Maltrata, Vera Cruz

A month has gone by since some friends from the parish and I returned visiting Maltrata, Mexico, hometown of many Hispanic residents of Northfield.  I wrote about the trip in a recent issue of the Northfield News . Luigi Sison took lots of photos which can be found at his photo site.  I am including a few here to give you a little flavor of the town and its people.  We are looking into establishing a "sister parish" relationship between St. Dominic and San Pedro Apostol including annual visits back and forth between members of each community...and the bonus of bringing the Hispanic and Anglo communities closer right here in Northfield. 

(more photos in the post continuation)

 

Photo 1: some of the 30 or more people waiting to welcome us on our arrival in Maltrata. 

Photo 2: A view of the church of San Pedro Apostol built in 1600.

Photo 3: A look at the mountains from the  church courtyard.   

Photo 4: Some of the many who joined us for Sunday Mass.

Photo 5: With the family on an outing.   

Photo 6: All these turkeys (except for the big one in back) will bless a meal our host family is presenting for the townsfolk on April 29th...along with two pigs and 40 chickens!

Comments

cool photos

[Miguel Angel Barreda]

Hi, I am Miguel I am from maltrata, both a live in Barcelona Spain, because I am a student a master in public policy, my parner class is rachel, she is from mineapolis from northfield, well a love to averybody peeople from maltrata, and de mexican people un USA than good bless you.