1. Oscar Romero: “A Voice for the Voiceless”

2. Archbishop of San Salvador El Salvador 1917 - 1980 Archbishop Oscar Romero Credit: Australian Picture Library

3. Aspire not to have more but to be more. Credit: Sprague

4. it is the force that will overcome the world. Let us not tire of preaching love; Credit: Sprague

5. Defence of human rights, equality, and freedom … is a matter of policy … rooted in the gospel.

6. In the theology of human nature there is only one class: children of God. Credit: ASONGS/Caritas What right have we to catalogue persons as first-class or second- class persons?

7. Those committed to the poor must share the same fate as the poor. Credit: Sprague

8. The gospel is the great defender and proclaimer of all the great fundamental rights of the person. Credit: Sprague

9. The fundamental right to……

10. Food & Water Credit: Sprague

11. Shelter

12. Protection Credit: ACT/Caritas

13. Credit: Sprague Medicine

14. Credit: Sprague Education

15. Credit: Sprague Work

16. Credit: CA/Hart Rest

17. Freedom Credit: CA/McCafferty

18. Respect Credit: CA/Eves

19. Dignity Credit: Caritas Australia

20. Credit: CA/Hart Fullness of Life

21. The poor have shown the church the true way to go. A church that does not speak out from the side of the poor is not the true church of Jesus Christ.

22. The violence we preach is not the violence of the sword... it is the violence of love. Credit: Sprague

23. Let my blood be a seed of freedom. Credit: ASONGS/Caritas

24. God is found in the ways of justice, of conversion, of truth. Credit: CA/Hart

25. ARCHBISHOP ROMERO’s life and teachings have had a profound impact on people and communities all around the world.

26. With your support, his spirit lives on in the work of Caritas Australia today.

27. 2005 marked the 25 th Anniversary of Romero’s death.

28. He dared to speak out for his people.

29. Credit: Euipo Maiz

30. Romero inspires us to make a difference. What will you do today?

31. Caritas Australia www.caritas.org.au 1800 024 413