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Elizondo's mestizaje theology has found resonance beyond the Mexican-American community. "Every generation tends to build an image of Jesus in response to its deepest quest," he says. "When they are writing about Jesus, they are really writing about themselves...
When Father Virgilio Elizondo was growing up in the west-side barrio of San Antonio, Texas, the son of Mexican immigrants, he found the church to be a refuge. "The parish was the only institution in the city where we felt fully at home," he recalls, "fully free to express ourselves in our own language, our singing, our festivities, our worship." As rector of his city's historic San Fernando Cathedral for 12 years, Elizondo became a leader in bringing Mexican religious customs and traditions into the Catholic service. His annual Christmas posada, for example, re-enacts the pilgrimage...
Still, Elizondo struggled with the church's paternal attitude toward Mexican Americans and vowed to go beyond simply elevating cultural traditions in church services. He wanted to develop a theology within the context of the living faith of his childhood neighbors, a faith that spoke of the mestizo experience--the mixture of Spanish and Indian blood common to people born of the Spanish conquest of Mexico. Why, he pondered, was there such emphasis in the Gospels on Jesus' origins in Galilee, a land little mentioned in the Old Testament? It came to him that Jesus was essentially a mestizo, raised...
...years expats like the Sargents have flocked to this area, known as the Land of Eternal Spring. The Mexican government requires only an FM-3 visa, easy to obtain for those with an annual income of about $12,000. Mexico's second largest city, Guadalajara--which offers shopping, a lively night life, first-rate medical care and an airport with easy access to the U.S.--is just 45 minutes away. English is spoken everywhere. Internet access is inexpensive, and Americans can e-mail their families at home or fellow expats via Mexico Connect www.mexconnect.com) There are so many recreational activities...
Mary Alice's role as president of the Lake Chapala Society keeps her as busy as when she and her husband were teachers in New Hampshire. The society runs a lending library, plays host to many social events and reaches out to the Mexican community, offering English classes and supporting 18 scholarship students...