The Archdiocese of Quito (Ecuador) has equipped 30 parish dining rooms with dishes, utensils, furniture, industrial appliances and cooking equipment, which have been delivered this Tuesday, September 2 and will benefit 3,000 people vulnerable every month.
The initiative is part of the project Bread of the Fraternitywhich seeks to strengthen the network of local parish dining rooms, offering food to children, elders and vulnerable people, including people in Quito streets.
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The beneficiary population also includes migrants, pregnant adolescents and indigenous population located in parishes such as Jesús de Nazareth of Cutuglahua, San Jerónimo de Pintag, San José de Minas, San Juan Bautista, San José de Ayora and the Immaculate Conception of Atahualpa, among others.
The delivery of the 8,562 cooking articles, points out A note Of the Archdiocese Quito, it was carried out in the priestly house of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of the Armenian and was chaired by the archbishop of Quito, Mons. Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus.
In his speech, Mons. Espinoza explained that this project is the result of the 53rd International Eucharistic Congress, held in Quito in 2024, so Fr. Juan Carlos Garzón, secretary of the event was also present.
The Prelate recalled that he had the opportunity to present to Pope Francis this project in favor of the poorest and blessed him, encouraging him to remain alive as a sign of service and fraternity in favor of the most needy. “
The delivery of these implements is the first phase of Bread of the Fraternitywhich aims to be present in 100 parishes in Quito in total, for which resources are already being managed internationally through the Project Office of the Archdiocese of the Ecuadorian capital.
The food that will be delivered in the parishes is managed by each church, with the support of the Archdiocesan Food Bank and donations, to show in a specific way that faith must be reflected in works, especially for those who need them most.
Walter Sánchez Silva
I am husband since 2008. With my wife we have three children here and one who went to heaven in 2023, before birth. Since I joined ACI Press in 2005, I have had the opportunity to cover various events of the Catholic Church. Among them, the World Youth Days in Colonia, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro and the apostolic trips of Pope Benedict XVI to Mexico and Pope Francis to South Korea. I have been sent to the Vatican to cover the family’s synods, in 2015; of the Amazon, in 2019 and that of Sinodality, in 2023. I follow the situation of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, which suffers the persecution of the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega, as well as the ecclesial news in the region.