About us
The “San Martín de Tours Home” is a work of mercy aimed at helping the poorest and most needy. The vast majority of our beneficiaries are people with disabilities who live in our Home permanently.
These are children, young people, adults, and elderly, lacking families that can support them and without economic resources. Many of them were abandoned by their parents, deprived of family custody, or interned by their relatives due to the impossibility of being able to adequately care for them. Many of the elderly have been rescued from public roads.
Our Home is a civil institution under the direction of the religious of the Institute of the Incarnate Word who work together with the Sisters Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará in this work.
The meaning of this work
We are guided by Catholic criteria based on the conviction that Christ is in those most in need. We are committed to serving to the best of our ability all people who come to us with any need. We want to continue the magnificent work of Saint Louis Orione who said: “In our houses, no one will be asked if he has a name. Only if he has a pain.”
We try to give them the best possible care, because, as people who need everything from us, they urgently deserve our help; but above all, because we want to see Christ in them, as he teaches in the gospel of Matthew: “truly I tell you, what you did to the least of my brothers, you did it to me” (Mt 25:40). That is the reason why at the entrance of our Home a large sign reads this line: “Look, it is I”, Jesus.
This is the deepest sense that sustains and guides all the work in this arduous but beautiful charity house, down to the smallest details.
Beneficiaries
In the entire City of Charity of San Rafael, that is, the group of Mercy Homes, 120 people are cared for, 56 of whom live in our Home. They have various ailments and disabilities (moderate mental disability, Down syndrome, motor disabilities, sequelae of meningitis, cerebral palsy, autism spectrum disorders, severe mental retardation, etc.).
Our Houses
They are divided into three groups so that they are better cared for and a fourth house for collaborators or permanent volunteers.
House
Sacred Heart House
“Children” with moderate disabilities.
House
Custodian Angels
They are the so-called “little angels”, those who suffer deeper disabilities and are absolutely dependent on caregivers.
House
San Vicente de Paul
We call them the “grandpas” of the Home since they are the oldest and need their space and a calmer pace of life.
Casa
Ángeles Custodios
House
Saint John Bosco
It is the home of volunteers or permanent collaborators who live with us in their own space and help at the Home while studying various careers or courses.
