Chicago Católico

Making Catholic Parishes Mexican

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Pub Date 13 Jan 2020 | Archive Date 24 Jan 2020

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How churches transformed Mexican communities and an American city

Today, over one hundred Chicago-area Catholic churches offer Spanish language mass to congregants. How did the city's Mexican population, contained in just two parishes prior to 1960, come to reshape dozens of parishes and neighborhoods?


Deborah E. Kanter tells the story of neighborhood change and rebirth in Chicago's Mexican American communities. She unveils a vibrant history of Mexican American and Mexican immigrant relations as remembered by laity and clergy, schoolchildren and their female religious teachers, parish athletes and coaches, European American neighbors, and from the immigrant women who organized as guadalupanas and their husbands who took part in the Holy Name Society. Kanter shows how the newly arrived mixed memories of home into learning the ways of Chicago to create new identities. In an ever evolving city, Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans’ fierce devotion to their churches transformed neighborhoods such as Pilsen.


The first-ever study of Mexican-descent Catholicism in the city, Chicago Católico illuminates a previously unexplored facet of the urban past and provides present-day lessons for American communities undergoing ethnic integration and succession.


Deborah E. Kanter is John S. Ludington Endowed Professor of History at Albion College. She is the author of Hijos del Pueblo: Gender, Family, and Community in Rural Mexico, 1730–1850.

How churches transformed Mexican communities and an American city

Today, over one hundred Chicago-area Catholic churches offer Spanish language mass to congregants. How did the city's Mexican...


Advance Praise

"Chicago Católico is the first book of its kind, a superb history of Mexican parish life in a city of diverse Catholic immigrants. Kanter relates a fascinating tale of faith, identity, and the transformation of a city's largest religious institution."--Timothy Matovina, author of Latino Catholicism: Transformation in America's Largest Church

"Chicago Católico not only describes the faith practices of Mexican immigrants, but also explores the social worlds of Catholicism and the ways in which the Church helped mark neighborhoods, assist immigrants in their transitions to the frigid Midwest, and provide people a sense of home. This book is an important and timely contribution to the growing field of Latino religious history."--Felipe Hinojosa, author of Latino Mennonites: Civil Rights, Faith, and Evangelical Culture

"Chicago Católico is the first book of its kind, a superb history of Mexican parish life in a city of diverse Catholic immigrants. Kanter relates a fascinating tale of faith, identity, and the...


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ISBN 9780252084843
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PAGES 224

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Kanter's exploration of Catholicism for Mexican communities in Chicago sheds light on an important topic that has been rarely discussed. It provides an excellent introduction into the Hispanic communities of Chicago and how their religion is met through Mexican churches throughout the city. With real life case studies, Kanter explores a vital topic with decency and empathy for the lives of the women in Chicago. A must read for those aiming to gain a greater understanding of Mexican Catholic communities in the States - particularly in the Eastern states, where Mexican Catholic communities tend to go unnoticed.

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