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Vol. XIX, No. 43 Serving the 310,750 CathoHcs in the Diocese of Corpus Christi_April 27,1984
Local delegates help plan national Hispanic meeting
Father James Tamayo and Father Vincent
Aibano, front row left to right, participate
in one of the planning sessions for the
third National Hispanic Pastoral Eh-
counter set for August, 1985 in
Washington, D.C, Along with Judge Raul
Gonzalez, they joined almost 400
delegates in Rosemont, Ilf. earlier this
month to determine the major needs of the
more than 16 million US. Hispanic
Catholics. During the meeting Father
Tamayo was elected tc a position on the
national team.
The Southwestern regional represen- Oklahoma and Arkansas, our local
tatives pose for a group photo during the diocesan aelegates are on the back row,
planning meeting in Rosemont Reoresen- with Judge Raul Gonzalez standing bet-
ting the dioceses in the states of Texas, ween Father Aibano and Father Tamayo.
By William G, Biltott
STC executive editor
Father James Tamayo,
Father Vincent Aibano and
Judge Raul Gonzalez joined
almost 400 delegates for a
meeting in Rosemont, 111, a
Chicago suburb, April 4-7, to
list the top needs of the more
than 16 million U S, Hispanic
Catholics.
Evangelization topped the
list of “burning issues,” along
with education, social justice,
youth and the formation of
leaders.
These five topics were ac-
cepted as priorities for the third
Encuentro Naciona! Hispano
de Pastoral (National Hispanic
Pastoral Encounter) to be held
in Washington, in August,
1985.
Archbishop Robert J. San-
chez of Santa Tc, N.M., told
the delegates that Hispanics
must direct their efforts
“primarily to ourselves the
Hispanic Church. We want to
be a prophetic and creative peo-
ple ourselves. We need to iden-
tify with the people, who are
the Church.”
The process for the third en-
cunetro began in May 1983
with the formation of diocesan
teams. In November the U.S.
bishops approved a pastoral let-
ter on Hispanic ministry which
included a call for a third en-
cuentro,
Earlier encuemros were held
in 1972 and 1977.
Pablo Sedillo, U.S. Catholic
Conference secretary for
Hispanic affairs, said, “It is in
the history of our encuentros
that we have found our unify-
ing link as a Hispanic people
here in the United States. It is
oar desire to develop an in-
tegrated Church, universal in
character and not separate.”
Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye,
USCC genera] secretary, told
participants that three words
from the bishops’ Hispanic
pastoral—gifts, Gospel and
generosity — present “a
challenge not only as the
framework of the pastoral but
also of the work at hand.”
“The work can be done,” he
said, “but we have to do it
together, ’ ’
On behalf of the bishops,
Msgr, Hoye acknowledged the
“richness and diversity of
Hispanics’ cultural gifts” and
recognized the generosity of the
Hispanic people in “raising
their prophetic voice in a third
encuentro
During his address. Ai -
chbishop Sanchez reminded the
delegates there was a time
before the First encuentro when
“the Hispanic was a problem. ”
Now U.S. bishops “recognize
the Hisp me community
among us as a blessing from
God. ”
‘We come here,” the ar-
chbishop said, “because we
want to share the dream of our
Hispanic people. We have
talents that are essential for the
whole Church,
“The non-Hispanic Church
also needs a sense of communi-
ty, value of our caring and
love,” he said. “They will
learn from us.”
Speaking for the three
diocesan delegates, Father
Tamayo said, “We bring back
to the diocese a hope of
motivating and implementing
the Hispanic gifts to fuller par-
ticipation in the Church and
sensitizing the Church to the
needs of the Hispanic
Catholics, * *
He also expressed thanks to
al! those in the diocese who
answered the recent question-
naire d i s r •* i b u t r r j b v Urn
Hispanic Affaire Commission.
“We took those responses with
us to the meeting,” he said.
Father Tamayo was elected
as the Southwestern Regional
Representative to the national
team for the promotion of the
third encuentro. The
Southwestern region is com-
prised of the dioceses in the
states of Texas, Oklahoma and
Arkansas.
From his election to the na-
tional team, Father Tamayo
was further chosen as one of six
to make up the executive com-
mittee. This committee will be
actively planning the encuentro
in Washington and promoting
communication between
diocesan directors and
themselves to better hear the
grassroots responses of the
Hispanic Catholics.
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