a poor suburb of San Salvador. All proceeds will be used to support vocational workshops (bakery skills, tailoring/dressmaking, event decoration and crafts, and English instruction), student scholarships, disaster relief, and other social ministry programs. We will begin accepting bids on November 4, but you will be able to preview the items soon, as we begin building the auction site. Thank you in advance for your support!

Las Vecinas de El Salvador is a social ministries Program that works to maintain an ongoing relationship with the people of El Salvador through our sister parish of San Antonio in Soyapango, El Salvador. As sister parishes, San Antonio Parish and St. Ignatius Parish are
committed to strengthening our friendship and working together in support of peace with justice.

In accordance with our Sister Parish Covenant, we are committed to:

• Educating ourselves and our community about El Salvador, her people, and our sister parish.
• Strengthening the ties between the members of our two parishes through ongoing communications and by sponsoring delegations and other visits between the parishes.
• Organizing activities that advance peace with justice and strengthen the well-being of our communities, especially women and immigrants.
• Raising funds for scholarships, educational & job training programs, and other community projects.
• Uniting in prayer, the Eucharist, and other expressions of faith.

To achieve these goals, we:

• Organize at least one educational event per year for the members of St. Ignatius Parish.
• Communicate on a regular basis with the social action committee of San Antonio Parish.
• Organize delegations from St. Ignatius Parish to El Salvador.
• Host delegations from San Antonio Parish to San Francisco.
• Maintain awareness and involvement in movements affecting the lives of El Salvadorans, such as Anti-Sweatshop and School of the Americas campaigns, Fair Trade Coffee Campaign, U.S. immigration policy & immigrant rights issues, and gang intervention activities.
• Raise funds for specific projects and programs of San Antonio Parish, including scholarships, a sewing cooperative, a flower-making workshop, a bakery training program, computer training classes, and other educational and job training activities.

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