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Hispanic Catholics

In Spirit of V Encuentro, Hispanic Laity, Clergy Help Families in Need Amid Pandemic

October 15, 2020

Every week since March, an army of volunteers and Father Evelio Menjivar, pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in the Washington suburb of Landover Hills, Maryland, gather in the parish’s parking lot to give away boxes of food to local families in need.

Hispanic Community Is ‘Good Soil’ For Developing Deacons

October 5, 2020

In the Diocese of Brooklyn, there are 220 deacons, of which 172 are active, and 48 retired. Ninety-two of the total are of Hispanic origin, which is about 42 percent of the total.

They May Not Vote as a Block, But Latinos Still Can Influence the Election

October 1, 2020

Each presidential election year, the nonprofit Hope Border Institute in El Paso, Texas, has counted on parish halls and other church spaces to register new voters, particularly Latinos, so that their voices and interests can be properly represented.

Virtual Encuentro a New Way to Walk In Christ’s Footsteps, Hispanics Say

September 23, 2020

Hispanic Catholics in the Diocese of Brooklyn and across the country would normally be preparing for the Encuentro, an opportunity to discuss and address how the Church responds to the Hispanic presence and the ways Hispanics respond to the Church in kind.

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