Brazil had recently overtaken the United States as the country with the world’s largest Pentecostal population. Based on numbers that churches themselves provided, the survey calculated that 24 million Brazilians belong to Pentecostal churches. For more information on this click unto: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/world/americas/09pope.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
Twenty years ago, he hopped a border fence from Mexico into the United States and became a migrant farmworker. Today, he is a neurosurgeon and professor at Johns Hopkins University, and a researcher who is looking for a breakthrough in the treatment of brain cancer. Check out this impressive story at: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10013111
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By David Ramos Yesterday Rev. Gabriel Saguero was installed as the Director of the Hispanic/Latino(a) Leadership Program at Princeton Theological Seminary. Family and friends attended, as well as many leaders from varying respective ministries and academic institutions including, Dr. Iain Torrance, President of Princeton Theological Seminary, the Rev. Dr. Samuel Pagan, former President of Seminario …
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By David Ramos “I went to by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; and lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked …
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Conflict is brewing between Latinos and PBS and documentary film maker Ken Burns. For more details click on link below: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/05/arts/television/05pbs.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
The National Institute for Latino Policy is conducting a Round Table entitled, The State of Puerto Rican Politics in New York City. This will be a conversation based on Jose Ramon Sanchez’ new book, Boricua Power: A Political History of Puerto Ricans in the United States. Participants include: Alicea Cordona, Author of New York Puerto …
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Gabriel Salguero addresses the complex issue of cultural, political and theological identity on the Sojourners blog. In addition, he manages to shout out the Latino Leadership Circle as well. To read the full article click on: http://www.beliefnet.com/blogs/godspolitics/2007/04/rev-gabriel-salguero-my-living-paradox.html
A study conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center and the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, found that half of Hispanic Catholics practice a “distinctive form” of charismatic Catholicism that includes speaking in tongues, miraculous healings and prophesying — practices more often associated with Pentecostalism. For more information click unto: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/26/us/26hispanic.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
The Latino Leadership Circle is hosting a series of relevant movies that will encourage discussion and reflection. Movies will follow group discussion on topics presented in the film. Our first in the film series is "Dying to Live". "Dying to Live" is a profound look at the human face of the immigrant. It explores who …
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