An Oasis of Love and Hope
in a Desert of Poverty and Despair

Offering professional, compassionate Catholic healthcare since 1965.
Despite its location in the impoverished desert on the Peruvian coastline, the Social Works Center has flourished from its beginnings as a tiny two-bed maternity “hospital.” Today, the center provides a vast array of medical services, for free or at nominal charge, for those who have nowhere else to turn.

Maternidad de Maria

A modern maternity hospital where more than 100,000 babies have been safely born.

Wellness Clinic, Laboratory and Pharmacy

Known and respected throughout the region for competent, professional care.

Padre Julio Children’s Center

Where abused, abandoned or orphaned infants and toddlers are cared for lovingly.

Home Visit Program

Serving in the desert barrios where the poorest of the poor struggle to live and die with dignity.

“The people of Chimbote, Peru, know well that one of the most important charitable works of mercy in our community is, without any doubt, the Centre for Social Works, ‘Maternidad de Maria.’

The deep respect of the people of Chimbote for ‘La Maternidad’ has been earned over time as a result of the quality of the services provided, and the obvious and unlimited charity that, for 24 hours of the day, keeps the doors open. The Centre is a widely respected Catholic healthcare complex that includes a maternity hospital, wellness clinic, laboratory, pharmacy, orphanage and home visit program serving the poorest of the poor in my diocese.”

— Most Reverend Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno

Bishop David Zubik with the Most Reverend Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno, Bishop of the Diocese of Chimbote, Peru

Bishop David Zubik with the Most Reverend Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno, Bishop of the Diocese of Chimbote, Peru.

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