Catholic churches work to keep Hispanic teens involved – Dallas
Tagged: Dallas, Texas
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
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Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News, Community, Religion, Youth
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