ARCHBISHOP OSCAR ROMERO

CHILDHOOD

• He had seven siblings
• Raised by his father
• Second oldest in family
• Raised as a Catholic
• At the age of 13, in 1930, a mass opened his mind to priesthood
• Went to San Miguel and Rome to study, and returned in 1943, at the age of 26, as a priest

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Sent President Jimmy Carter a letter saying,"We are fed up with weapons and bullets"
• campaign for human rights in El Salvador, won many national/international admirers and a Nobel Peace Prize nomination
• Broadcast, he denounced violence of El Salvador's developing civil war and patterns of abuse and injustice

OPTION FOR THE POOR AND VULNERABLE

• Comforted people, sheltered the homeless, listened to people's problems, and helped them about it
• Became a martyr for for those who struggle to overcome poverty and oppression

DIGNITY Of WORK AND RIGHTS OF WORKERS

• Became known as the "Voice of the Violence
• Spoke courageously in defense of social justice and human rights
• Fought and spoke in defense of the Church