Pastoral Plan for HisPanic Ministry / From Guests to Hosts Hispanic ...

Pastoral Plan for Hispanic Ministry / From Guests to HostsEndnotes1This part of the Pastoral Plan explores “The Historical Memoryof Hispanic Ministry” with the purpose of establishing thefoundations that guide and determine Hispanic ministry,namely: the diversity of its people, its history and developmentin the Archdiocese of Seattle. While the document does notexplore the development of other cultural-ethnic groups in theArchdiocese of Seattle, it is encouraged that pastors and theirstaff become acquainted to some extent with the history of thecultural groups present in their parishes. The following readingresources are a good beginning point, but not the only: (a) AHistory of the Catholic Church in the Pacific Northwest and (b)Abundance of Grace: The History of the Archdiocese of Seattle1850-2000.2Shoenberg, Wilfred P., S.J., A History of the Catholic Church inthe Pacific Northwest: 1743-1983, (Washington, D.C.: ThePastoral Press, 1987) p. 4.3Ibid, p. 5.“The state of Washington owes a great homage to theexpedition mounted by Perez and his mostly Mexican crew.If it had not been for the two spoons ‘traded’ with the Indiansat Nootka, latter used as evidence to prove for Spain’s claimof formal contact with the Haida Indians at Nootka, theinternational border now between Canada and Washingtonwould have been located at what is now the Columbia River,as the English insisted based on Cook’s later discoveries.”(See “Spanish Exploration: Juan Perez Expedition of 1774— First European Discovery and Exploration of WashingtonState Coast and Nueva Galicia [the Pacific Northwest] inHistoryLink.org Essay 5677: http://www.history link.org/essays/output. cfm?file_id=5677).4See A History of the Catholic Church in the Pacific Northwest: 1743-1983, p. 95.5Ibid, p. 136.6See Abundance of Grace: The History of the Archdiocese of Seattle1850-2000. (Taylor, Christine M.ed (Strasbourg: Éditions duSigne, 200) , pp. 42-43.7All statistics cited in From Guests to Hosts were provided bythe Office of Planning and Research of the Archdiocese ofSeattle based on the most recent U.S. Census data and otherresearch on Hispanic Catholics. Updated numbers are basedon estimates from the Office of Financial Management inOlympia.8Adriela Keysar, Barry A. Kosmin and Egon Mayer, ReligiousIdentification among Hispanics in the United States, 2001.New York: Graduate Center of the City University of NewYork, 2003.9Encuentro & Mission, U.S. Catholic Bishops, (Washington D.C.:United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2002) No. 48.10Ibid, No. 34.11U.S. Catholic Bishops, Committee on Hispanic Affairs, ManyFaces in God’s House: Parish Guide (Washington, D.C.: UnitedStates Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1999), p. 5.12See U.S. Bishops’ website at http://www.usccb.org/cchd/5-239.pdf.13www.usccb.org/nmw.14Catholic Community Services of Western Washington / Knightsof Columbus / Catholic Daughters / Parish Council of CatholicWomen / St. Vincent de Paul Society / Religious Communitiesof Sisters and Priests / Justice and Peace Councils / Social ActionCommittee / Catholic Campaign for Human Developmentfundedgroups, and other qualified non-profit agencies.15U.S. Catholic Bishops, Secretariat for Hispanic Affairs, EnMarcha (Fall/Winter 2002): 13-14. These principles and/orsteps to further develop Hispanic ministry were developedby Alejandro Aguilera-Titus, Associate Director of theSecretariat for Hispanic Affairs, and were adapted for the useof the Archdiocese of Seattle. They are the basis for the titleof this Pastoral Plan.16Prayer by Isaac E Govea, January 10, 2007.17U.S. Catholic Bishops, Strangers and Aliens No Longer, PartOne: The Hispanic Presence in the Church of the United States(Washington, D.C.: United States Conference of Bishops,1993), p. 24.18Joseph P. Fitzpatrick, S.J. fully engages the theme of culturalassimilation with its sociological and pastoral implications tothe Hispanic Catholics in his One Church Many Cultures: TheChallenge of Diversity, pp. 104-107 and Chapter 5.19See Encuentro & Mission, Endnote #5.20Ecclesia in America, No. 11. See http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_jp-ii_exh_22011999_ecclesia-in-america_en.html21See Encuentro & Mission, No. 33.22Catechism of the Catholic Church, Nos. 1669 and 1671).23Francis, Mark R. and Arturo J. Pérez-Rodríguez. Primero Dios:Hispanic Liturgical Resource (Chicago: Liturgical TrainingPublications, 1997), pp. 21-25.24U.S. Catholic Bishops, Brothers and Sisters To Us (Washington,D.C.: United States Conference of Bishops, 1979), p. 3.25Catechism of the Catholic Church, No. 1670.26Ecclesia in America, 52.27See A Future Full of Hope, No. 102.48