Mestizo Worship: A Pastoral Approach to Liturgical Ministry

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Mestizo Worship: A Pastoral Approach to Liturgical Ministry​ - Virgilio P. Elizondo and Timothy M. Matovina
Mexican American expressions of faith are a treasured means of encountering God in worship. Mestizo Worship examines the foundational faith expressions of Mexican Americans, particularly in relation to Our Lady of Guadalupe, as privileged encounters with the sacred. Here, liturgists and other pastoral agents embrace their ministry with Mexican-American and other communities as a graced opportunity for encountering Christ in the worship of the people they serve. The purpose of Mestizo Worship is to enhance liturgical ministry with Mexican-American communities and provide a model for cross-cultural liturgical ministry. Part one presents the foundational faith expressions of Mexican Americans, revealing that these expressions are a communal ritual response to their historical experience and contemporary context.

Part two illuminates the historical role of Our Lady of Guadalupe during the two conquests that Mexican Americans' ancestors endured: The Spanish conquest of what is now Mexico and the southwest United States and the U.S. conquest of northern Mexico. Part three explores liturgical ministry as a means of celebrating the sacred with Mexican-American and other faith communities whose faith expressions differ from those of the pastoral agent serving them. While immediately applicable to ministry with Hispanics, Mestizo Worship offers helpful insights to liturgists, religious educators, catechists, priests, and others who promote the mutual enrichment between liturgy and non-Anglo expressions of faith.

Chapters by Virgilio P. Elizondo include:
"Living Faith: Resistance and Survival," "Popular Religion as Support of Identity," "Our Lady of Guadalupe as a Cultural Symbol," and "The Treasure of Hispanic Faith."

Chapters by Timothy M. Matovina Include:
"Our Lady of Guadalupe Celebrations in San Antonio, Texas, 1840-1841," "Liturgy, Popular Rites, and Popular Spirituality," and "Marriage Celebrations in Mexican-American Communities."

Virgilio P. Elizondo, S.T.D., Ph.D. directs television ministry for the archdiocese of San Antonio and is a faculty member of the Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC). An internationally acclaimed theologian and pastor, he was the founder of MACC and served as rector of San Fernando Cathedral from 1983- 1995.

Timothy M. Matovina, Ph.D. is assistant professor of theological studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He collaborates on the San Fernando Cathedral Study, a project funded by the Lilly Endowment through the Mexican American Cultural Center.

Reviews
"This collection of essays by two prominent authors promises to be an essential resource for pastoral agents and liturgical scholars alike."
-Fr. Raúl Gómez, S.D.S., Director, Hispanic Studies Program, Sacred Heart School of Theology

". . . serves both Hispanic and non Hispanic persons involved in liturgy preparation equally well. Mestizo Worship brings together in new harmony the Hispanic religious experience of liturgy that is practical and inspiring for anyone engaged in liturgical ministry with the Latino community. This book will be a basic resource for students, clergy, and laity in developing a mestizo pastoral approach to liturgy."
-Fr. Arturo Pérez Rodríguez, St. Francis of Assisi Church, Chicago

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112 pages
Size: 6" x 9"
Code: 2490
ISBN-13: 9780814624906          

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