Pastoral Do Menor

What Pastoral Do Menor does

Pastoral do Menor is a Catholic social ministry operating within the Pastoral Socioambiental department of the Arquidiocese de Santarém, headquartered in Santarém, Pará, Brazil. Its mission is the care, protection, and dignified treatment of children and adolescents in situations of social vulnerability, framed within the Catholic Church's preferential option for the poor. It operates as one of the archdiocese's Social Works (Obras Sociais) and is delivered through the parish and pastoral-area network spanning 12 pastoral regions across seven municipalities in western Pará: Almeirim, Aveiro, Belterra, Mojuí dos Campos, Monte Alegre, Prainha, and Santarém.

The organization is not a technology or product company; there are no disclosed proprietary products, APIs, software platforms, or AI/ML capabilities in the input data. Its operational surface consists of pastoral accompaniment, social advocacy, and direct ministry to vulnerable minors, supported by the archdiocese's broadcast media assets (TV Encontro channel 26.1, Rádio Rural 91.1 FM) and digital channels (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, newsletters, bulletins) for communications and outreach.

The entity has no commercial revenue model: it is a non-profit religious institution registered under CNPJ 05.713.128/0001-16, funded through the Catholic Church's internal resources, donations, and ecclesiastical stewardship rather than priced services. It has no venture capital, private equity, or external investors, no funding rounds, no acquisitions, and no headcount growth signals in the available data. Current leadership is coordinator Frei João Messias da Silva Sousa (appointed September 2024 for a three-year term) operating under Archbishop Dom Irineu Roman.

Name

Pastoral Do Menor

Legal name

Arquidiocese de Santarém

Website

https://arquidiocesedesantarem.org.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Pastoral do Menor is a Catholic social ministry of the Arquidiocese de Santarém in Pará, Brazil, dedicated to the care and protection of children and adolescents in situations of social vulnerability, delivered through the archdiocese's parish network across seven municipalities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Social Services / Child Welfare Ministry

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG)

Keywords

• Child protection services
• Social ministry programs
• Youth welfare outreach
• Community pastoral care
• Religious social services

Headquarters

HQ city

Santarém, Pa

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Pastoral do Menor is a Catholic social ministry within the Pastoral Socioambiental of the Arquidiocese de Santarém, dedicated to the care, protection, and accompaniment of children and adolescents whose dignity and lives are threatened. It operates as a presence of the Church in solidarity with vulnerable minors, addressing structural injustices and social exclusion through community-based pastoral action across the parishes of the archdiocese.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pastoral do Menor Accompaniment Service Pastoral care and accompaniment program for children and adolescents in vulnerable situations, delivered through the parish and pastoral area network of the Arquidiocese de Santarém across seven municipalities of Pará state.
• Pastoral Socioambiental Coordination Program Overarching social and environmental ministry program of the Arquidiocese de Santarém that encompasses the Pastoral do Menor and other social pastoral activities.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• UNICEF Brasil: The Brazilian country office of the United Nations Children's Fund, focused on child rights, protection, and welfare at a national scale. Comparable beneficiary population, though operating with a vastly larger scope, mandate, and budget than Pastoral do Menor.

Direct peers

• Aldeias Infantis SOS Brasil: An international NGO operating in Brazil that supports children and adolescents who have lost parental care or are at risk of losing it. Comparable beneficiary focus on vulnerable minors and residential/community-based care model.
• ChildFund Brasil: A Brazilian child-sponsorship and development organization serving children, adolescents, and families in vulnerable communities. Comparable beneficiary population, mission orientation, and community-based intervention model across Brazil.
• Pastoral da Criança: A national Catholic pastoral organization under the CNBB focused on the well-being of children in vulnerable situations across Brazil. Highly comparable as a faith-based child-focused social ministry operating through parish networks, with a similar mission alignment and delivery model to Pastoral do Menor.
• Cáritas Brasileira: The official Catholic social service and humanitarian aid organization in Brazil, operating across regions to support vulnerable populations. Comparable as a faith-based social services organization under the Catholic Church hierarchy with similar beneficiary focus and parish-based delivery.
• Fundação Abrinq pelos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente: A Brazilian nonprofit dedicated to promoting and defending the rights of children and adolescents, particularly those in vulnerable situations. Comparable mission and beneficiary population, though secular and focused on advocacy rather than parish-based delivery.
• Pastoral do Menor (CNBB Nacional): The national-level Pastoral do Menor coordinated by the Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil (CNBB), which sets the framework and provides resources for diocesan Pastoral do Menor chapters including the one in Santarém. Directly comparable as the canonical peer organization.
• Lar São Vicente de Paulo (Arquidiocese de Santarém): A sister social work of the same Arquidiocese de Santarém focused on elderly care. Comparable as a parallel Obras Sociais initiative within the same archdiocese structure, operating under identical institutional governance and regional scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/ArquiSantarem
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pastoral-do-menor

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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