AMERICA/PERU - Dominican missionaries in the Amazon: evangelization, training, health and infrastructure

Puerto Maldonado (Agenzia Fides) - "In the magazine "Memoria Selvas Amazonicas 2020" the missionaries of the Dominican order publish a report on their own activities in the Amazon.
"Selvas Amazonicas - Dominican Missionaries" is an institution of the Spanish province of the Order of Preachers (O.P.), which is dedicated to promoting "Mission ad gentes". It was founded in 1966 by Fray Francisco Arias González OP to support the evangelization, social and development work of the missionaries of the Dominican Order in the rainforest in southeastern Peru. Cooperation was later extended to all vicariates and religious orders outside the province: Dominican Republic and Cuba; Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina; Equatorial Guinea and Peru.
As the magazine points out, the missionaries of the Dominican Order devote themselves to four different areas of work: evangelization, education, health and infrastructure development. The pandemic has affected already planned programs and campaigns, some of which have been suspended as a result of the lockdown.
The following is a detailed list of the institutions and missions of the Dominican Order in Peru, taken from the magazine:
Centro Cultural José Pío Aza (Lima, since 2003): The center deals with research and publications on the ethnographic and social reality of the indigenous Amazon peoples, the work of the Dominican people in southeastern Peru and the promotion and implementation of social measures.
Jacinto Mission (Puerto Maldonado, since 1910): the approximately 7,000 km2 mission ensures pastoralists from different ethnic groups: Satorrosinos, Iñaparis, Harakmbut.
Misión La Inmaculada (Kirigueti): in the mission with about 4,500 inhabitants, there are 23 indigenous communities
Misión San José (Koribeni): the mission has 20,000 inhabitants, 15 rural communities and 20 indigenous communities.
Misión Inmaculada Concepción (Quillabamba): the mission has a population of 30,000 and consists of 54 rural parishes.
Misión El Rosario (Sepahua, since 1948): the mission has 10,000 inhabitants on an area of approximately 8,500 km2
Misión San Miguel (Shintuya): the mission has 20 parishes on an area of approx. 20,000 km2 and is inhabited by Harakmbuts, Machiguengas, Yines.
Misión San Pedro Mártir (Timpía): the mission has 3,000 inhabitants and is made up of members of the Machiguengas people and Andean farmers.
Apostolic Vicariate Puerto Maldonado: with 30 parishes and 10 localities
The network "Red Escolar del Sur Oriente Peruano" (RESSOP) with 79 educational institutions. (CE) (Agenzia Fides, 29/5/2021)

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