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Catholic churches work to keep Hispanic teens involved – Dallas

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“Unlike most other Catholic teens, Juan Chaidez is actively involved with his church and is taking steps to make sure he can emerge one day as a leader in his congregation.

Take into account his Hispanic heritage, and the 17-year-old junior at Hillcrest High School is even more of an anomaly.

“There’s nothing out there for them,” said Maria Gonzalez, a youth ministry program administrator at St. Monica Catholic Church in northwest Dallas, where approximately one-third of the more than 1,000-member congregation is Hispanic. “They would finish their sacraments and then they would leave” the church.

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*From: www.dallasnews.com
Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish

Posted on: February 18th, 2008
Curation from Tomás
Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News, Community, Religion, Youth
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