My high school best friend's family is mostly pretty Catholic (although there's an uncle who became evangelical after hitting rock bottom with alcohol), her grandma sang in the choir for Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, for Cesar Chavez, etc and her brother is gay and the family supportive!
Honestly a lot of us are pretty liberal. It probably reflects the politics I have & the circles I run in, but I didn’t experience many conservative Catholics growing up. Just one family that was generally patriarchal & weirdly possessive of stuff like being alter servers or ushers. Such a weird flex
Yup, I see it. I started but didn't complete the RCIA process (both my parents were not religious but my mom's family origins are Cath). Adult converts are so weird but my family's parish has hosted the United Farm Workers since 1965 & Father Miguel is an Oscar Romero devotee so that was my example!
Your family’s parish sounds INCREDIBLE. So much important history! How inspiring!
Yup, I've heard from people about going to Mass in the 80s and 90s and seeing Cesar Chavez in the pews 😊
Amazing! The church I initially went to occasionally had Frank Sinatra attend and apparently he briefly held me in the parking lot when I was a baby, but Cesar Chavez as a congregant is waaaay more cool! How neat!