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Perspective:
By Mark R. Day

If history is not just the past, but part of the present, as William Faulkner once wrote, then the stories of the surviving families of Native Californians have a lot to tell us about the California mission period from 1769 to 1833.

Memories of the suffering, abuse, deaths and destruction of their cultures are part of a legacy they live with every day.

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<p>Fue durante el tercer grado que Richard Huizar se dio cuenta que tenía un talento especial para las matemáticas.</p>
<p>“Siempre he estado fascinado por las matemáticas desde que era muy pequeño”, dijo. “Me enteré de que tenía un talento en matemáticas cuando teníamos exámenes en multiplicación y división”.</p>

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WASHINGTON – Acknowledging the growing number of Hispanic Catholics in the United States, diocesan social action directors strategized Feb. 6 on how to better integrate them not just in their local parish, but in the wider church.

There was no shortage of ideas offered during the day-long meeting of the Roundtable Association of Catholic Diocesan Social Action Directors, and one of the sponsors of the Feb. 7-10 Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington.