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Chimbote Mission
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60th Annual Chimbote Mission Dinner
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The 2025 Chimbote Mission Dinner honoring the life-giving, life-sustaining and life-affirming ministry of the Catholic medical missionaries in Chimbote, Peru was held on Oct. 13 at the Sheraton Station Square.
It was Bishop Mark Eckman's first time attending the dinner as the Bishop of Pittsburgh. Mike Clark, news anchor for WTAE-TV, who has visited Chimbote, was the dinner’s Master of Ceremonies.Deacon Tim Noca, diocesan director of the office for Missions, offered remarks.Fr. Jeff Craig and Fr. Tom Kadlick witnessed the incredible work in Chimbote this past summer. They reflected on the work supported for the people of Chimbote through La Maternidad de Maria.
The dinner also featured representatives from Peru and traditional Peruvian dancers.
Thank you to all who contributed to this wonderful event!
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Watch the 2025 Chimbote Mission video
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Diocesan Mission in Chimbote, Perua bridge of love and hope
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Our BeginningIn the early 1960’s the Bishop of Pittsburgh sent priests of our diocese to Chimbote Peru. The Chimbote Foundation is an outgrowth of that missionary activity. It was created to provide a bridge of love, hope, faith and financial support to care for the poorest of the poor in Chimbote through the Center for Social Works – a maternity hospital, outpatient clinic, clinical laboratory, pharmacy and home for abandoned and neglected children – serving hundreds of thousands since the mid-1960s.
The Chimbote Foundation of the Diocese of Pittsburgh was formed in 1991. However, our work in Chimbote began much earlier. This photo shows Monsignor James Shanahan and Sister M. Benedicta, RSM, providing inoculations circa 1965.
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La Maternidad de MariaIn 1966, Monsignor Roos decided to open a life-saving maternity hospital where mothers could give birth in clean and comfortable surroundings. With the help of the Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids, MI, he was able to make the hospital a reality. Designed by Pittsburgh architect, Ken Roos, brother of Monsignor Roos, the maternity hospital today is a 26-bed facility that delivers more than 300 babies each month. Mothers and fathers are taught the importance of good hygiene and prenatal care; and they return after delivery to learn healthcare techniques that will give their babies a better chance to survive in a harsh environment of poverty and suffering.
The first baby was born at the maternity facility on July 10, 1966 at 12:30 PM. Today, over 100,000 babies have been born with the help of the professional nurse & midwives at the Center.
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Nueva Posta MedicaThe “Nueva Posta Medica” opened in February 2018. The modernized and upgraded clinic increases patient capacity by five times over the original building. With ten clinical suites, the facility provides cardiology, dentistry, traumatology, ophthalmology, neurology, audiology, gerontology, and pediatrics services. This new two-story outpatient clinic also houses the pharmacy and pathology lab. Having both of these services on-site is critical. In fact, there is no other laboratory service available to the poor in Chimbote.
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Monsignor Roos (Padre Julio) Children's Center & ShelterIn the late 1990s, the COS was petitioned by the local orphans court to assume the care of the increasing numbers of babies abandoned during their first year of life. Some of the babies had significant mental or physical disabilities. In 2011, there were finally enough resources to create the Padre Julio Children’s Center & Shelter. The new center provides children their own crib or bed, a separate activity room for older children to play while the babies sleep, a full kitchen, and a physical therapy space for the physically disabled children.
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