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Priest worked for justice in South Bronx

National Catholic Reporter, 2021, Vol.57 (9), p.14-14

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  • Title:
    Priest worked for justice in South Bronx
  • Author: Estrada, Alyssa Maldonado
  • Subjects: Apartments ; Catholicism ; Clergy
  • Is Part Of: National Catholic Reporter, 2021, Vol.57 (9), p.14-14
  • Description: The Kingdom Began in Puerto Rico offers readers insight into how parishes and communities worked together to form bonds of mutual care during these difficult times. Because the church could not afford a cook, Connolly hustled to different apartments for dinner every night, probably eating pasteles, arroz y gandules and tos-tones. The 'Church in the world' was not something just theoretical, out there ... it was right in this apartment" and in the neighborhood more broadly Together Puerto Rican Catholics and clergy created chapels, drug treatment centers and hosted youth and senior services. [Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada is an assistant professor in the department of religion at Kalamazoo College and is the author of Life-blood of the Parish: Men and Catholic Devotion in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
  • Publisher: Kansas City: National Catholic Reporter
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0027-8939
  • Source: ProQuest Central

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