[Magdalen] Papal Visit.

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Pretty well in Atlanta as well. Hispanics are the fastest growing demographic in the city and Georgia. 

Jim Handsfield 
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> On Sep 24, 2015, at 5:10 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Think it plays well in Houston... lots of Spanish speaking RC here... and many central/south American priests here in Anglo parishes as well (and also from the Philippines ),
> Lynn
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> From: "Cantor03--- via Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 2:56 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Papal Visit.
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>> 
>> 
>> Silly me.  I assumed the Mass and Canonization Liturgy yesterday
>> would be held IN the National Shrine, giving the excellent musical  forces
>> of the Basilica a chance to show off their talents.  But no, I should have
>> known that the Mass would be out of doors, allowing a very large  crowd
>> to get closer participation than watching television monitors.
>> 
>> Significantly, the Mass was in Spanish.  I'm sure one of the reasons  for
>> this is the Pope's obviously rudimentary English.  If memory  serves,
>> Benedict XVI in such a situation would revert to a mostly Latin  format,
>> and there was some chanting of the Ordinary in Latin.
>> 
>> Still, I wonder how this is all playing in much of middle America.
>> Spanish instead of English?  I am led to believe that the  Philadelphia
>> Mass over the weekend will be in English, but we shall see.
>> 
>> This commentary should not be construed as my somehow deploring
>> the use of Spanish, which is, of course, the language of perhaps
>> 40% of USA Roman Catholics, but rather questioning just how such things
>> play in Peoria......or for that matter Atlanta, Houston, and  Charleston.
>> 
>> 
>> David Strang.
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