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Speeches
The Role of Dialogue in the Pastoral Life of the Diocese
Catholic Common Ground Initiative Conference, Loyola University, Chicago, August 11, 2006
A Richly Diverse Church: Embracing the Gift, Facing the Challenge
National Association of Pastoral Musicians, Grand Rapids, Michigan, July 18, 2006
The U.S. Bishops’ Pastoral Letter “Economic Justice For All” Twenty Years After
Third Annual University of St. Thomas Summer Institute, June 2, 2006
“La Liturgia para Vivir - Vivir para la Liturgia”
Conferencia Hispana para Músicos Pastorales Houston, Texas, 7 de julio 2005
Towards a Dialogue Between the Native Peoples of North and
"Sowers of God's Peace"
Keynote Address at the Ministry Formation Day, Fort Worth, Texas, January 10, 2004
“For I was a Stranger and You Welcomed Me”
Keynote Address, Archdiocese of
Ministry at the Cathedral in Critical Times
Cathedral Ministry Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 15, 2002
“Vayan con Dios – Go with God” Rite of Conclusion
Second Hispanic Conference for Pastoral Musicians,
"Poverty as a Spiritual Challenge: Do Catholics know the Face of the Poor?"
FADICA Conference, Salt Lake City, June 1, 2001
Envisioning Hispanic Liturgy - Challenges for the Instituto at the Beginning of the Millennium
Instituto de Liturgia Hispana Board meeting, February 23, 2001
"The Common Thread in the Fabric of Life" Trinitarian Spirituality: The Way of Communion and Solidarity
NCCL Conference, Houston, Texas, May 9, 2000
“The Power of the Trinity in the World and in our Lives”
National Catholic Student Coalition Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico - December 31, 1999
"The Tradition of Stewardship in the U.S. Hispanic Communities"
Presented at the 1998 National Catholic Stewardship Conference. Also Published in the Summer 2000 RESOURCE.
Together in Pilgrimage Toward the Third Millennium
NADEO Conference, May 2, 1995
"Trends, Challenges and Possibilities for Ecumenism Among Hispanic Christians"
Keynote address given at the Donohoe Ecumenical Forum, Tucson, Arizona, June 1 and 2, 1994
"Weaving the Tapestry - The Task of Making the Church be in the U.S. Southwest"
Southwest Liturgical Conference, Tyler, Texas, January 22, 1994
"The Challenge of Ecumenism to Hispanic Christians"
Denver, Colorado, May 5, 1992
"The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat of the U.S. Church"
Johannes Hofinger Catechetical Conference, New Orleans, LA, January 3, 1992
"Tia Petra's Novena - a Theological Interpretation"
Sharing the Experience of a Mexican American Bishop, Diocese of Fort Worth Texas
Liturgy to Live - Live for the Liturgy, Houston, Texas
Ministry in a Multi-Cultural Church, Dallas Ministry Conference,
Racism – The Radical Evil, Scriptural
Catholic Charities