Pastoral Popular

In 1973, the first comunidades de pastoral popular were established in Mexico by the Mexican Sisters, wanting to live with, accompany, and minister with the indigenouse people in remote parts of the country as well as to person living in extreme povertry in large metropolitan areas. The Sisters worked in small groups, teaching religion, training teachers of religion, organizing literacy classes, helping establish parish organizations, operating medical clinics, visiting the sick in their homes. They lived in houses like those in the village and among the poor people whom they served, believing it was important to share their way of life. Sisters are still involved in pastoral popular, all over the rural areas in Mexico, and in the large cities, especially Mexico City.