Hispanic Ministry Where Language is No Barrier

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 432-442
Author(s):  
Daniel A. Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Hispanic Ministry

Integration

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Matovina
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
English Language ◽  
The United States ◽  
Parochial Schools ◽  
Church Congregations ◽  
European Immigrants ◽  
Hispanic Ministry ◽  
Ministry Leaders ◽  
Daunting Challenge ◽  
The U.S

This chapter demonstrates how national parishes and their parochial schools were among the societal institutions that most effectively fostered the integration of European immigrants and their offspring. Attitudes of forced assimilation can lead to frustration and thwart newcomers' desire to integrate. Yet church congregations and organizations remain a refuge for many emigres and can help them and their children and grandchildren adapt to life in the United States. While across generations English language use and other influences of the U.S. milieu are inevitable, the relative success or failure of Latinos' incorporation into the U.S. Catholic Church enhances or inhibits that process. Within the Catholic fold itself, the progression from hospitality to homecoming remains a daunting challenge that many Hispanic ministry leaders concur has only begun to be addressed.

Leadership

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Matovina
Keyword(s):  
Religious Experience ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
Faith Communities ◽  
Youth Ministries ◽  
Hispanic Ministry ◽  
Ministry Leaders ◽  
Organizational Challenge

This chapter argues that for many church officials, the fervent Hispanic Catholics in evangelization groups, apostolic movements, small faith communities, and youth ministries represent the organizational challenge of tapping into their leadership base and guiding it—or some would say controlling it—so that it remains faithful to a canonical vision of the Catholic Church's teachings and mission. Hispanic ministry leaders contend that a particularly urgent challenge is to form their grassroots counterparts in a broad ecclesial vision that transcends the bounds of their own movement or group and diminishes competition between fellow leaders. Another frequent concern is that many charismatic leaders are overly focused on the pursuit of affective religious experience and are ill equipped to deal with inevitable disappointments in their ministries and perceived defects in fellow church leaders, especially priests.

Transformation in America’s Largest Church

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Matovina
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Training ◽  
Church Leadership ◽  
Sexual Ethics ◽  
Liturgical Reform ◽  
Formation Programs ◽  
Hispanic Ministry ◽  
The Church ◽  
Church Teaching

This concluding chapter considers how Latinos present a distinct agenda of core concerns within U.S. Catholicism. Many Euro-American Catholics have emphasized concerns such as liturgical reform, the role of the laity, dissent or obedience to sexual ethics and other church teaching, the proper exercise of authority, and the question of who is called to ordination. Conversely, Latinos have been more inclined to accentuate concerns such as funding for Hispanic ministry offices, youth initiatives, outreach efforts, and leadership training and formation programs. Although these efforts encompass attempts at reform in areas such as liturgy and participation in church leadership, they are primarily intended to equip the church to serve and accompany its Latino members in their faith and daily struggles.

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