PHCPA 2026

El Salvador Encounter

For 36 years, the El Salvador Encounter Program has provided faith-based delegation experiences where participants learn from the Salvadoran people about their lives, histories, and hopes for the future.

“Tomorrow’s whole person must have, in brief, a well-educated solidarity”.

Fr. Hans Kolvenbach, SJ, (1928 -2016)

Our MISSION

CRISPAZ promotes peace with justice in El Salvador by lifting up the voice and agency of communities affected by violence and oppression while inspiring people of goodwill to act in solidarity locally and globally for nonviolent social change.

Our vision

We envision a world where we inspire people to practice nonviolence to heal, build community, transform conflict, and foster justice.

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peace award

Inspired in the testimony of the Martyrs of El Salvador, the CRISPAZ Peace Award was established in 2009 to recognize individuals or organizations that embody the preferential option for the poor in their work for the promotion of peace and social justice.

crispaz News & updateS

Save the Date: The 2026 Peter Hinde CRISPAZ Peace Award.

Save the date for a special evening of gratitude and celebration! Join us on November 12 in Boston, MA,

Remembering Carol V Muntz, 1939 – 2026 former board member and social justice advocate

Carol Virginia Seeley Muntz was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1939 to Howard and Gladys Seeley. She was

Sister Elizabeth (Betty)’s Obituary 1935 – 2026 (2020 CRISPAZ Peace Award honoree)

Sister of Mercy Elizabeth (Betty) Campbell, known for her lifelong insistence on and advocacy for the dignity and human

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