Mission
We offer daytime assistance where guests in need can come share food, fellowship, and other amenities. Our founding principles are solidarity with those experiencing poverty, hospitality to them, and community with them. As a Catholic Worker community, and 501c3 Non-Profit organization, we offer hospitality to those seeking assistance.
Our faith is what informs our actions at the Romero House. Without the nourishment and strength provided through prayer and relationship with God, we have nothing to give. "You cannot give what you do not have." If we desire to love, then we must be filled first by the One who gives it freely. "God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God " and "Rivers of living water will flow from within them" (1 John 1:16 and John 7:38).
Our Faith
We are funded by personal and private donations from families, clergy, and lay people in the community. We do not receive funding from the government (local/state/federal) so we can keep our mission centered on witnessing Christ and being Christ to others. Although we are part of the community of the Catholic Church, we are not funded or subsidized by it. We believe that the same people who fund the Romero House should be the ones who give their lives in service there.
Our Funding
Oscar Romero was the Archbishop of San Salvador in the late 1970's. Romero witnessed severe political unrest and human injustice throughout his time as a priest and Archbishop. After hearing of the murder of his dear friend, Fr. Rutillo Grande, who was killed for political reasons, Archbishop Romero responded hastily in opposition to the injustice that was spreading through El Salvador. His compassion for the poor and vulnerable, who were also being targeted, was what made him a martyr while saying mass in March 1980. He is most known for living in solidarity with those in need and for opposing those (even in the church) that rationalize dehumanization.
Our Patron
