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Before getting into the significance of Rosary beads, it is crucial to acknowledge the rich Latino history that has grown all over the world and has made great impacts in New Britain, Connecticut. Latino culture has been blended into the United…

       Contributor, and St. Mary parishioner, Ines Mojica, brought in a beautiful and ornate Rosary Pin that was a gift from her dear friend, Aglae Luciano.  Aglae, who passed about a month ago, brought the pin as a gift from Puerto Rico…

This 1990 Family Magazine article tells the story of the Saavedra family. It focuses on one of the matriarchs of the family, Inocenica Saavedra. She was 67 at the time that this article was written which would make her 94 today. Inocenica moved from…

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Nate: Thank you for sitting down with us today.
Sammy: You're Welcome.
Nate: I asked you how you were doing and did not give you time to answer. How are you doing?
Sammy: I'm doing pretty good.
Nate: All right. Im Nate and this is…

Description:This object is a necklace, and originally the decoration on the front would have been carved into a rock or painted or drawn on a cave wall. In recent history, the Cemi symbols have been used as decorative pieces to represent the…

The items seen here are traditional eating and drinking utensils first used by the Tainos people indigenous to Puerto Rico. Brought in by Gladys Moreno Fuentes, an employee of Central Connecticut State University, the set includes two bowls or plates…

At first glance, the Traditional Puerto Rican Dita is merely a bowl made from the dried-out shell of a coconut, yet the symbolism and memories it contains make it much more significant. As with the rest of the Americas, indigenous inhabitants…

oral disclosure of the Valenzuela family

An oral interview with Wilson Trabal-Figueroa