Life changed for the members of Spanish-speaking communities in the Diocese of Chicago after the election of Donald Trump. “As a Latino/Hispanic clergy and person of color in the United States after the election, I have been reminded again and again that some people think I don’t belong here,” says the Rev. Victor Conrado, associate…
Before the Rev. Ethan Jewett became rector of St. Helena’s Episcopal Church/Iglesia Episcopal Santa Elena in Burr Ridge last year, he shared with its members some observations he’d made over three months of serving the congregation as a supply priest at both its English and Spanish services. “These are some of the opportunities I see before us,”…
El Espíritu is at work at St. Mark’s Church, Glen Ellyn, and she speaks both English and Spanish. “The air has become bilingual,” says the Rev. George Smith, rector of St. Mark’s. “You’ll hear both Spanish and English here. We don’t have to be perfect. It just creates that welcome. So when a Spanish speaker comes…
Las renovaciones comienzan por casa, dijo un líder de la iglesia acerca del último movimiento para reformar la Iglesia Episcopal de cara al siglo XXI. Si ese es el camino, entonces la Rev. Liz Muñoz y el Rev. Peter Siwek son los líderes que hay que seguir. Ambos son vicarios de dos congregaciones en Logan Square de Chicago,…
