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  Focus Course 834:
Pastoral Ministry in Hispanic Communities

LIMEX Curriculum Bibliography

Required Readings:

Casarella, Peter, and Raul Gomez. El Cuerpo de Cristo: The Hispanic Presence in the U.S. Catholic Church. Lima, OH: Academic Renewal, 2003. ISBN# 0-7880-9948-5. (Copies are available through major booksellers and through the publisher by calling 1-800-537-1030 or 419-227-1818 or by ordering online at www.arpress.com.)

Deck, Allan Figueroa, ed. Frontiers of Hispanic Theology in the United States. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1982. Lima, OH: Academic Renewal, 2004. ISBN# 0-8834-4826-2. (Copies are available through major booksellers and through the publisher by calling 1-800-537-1030 or 419-227-1818 or by ordering online at www.arpress.com.)

Deck, Allan Figueroa, Yolanda Tarango, and Timothy M. Matovina, eds. Perspectivas: Hispanic Ministry. Lanham, MD: Sheed and Ward / Rowman and Littlefield, 1995. ISBN# 1-5561-2770-7.


Elizondo, Virgilio. Galilean Journey: The Mexican-American Promise. Rev. ed. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2000. ISBN # 0-8883-4151-9.

Espín, Orlando O., and Miguel H. Díaz, eds. From the Heart of Our People: Theological Reflections on Popular Catholicism. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1999.

ISBN # 1-5707-5131-5.

U.S. National Conference of Bishops. Encuentro and Mission: A Renewed Pastoral Framework for Hispanic Ministry. Washington, D.C.: United States Catholic Conference, 2002. ISBN# 1-55586-5-496. Publication # 5-496. Order by calling 800-235-USCC, or outside the U.S. and Canada 202-722-8716; or by visiting the web site

http://www.usccb.org/publishing/multicultural/hispanic.shtml. Text is available online at http://www.usccb.org/hispanicaffairs/encuentromission.shtml.

–––. Hispanic Ministry: Three Major Documents. Washington, D.C.:United States Catholic Conference, 1995. ISBN# 1-5558-6197-0. Publication # 197-0. Order by calling 800.235.USCC, or outside the U.S. and Canada 202.722.8716; or by visiting the web site
http://www.usccb.org/publishing/multicultural/hispanic.shtml.

Articles found in the Appendix:

“Hispanic Catholic Youth in the U.S.” Chicago Studies (Dec. 1997): 243-54.

“Hispanic Leaders: Faith and Culture in the New Millennium.” Chicago Studies (Dec. 1997): 224-42.

Introduction and “Cross-Cultural Preaching.” Chicago Studies (Fall/Winter 2000): 229-53.

“Preaching to Generation X.” Chicago Studies (Fall/Winter 2000): 312-31.

“Seven Tips on the Pastoral Care of the US Catholics of Mexican Descent.” Chicago Studies (Dec. 1997): 225-68.

Roman Catholic Documents and Resources:


U.S. Catholic Bishops Secretariat for Hispanic Affairs. “En Marcha.” http://www.usccb.org/hispanicaffairs/enmarcha/index.shtml.

U.S. Catholic Bishops Secretariat for Hispanic Affairs. “Hispanic Ministry at the Turn of the New Millennium.”
3 June 2003. http://www.usccb.org/hispanicaffairs/study.shtml.

John Paul II. “Address to the Bishops of Puerto Rico.” 1999. http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/1999/

september/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_11091999_ad-limina-puerto-rico_en.html.

–––. Ecclesia in America: Post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation. Rome: Vatican: 1999. http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_jp-ii_exh_22011999_ecclesia-in-america_en.html.

Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People. “Ecclesia in America: Visions and Challenges for the Pastoral Care of Migrants”. Rome: Vatican, 2003. http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/migrants/

pom2003_91/rc_pc_migrants_pom91_blume.html.


U.S. Catholic Bishops. Communion and Mission/Communión y Misió: A Guide for Bishops and Pastoral Agents on Small Church Communities. Washington, D.C.: United States Catholic Conference. Publication No. 5-007. Order by calling 800-235-USCC, or outside the U.S. and Canada 202-722-8716; or by visiting the web site http://www.usccb.org/publishing/multicultural/hispanic.shtml

Additional Resources:

Davis, Kenneth G. El Renacer de los Jovenes (The Renewal of Youth). Canfield, OH: Alba House, 2002. ISBN# 0-8189-0929-3.

Davis, Kenneth G., Eduardo C. Fernandez, Veronica Mendez, and Jana C. Dillon, eds. United States Hispanic Catholics: Trends and Works, 1990-2000. (Hispanic Theological Initiative Series, Vol. 1). Scranton, PA: U of Scranton P, 2004. ISBN# 1-5896-6014-5.

Davis, Kenneth G., and Jorge L. Presmanes, eds. Preaching and Culture in Latino Congregations. Chicago: Liturgy Training, 2000. ISBN# 1-5685-4363-8.

Davis, Kenneth G., and Yolanda Tarango, eds. Bridging Boundaries: The Pastoral Care of U.S. Hispanics. Scranton, PA: U of Scranton P, 1999. ISBN# 0-9408-6681-1.

Deck, Allan Figueroa. The Second Wave: Hispanic Ministry and the Evangelization of Cultures. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 1989. ISBN# 0-8091-3042-4.

Elizondo, Virgilio. A God of Incredible Surprises: Jesus of Galilee. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2004. ISBN# 0-7425-3388-3.

Groody, Daniel G., et al. Border of Death, Valley of Life: An Immigrant Journey of Heart and Spirit. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2002. ISBN# 0-7425-2241-5.

Isasi-Diaz, Ada María. En La Lucha (In the Struggle): Elaborating a Mujerista Theology 10th ann. ed. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2003. ISBN# 0-8006-3599-X.

Isasi-Diaz, Ada María, Timothy Matoniva, and Nina M Torres-Vidal, eds. Camino a Emaus: Compariendo El Ministerio de Jesús. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2002. ISBN# 0-8006-3570-1.

Lee, Bernard, S.M. The Catholic Experience of Small Christian Communities. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2000. ISBN# 0-8091-3937-5.

Web Sites of Interest:

Froehle, Bryan T., and Mary L. Gautier. Ministry in a Church of Increasing Diversity: A Profile of Dioscean Hispanic/Latino Ministry. Washington, DC: Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, 2002.

http://cara.georgetown.edu/pdfs/DDs_HispanicMinistry.pdf.
“Hispanic Ministries.” Episcopal Church.
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/hispanic.htm.

National Plan for Hispanic Ministry. The United Methodist Church. http://gbgm-umc.org/programs/

hispanicmin/english.html.

U.S. Catholic Bishops Secretariat for Hispanic Affairs. http://www.usccb.org/hispanicaffairs/index.shtml.



 

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