Toledo activist helps generations of immigrants - Ruth Garcia

For more than a half-century, she was known as the madrina - the godmother.

Ruth Garcia, now 87, fulfilled the custom by overseeing the baptisms of hundreds of newborns at the former Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission Church. But she also became the godmother of hundreds more: immigrants who came from Texas and Mexico in the 1940s, speaking little English and knowing little about the city.

“I felt it was my duty to help them,” Mrs. Garcia said.”*

*From: http://toledoblade.com
Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish

Stumble it! | |

Other posts that may interest you

Listen to podcast interview with Ruth Gaviria, executive director, Meredith Hispanic Ventures about Meredith’s Spanish language publications - Hispanic MPR

Esteban Toledo at SpurWing today for free junior clinic

Port Authority awards funds for Adelante community center - Toledo, Ohio

Foreign Policy: Seven Questions: The Child Laborer Who Became President - Alejandro Toledo of Peru

Illegal Immigration activist may sue over email from Mexican flag burner in Tucson, Arizona

Activist says Mexico Censored Her - Isabel Garcia

Toledo man named Canton's development chief - Robert Torres - Ohio

Mexican migrant activist camps outside U.S. embassy on tenth day of hunger strike - Elvira Arellano

Professor Tracks Assimilation of Racial, Ethnic Groups Through New York City Housing Market

Local Latinos look toward a bright future in Toledo, Ohio