Cafe y Chisme Corner

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San Rafael Arcángel — Patron of Travelers and H...

When my tío was diagnosed with diabetes and started losing his sight, my abuela didn't just take him to the doctor. She also lit a candle to San Rafael. Not...

San Rafael Arcángel — Patron of Travelers and H...

When my tío was diagnosed with diabetes and started losing his sight, my abuela didn't just take him to the doctor. She also lit a candle to San Rafael. Not...

La Virgen de Guadalupe: Why Her Image Is Everyw...

You don't have to be Catholic to know her face. You don't have to be Mexican to recognize the tilma, the roses, the gold rays radiating from her outline. La...

La Virgen de Guadalupe: Why Her Image Is Everyw...

You don't have to be Catholic to know her face. You don't have to be Mexican to recognize the tilma, the roses, the gold rays radiating from her outline. La...

Centros de Mesa para Bautismo: Ideas con Signif...

Un bautismo no es solo una ceremonia. Es la primera promesa pública que una familia hace por un hijo — ante Dios, ante los padrinos, ante la comunidad entera. Y...

Centros de Mesa para Bautismo: Ideas con Signif...

Un bautismo no es solo una ceremonia. Es la primera promesa pública que una familia hace por un hijo — ante Dios, ante los padrinos, ante la comunidad entera. Y...

San Judas Tadeo: Patron Saint of Every Latino W...

Walk through any Latino neighborhood and you'll find him. On chains around necks. Tattooed on forearms. Printed on candles in the grocery store aisle between the beans and the hot...

San Judas Tadeo: Patron Saint of Every Latino W...

Walk through any Latino neighborhood and you'll find him. On chains around necks. Tattooed on forearms. Printed on candles in the grocery store aisle between the beans and the hot...

Vaya con Dios — The Blessing Behind the Farewell

My abuela never said "goodbye." Not really. What she said, every single time — whether I was walking to school or boarding a plane to a different country — was...

Vaya con Dios — The Blessing Behind the Farewell

My abuela never said "goodbye." Not really. What she said, every single time — whether I was walking to school or boarding a plane to a different country — was...

Padre: What the Word Really Carries in Latino F...

There are a lot of ways to say "father" in English. Dad. Pop. Pops. Old man. But none of them land the way padre does. In Latino families, padre isn't...

Padre: What the Word Really Carries in Latino F...

There are a lot of ways to say "father" in English. Dad. Pop. Pops. Old man. But none of them land the way padre does. In Latino families, padre isn't...