Pastoral Hispana en los Estados Unidos

Accompanying the Diverse Hispanic Reality in the U.S.

Vince Olea, D.Min

Vince currently serves as the director of the Santa Teresita Youth Conference Center in the Diocese of Fresno. He has worked passionately for nearly twenty years as a director of youth ministry serving young people in Catholic parishes in San Diego and Los Angeles, most recently accompanying inner-city Hispanic youth at Dolores Mission in Boyle Heights, Ca. Over the years, Vince has served as a conference organizer and speaker, an instructor for Loyola Marymount University Extension, a case manager team leader serving the homeless in Santa Monica, CA, a concert promoter, and a consultant on rites of passage for a major film production company. Vince received his Doctorate of Ministry with an emphasis in Hispanic theology and ministry at Barry University, a Dominican university in Miami Shores, Florida. He has published articles in Ministry and Liturgy, The Journal of Religion and Film, Radical Grace and The Journal of Hispanic Latino Theology. Actualmente Vince se desempeña como Director del Centro de Conferencias para Jóvenes Santa Teresita, de la Diócesis de Fresno. Ha trabajado con pasión durante casi veinte años como director de la Pastoral Juvenil al servicio de jóvenes en parroquias Católicas en San Diego y Los Ángeles, recientemente acompañando a los jóvenes hispanos en la Misión Dolores en Boyle Heights, California. A través de los años, Vicente ha servido como organizador de conferencias, profesor en el Programa de Extensión de la Universidad Loyola Marymount, administrador de equipos al servicio de personas sin hogares en Santa Monica, CA, conferencista, promotor de conciertos, y consultor de ritos de paso para una compañía cinematográfica. Vince actualmente es candidato para el Doctorado en Ministerio, con énfasis en la Teología y Pastoral Hispana en la Universidad Barry, Universidad dominica en Miami Shores, Florida. Ha publicado artículos en inglés en Ministry and Liturgy, The Journal of Religion and Film, Radical Grace and The Journal of Hispanic Latino Theology.
July 12, 2011 Comments are off

Let The People Be The Content

Part 1: The See-Judge-Act Process It wasn’t just that we gathered leaders in Hispanic ministry who serve in the Diocese of Fresno; it was also the w...
May 26, 2011 Comments are off

The Language Dilemma

Photo by Salvatore Vuono For those who read my previous article, you know that the issue of language is central to the upcoming Hispanic Ministry Conv...