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| Deacon Carl Valdez baptizing baby at Incarnation /Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Parish in Minneapolis. Photo by Dave Hrbacek / The Catholic Spirit |
This article from Minneapolis is about the number of Latino baptisms in one parish this year. The story is the same in our parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville with significant numbers of Latino parishioners.
My fellow deacon and classmate, Aurelio Puga, at Saint Rita Parish in Okolona has baptized over 400 people since we were ordained in 2006. The statistics in the article are astounding. The article reads...
Extended families greet one another with hearty handshakes and pecks on the cheek as they file in to Incarnation church in Minneapolis on a recent Saturday morning.
Professional photographers and videographers scope out ideal vantage points while moms and dads snap photos of their kids in front of flowery side altars. Toddlers dressed in white gowns and three-piece suits squirm in their parents’ arms.
About 15 minutes after the ceremony is scheduled to begin, Deacon Carl Valdez leads the congregation in an opening hymn, explains in Spanish the importance of what is about to occur, then invites families to line up in front of the altar.
Time after time, Deacon Valdez says a blessing as he carefully pours water over each child’s head. By the end of the hour-and-a-half ceremony, he has baptized 28 children.
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