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Mexican Patriotic Committee

Latino community up in arms about proposed church sale

Our Lady of Guadalupe
Gloria Diana Ramos’s parents were married at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in 1933. She was baptized there and received her first communion in the Russian Hill church, which was once at the heart of a long-gone Mexican neighborhood.“There was a Mexican barber, restaurants, drug stores,” the 75-year-old recalled as she sat on the steps of the now-shuttered church. “Everyone spoke Spanish. It was part of a very vibrant neighborhood.” Read More
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