C4SO Celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month

C4SO is committed to more fully cooperating with the vision of racial and ethnic diversity in Revelation 7:9, so amplifying the voices of our Latina/Latino brothers and sisters is a step toward this Kingdom vision. This September 15-October 15, during National Hispanic Heritage Month, we will begin to experience the beauty of God’s desire for diversity amongst his people.

Heritage months remind us that, according to Revelation 7:9, our stories matter to God. Every culture, people group, ethnos, has unique insights that are meant to be a gift of new perspective for every other group. Thus, to be the people of God called to live with one another in shalom is to learn to inhabit each other’s stories, by embracing one another’s joys and pains. This is the path to deep reconciliation that God has in mind for all His children.

Over the next month, the Revelation 7:9 Task Force for Racial Diversity and Inclusion is excited to share precious insights from some of C4SO’s own Hispanic leaders. This will encourage us to pay attention to all of our different stories to appreciate what it means to be “us” in these divisive times.

One of our goals is to testify to the Imago Dei found in every Hispanic American person, standing in solidarity with them and lifting them up. There are many Latinas/Latinos in our diocese whose rich stories are worth telling.