The U.S. church’s national encuentro call to Hispanic Catholics to go out to the peripheries and encounter others has energized the country’s dioceses, Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros told delegates at the Region II encuentro in Albany.
V Encuentro
Regional V Encuentro Prepares Hispanics for National Meeting
More than 300 Hispanic Catholic leaders from the eight dioceses of the State of New York gathered at the Desmond Hotel in the state capital, June 22 – 24, for the state regional meeting of the V Encuentro.
Bishop Cisneros Cited for Contribution to Fifth Encuentro
The Spanish-speaking community honored Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros for his evangelizaion work, especially with the Fifth Encuentro, which conducted its diocesan plenary meeting at the Evangelization Assembly.
Diocesan Assembly on Evangelization
Full coverage of the Diocesan Assembly on Evangelization and the Celebration of the Fifth Encuentro.
Diocese Puts Out Into the Deep
More than 4,000 people attended the diocese’s Assembly on Evangelization conducted Friday and Saturday, April 27 and 28 at St. John’s University, Jamaica.
Fifth Encuentro Fiesta
The two-day diocesan Evangelization Assembly and Celebration of the Fifth Encuentro, April 27-28, closed with a grand fiesta.
The Question of Hispanic Cardinals
Why ask the Hispanic cardinal question? For nearly 14 months, Catholics engaged in the process of the Fifth National Encuentro of Hispanic/Latino Ministry have been naming key concerns about their experience in church and society. Meaningful leadership is at the top of such concerns.
Engaging Hispanic Youth, Eliminating Segregation Are Goals of Encuentro
Dr. Hosffman Ospino, one of the U.S. Church’s leading experts on Hispanic Catholics who is deeply involved in the Fifth National Encuentro for Hispanic Ministry, says the rest of the country must harness the potential of Hispanic Catholics or risk losing the future of the U.S. Church.
Local Hispanics Prepare For Diocesan Encuentro
Having spent four years preparing and reflecting together as part of the V Encuentro (Fifth Encounter), Hispanic Catholics in Brooklyn and Queens are gearing up for the next stages of the nationwide movement.
V Encuentro Is Underway In Diocese and Country
Let’s hope these Encuentros open our hearts and minds to become true missionary disciples, witnesses of God’s Love in the land to which He has brought us.