I am an immigrant from the DR. My parents came here (__) years ago. My parents came here for….. And as a result of their sacrifice, I am where I am today. In an ideal world, my parents would’ve remained in the Dominican Republic. It is their homeland where they were born and raised. It was their home.
St. Teresa will be celebrating its 150 th anniversary in June 2013. We’re hoping to see everyone’s faces (old and new alike). You were part of the first 150 years and we hope you’re part of the next 150 plus years. We wanna thank all the mothers and fathers for being the first pioneers of St. Teresa’s Chinese Community. Without you, your children and everyone else would not be here today.
The country of my birth is a much different place from when it was 40 years ago. Society is progressing. The standard of living has changed. In other words, the DR is seeing progress.
How many all of you are immigrants? What part of the world is everyone from?
Tell me about your homeland. Why did you come to America? Did many of you want to leave?
Do you ever miss home?
There have been a lot of changes (then and now). How do you measure progress? Wealth? Roads? Buildings? Financial security? Health? Much has changed. Streets are paved. Structures are taller and modern. Wages are higher.
Lower East Side has the same story. Development has done wonderful things for the Lower East Side.
But can “progress” be measured by just cosmetic changes?
But can “progress” be measured by just cosmetic changes?
Much of Hong Kong and China is changing before our eyes. People are wealthier. Old neighborhoods are disappearing.
Why are Churches still around when everything around them has disappeared? Despite all the changes in Hong Kong, why are people still coming to service on Sundays?
Churches, Christian and Catholic alike, still stand despite development and gentrification
There have been changes around St. Teresa in the last 30 yrs. Crime is down. Real estate is up. But why is attendance down?
We want our family to look this way again.
We want our family to look this way again.
We want our family to look this way again.
We want our family to look this way again.
We want our family to look this way again.
We have lots of activities and events. Unfortunately, we’re in need of people. We’re in need of ideas. We would love to see more of you.
We have lots of activities and events. Unfortunately, we’re in need of people. We’re in need of ideas. We would love to see more of you.
We have lots of activities and events. Unfortunately, we’re in need of people. We’re in need of ideas. We would love to see more of you.
However, numbers have dwindled with those many positive changes. We may not have control or a huge influence of development. But we have an influence on our own family -> Community.
Come by. Ideally Sunday. But if not, we’d love to see more of you in our activities and events, and ParishPay. If not a financial pledge, make a pledge to encourage your families to visit more often.
