Records Relating to Local Administration Caraca... | Saint Michael's College Archives & Special Collections

In answer to Pope John XXIII’s call for priests in Latin America, the Society of Saint Edmund established a parish in Caracas, Venezuela in 1964.  The Edmundites arrived in Caracas in January, where they formed the first religious house in Caracas.  In Prados del Este, the middle-class area, and in Las Minas, the barrio, local people worked with the Edmundites to build a vibrant faith community.  By 1968, their mission included a medical dispensary, library, catechetical center, classrooms and a community room in the Edmundite Community Service Center, as well as the parishes.  A Credit Union and Community cooperative followed soon thereafter.  Although it is now administered as a separate entity, the mission in Caracas fell under the governance of the Edmundite Southern House for much of its existence.