Amid anxiety, Hispanic worship continues steady growth – Stillmore, Georgia
Tagged: GeorgiaPosted on: December 11th, 2006“To Mexicans, the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe stands for protection, peace and national pride.
So the Rev. John T. Brown wasn’t that surprised to see her life-sized image painted on the wall when he stepped inside an abandoned house in Stillmore last September – even though none of the 35 Hispanic workers who had lived there attended his worship services.
Three months after federal agents picked up about 130 illegal immigrants in Stillmore – and more than 500 lost their jobs at the Crider Inc. poultry plant – Brown expected festivities for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe to continue amid some anxiety”
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