We expanded our Religious Education to prepare for Sacraments, we began classes in English, and we researched the availability of Small Business classes in Spanish. etc.), Learning English and Economic Opportunities (How to begin a business). The three areas that were most important to the community were: Sacraments (Baptisms, First Communion, and Weddings.
SAGRADO CORAZON DE JESUS SERIES
In 1995 – 1996 we held a series of community meetings to understand what those needs were. Having a priest dedicated to this community added a stability that the church had needed, and it began to flourish.Īs the numbers of parishioners increased the needs of the church increased as well. In 1995 Father Larry Hubbard was assigned by the Archdiocese to the Spanish speaking community at St. Carl Valdez, the Deacon assigned to our community and a founding member, worked tirelessly in making this new effort succeed. Since there were only about 50 parishioners in the masses a 500-seat church seemed more than enough.įor the next four years we would invite Spanish speaking priests to celebrate our Masses at St. Stephen’s Catholic Church, one of the four, offered to host the Spanish mass at 1:00 pm on Sundays. At this beginning there were Spanish masses held in four churches each taking a mass once a month. The community of Sagrado Corazón de Jesús began here in Minneapolis in 1990 with an influx of Latinos into the Twin Cities area.
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