Product Description

Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Advent wreath? Christmas continuing into February? How can multicultural parishes draw on the wisdom in Hispanic devotions and still hold everyone together? The authors of this exciting and useful new book extend the insights they offered in Primero Dios to the Advent and Christmas seasons, showing how to create a liturgical link between the rituals of Hispanic homes and neighborhoods and the liturgies of the entire parish. Brief fictional narratives initiate all of us into a Hispanic perspective on the seasons of Advent and Christmas. Pastoral notes recommend helpful adaptations of homeland customs. Bilingual rites are provided, which can be modified for specific parish or community needs. This treasure trove of hard-to-find information is a unique and valuable resource for parish staffs, liturgical ministers, catechists, small groups, and families. Text in English; rituals in English and in Spanish. Published by Liturgy Training Publications.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2397835 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-16
• Original language: Spanish
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 153 pages

Review
The side-by-side English-Spanish examples of the seasonal ritual make this book a must for parish liturgists. -- Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology, Summer 2002, pg 65-66, Rudy Vela, S.M.

About the Author
Miguel Arias was born and raised in San José de Gracia, Jalisco, Mexico, where he received a licentiate in philosophy and letters at the Instituto de Filosofía y Letras in San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, Mexico. He is currently an editor at Liturgy Training Publications and is pursing a master's degree in pastoral studies at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.

Mark R. Francis, CVS, the general superior of the Congregation of the Clerics of Saint Viator, worked in Bogotá, Colombia, for three years. He holds a doctorate in sacred liturgy from the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of Sant’ Anselmo in Rome and is a former professor of liturgy at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.

Arturo J. Pérez-Rodríguez is a priest of the archdioceses of Chicago and former president of the Instituto de Liturgia Hispana. He is an author and speaker on Hispanic liturgy and spirituality, and is director of the Hispanic Liturgical Certificate Program of Tepeyac in El Paso, Texas.