They come from Latin America, from Asia, from the Caribbean; from Eastern Europe, Africa, the Philippines. They bring their language, their customs, their traditions…and their Catholicism. They are the new immigrants. Is the Church they find in the United States big enough for them? Are we open to the rich diversity of their traditions, or do we expect conformity and immediate assimilation?
These are some of the questions Father Fitzpatrick, respected Catholic sociologist, explores in his fascinating chronicle of the current wave of immigration and its impact on the Church. The fruit of many years’ research, reflection and work with minorities in the church, Father Fitzpatrick’s One Church, Many Cultures in both a blueprint of a culture in transition and a roadmap that points the way to anew church and a new society.