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          Hispanic Catholic bishops meet at Notre Dame

          
            
              
                
                Published: September 26, 2007
              

              
                Author: Michael O. Garvey
              

              







          

          
          
          

          
        
        
        
          

An informal meeting of the nations Hispanic Catholic bishops was held at the University of Notre Dame on Sept. 24 and 25.

The gathering was organized in consultation with the bishops by John Cavadini, chair of theology and director of Notre Dames Institute for Church Life (ICL); Rev. Virgilio P. Elizondo, Notre Dame Professor of Pastoral and Hispanic Theology; and Rev. Richard v. Warner, C.S.C., director of Notre Dames Office of Campus Ministry.

Among the topics discussed by the bishops were appropriate pastoral responses to the issue of immigration; the recent closing of the United States Conference of Catholic BishopsSecretariat of Hispanic Affairs; and proposals for new educational and catechetical ICL programs for Catholic Hispanic youths and Spanish-speaking seminarians.

Nine bishops attended the meeting, the third of its kind to be held at Notre Dame.They were Bishop Octavio Cisneros of Brooklyn, N.Y.; Bishop Raymundo Peña of Brownsville, Texas.; Bishop James Tamayo of Laredo, Texas.; Bishop Francisco Gonzalez of Washington, D.C.; Bishop Armando Ochoa of El Paso, Texas.; Bishop Gustavo García-Siller of Chicago; Archbishop José Gómez of San Antonio; Bishop Eusebio Elizondo of Seattle; and Bishop José Vasquez of Galveston-Houston.

The meeting concluded with a Mass concelebrated by the bishops in Notre Dames Basilica of the Sacred Heart.

_ Contact: Rev. Virgilio Elizondo at 574-631-1-3792 or_  " Vireliz@aol.com ":mailto:Vireliz@aol.com  _

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