Monday, April 3, 2006
Communities 'walking together' in Walworth County
Sam Lucero reports in our Catholic Herald
Now if we could just get priests to notice the same thing about every other group everywhere in the Archdiocese.
The Hispanic-themed articles in our Catholic Herald are in English only, as far as I can tell.
This wouldn't seem patronizing if there was more openness to maintaining traditions in general. ¶ 4/03/2006 12:13:00 PM
[Fr. Bob Stiefvater] said that in 1992, pastors in District 3, which includes Walworth County, met to discuss the 1990 Census finding that some 2,000 Hispanics were living in that county."They weren’t going to anybody's church, so they started questioning, 'Where are they?'" he said.
Now if we could just get priests to notice the same thing about every other group everywhere in the Archdiocese.
[Fr. Josegerman Zapata] said the church needs to offer more programs in Spanish.
The Hispanic-themed articles in our Catholic Herald are in English only, as far as I can tell.
Although integration is important, Fr. Zapata believes maintaining traditional religious practices is equally vital.
This wouldn't seem patronizing if there was more openness to maintaining traditions in general. ¶ 4/03/2006 12:13:00 PM
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In Jefferson county ajacaent to Walworth Hispanics do attend the Catholic churches, which in recent years have added things like shrines to Our Lady of Guadalope.
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