Luis Donaldo Gonzalez

Luis Donaldo González

Luis Donaldo González is a Mexican American writer based on the U.S.-Mexico border. He has degrees in philosophy from the University of the Archdiocese of Monterrey in Mexico and in theology from the Comillas Pontifical University in Spain. He enjoys research, travel and social media.

 

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Annie Nieto Bailey, a young adult leader from the Archdiocese of Seattle, leads a plenary session at the 2024 LaRED annual meeting at Marian University in Indianapolis. (Luis Donaldo González)

National group highlights ways church can reach Hispanic young adults

At an annual meeting in Indianapolis, Hispanic ministry leaders said the challenge in reaching this diverse group is a responsibility for the whole church, not just those involved in this ministry.
 

At the meeting to launch the Nuevo Momento national project, 30 executive leaders and members of 15 Catholic Hispanic organizations, and over a dozen expert collaborators and consultants, gathered with the Nuevo Momento team Aug. 25-28 at Boston College's The Connors Center in Dover, Massachusetts. (Luis Donaldo González)

A 'Nuevo Momento' for Hispanic Catholic organizations is emerging

Nuevo Momento is a unique initiative designed to strengthen the work and leadership of 15 Catholic organizations that have had a high ministerial impact with Hispanic Catholics at the local or national level.

Members of women's support circles gather at Most Holy Trinity Parish in Detroit, Michigan, to celebrate Mass on World Day of Migrants and Refugees in September 2021. "Women under God's protection" reads one sign in Spanish.

Q&A with Sr. Martha de la Torre Juárez, networking support for immigrant women across Michigan

As co-director for leadership development of Strangers No Longer, Sr. Martha de la Torre Juárez creates circles of support and provides spiritual accompaniment to immigrant women in the state of Michigan.

As the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States gathered for its 2024 colloquium, each day was preceded by moments of prayer and liturgical celebrations. (Luis Donaldo González)

For Hispanic theologians in the US, synodality means journeying en conjunto

The model put forth by members of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States should lead the church to become an ever larger tent — a church that welcomes, promotes and integrates everyone.

Dominican Sr. Zully Rojas Quispe takes part in an activity for children during one of her visits to the Indigenous communities of the Peruvian Amazon. (Courtesy of Zully Rojas Quispe)

Q&A with Sr. Zully Rojas Quispe, listening with humility in the Peruvian Amazon

"Accompanying the Indigenous people and listening to their dreams has been a reaffirmation of my vocation," says Sr. Zully Rojas Quispe, provincial of the Dominican Missionaries of the Rosary in Peru.

Spanish Jesuit Diego de Pantoja is portrayed as one of the mandarins of the 17th-century Ming dynasty in a 2018 painting, as seen in the documentary film "Diego de Pantoja, SJ: A Bridge Between China and the West." (Courtesy of Boston College Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies)

Documentary on Jesuit who connected China to the West to premiere in Rome

The legacy of 17th-century Spanish Jesuit Diego de Pantoja shows "it is possible to build peaceful bridges of dialogue and collaboration between civilizations," says film director Fr. Jesús Folgado García.

Sr. Sandra López García chats with Los Monckis youth gang members during one of her team's weekly visits to their hangout in Monterrey, Mexico, in May. (Nuri Vallbona)

Mexico's sisters accompany youth gang members: 'They make me turn the page'

On the streets of Mexico, Catholic sisters and lay missionaries pay weekly visits to "chavos banda," youth gangs who are not affiliated with drug cartels. They offer direction and companionship to the young gang members.

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