In U.S., Hispanics Bring Catholicism to Its Feet – The Church Offers Livelier Services for a Growing Constituency of Charismatics
Tagged: Puerto RicanPosted on: May 7th, 2007“For a glimpse into the future of the Roman Catholic Church in America, peek inside St. Benedicts in Queens on a Sunday after the Matsons, Mays and Cassidys have all gone home and Joan Overton has shut down the pipe organ following the sparsely attended 8:30 a.m. Mass. Thats when the pews fill up with the Durans, Lopezes and Fernandezes and the spiritual thermometer turns up a notch.
“Everyone on their feet” cried Gladys Cardenas, a stout and fiery Puerto Rican, as a band struck up behind her. “Come on,” she shouted in Spanish. “Get ready to celebrate God”"
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