Martin M. posted an article on Faith y Cultura - Apr 19, 2010, 5:06 pm
We had a great time at MACC recently as we celebrated Fr. Elizondo’s 75 birthday!  The mass was celebrated by Archbishop Gomez and we had over 200 people in attendance.  Felicidades!
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Martin M. posted an article on Faith y Cultura - Oct 13, 2009, 10:38 am
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Martin M. posted an article on Faith y Cultura - Oct 13, 2009, 10:38 am
We were blessed to have Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa Honduras present for our 3rd Annual Symposium on Immigration.  The director of CRS Southwest and myself picked him up at the airport and took him to the Archbishop’s residence.   I joined the Cardinal and the Archbishop for din...
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Martin M. posted an article on Faith y Cultura - Jun 30, 2009, 9:18 pm
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Martin M. posted an article on Faith y Cultura - Jun 30, 2009, 9:18 pm
I was asked why we always address God in the informal instead of the more formal Thee or Thou.  I remember hearing somewhere that it has to do with viewing God in a familiar way.  In doing a bit of googling I found out that Thou and Thee (as in the Our Father) is actually the informal way to addre...
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Martin M. posted an article on Faith y Cultura - Jun 1, 2009, 4:49 pm
I have been away from my blog for awhile as we have been gearing up for the summer schedule of courses here at MACC.  I am happy to annouce that we will be building a new and improved website for MACC!  It is looking good so far.  We just started a session of the Hispanic Ministry for the 21st Ce...
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Martin M. posted an article on Faith y Cultura - May 6, 2009, 10:54 am
A Poem by Naomi Martinez.  hermanaresist.com   The grass will be mowed this weekend. they want it cut every week here Like close shaven bikini lines and it’s already up to my bedroom window. It’s hot 11.5 months out of the year the leaves are never brown (irony?), there is no autumn. T...
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Martin M. posted an article on Faith y Cultura - Apr 28, 2009, 2:28 pm
Almost 70 percent Catholic youth stay Catholic as adults. Only 2-3 percent cite sex abuse as reason they left Catholic Church. Disaffected youth a primary concern. WASHINGTON—A Pew Forum poll on Americans and their religious affiliation finds Catholics have one of the highest retention rates, 6...
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Martin M. posted an article on Faith y Cultura - Apr 21, 2009, 10:04 am
We are in the middle of Fiesta week in San Antonio, just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Fiesta! Here is the official Fiesta site! http://www.fiesta-sa.org/news-blog.aspx Fiesta is known mostly as “Party Time” in San Antonio, but really its roots is the celebration of Anglo hegemony.  The vict...
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Martin M. posted an article on Faith y Cultura - Apr 21, 2009, 10:01 am
Did you hear about the Miss USA participant who was asked by a gay man (one of the judges) about what she thought of gay marriage?  Her wording was kind of funny, but basically she said she believed marriage was between a man and a woman.  Reports say this may have cost her the title as she ended...
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Martin M. posted an article on Faith y Cultura - Apr 15, 2009, 11:11 am
As I was surfing through Youtube I came across this beautiful song, very powerful images from the movie the Passion of the Christ (how original), but it was very well done. Enjoy.
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Martin M. posted an article on Faith y Cultura - Apr 8, 2009, 10:37 am
It is always so disappointing to read the comments on newspaper articles that have anything to do with Hispanics. They always seem to detour to the topic of immigration, or more accurately, anti-immigration. Does this mean that the sentiment is in the majority, or is it only a small vocal minorit...
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