Organizations (Faith-based)

• Pastoral Maya USA 
  Pastoral Maya is an organization of Maya US citizens and other people interested that promotes education about Maya and indigenous cultures of the Americas. Pastoral Maya works to educate Maya children and the general society about Maya and indigenous culture, history, and religion. The survival of Maya religious faith, primarily Catholic but with special connections to past history, is also a concern of Pastoral Maya. Watch video
• Catholic Association of Latino Leaders (C.A.L.L)
  The purpose of C.A.L.L. is to work with the Church for the common good in the service of Latino communities in the United States. C.A.L.L. was formed in September 2007, when Catholic Latino businessmen and professionals from around the country gathered at the Archdiocese of Denver to announce the creation of the organization. (Website under construction)
• The Catholic Church Extension Society
  The Catholic Church Extension Society exists to sustain and extend the Catholic Faith in poor and remote mission areas of the United States where diocesan resources are insufficient. Catholic Extension builds national awareness and raises funds for the Church’s needs in these communities so as to enable the essential mission of Catholic evangelization.
• Association of Lay Latinos 
  Our initial mission is to address the current fragmentation and segregation of Latinos by fomenting the National Pastoral Plan for the Hispanic Ministry (NPPHM). Website still under development.
• National Catholic Council for Hispanic Ministry 
  Promoting Hispanic Ministry through advocacy, education,and networking.
• National Catholic Association of Diocesan Directors for Hispanic Ministry 
  We, the Diocesan Directors for Hispanic Ministry, recognizing the commitment of Hispanic Catholics to the mission of Jesus Christ, unite in His liberating spirit to promote the full participation of Hispanics in church and society in communion with the Catholic bishops of the United States. In the spirit of a pastoral de conjunto, we commit ourselves to leadership development, mutual support, critical analysis and prayerful reflection.
• Federación de Institutos Pastorales (FIP) 
  FIP es una organización que reúne a institutos nacionales, regionales, diocesanos y locales comprometidos con la formación y enriquecimiento del pueblo hispano a todos los niveles, en su contexto histórico y cultural.
• Instituto Nacional Hispano de Liturgia 
  The Instituto Nacional Hispano de Liturgia, Inc. is an organization composed of liturgists, representatives of catholic organizations, diocesan and parish leaders, ordained and lay persons, responsible to promote the liturgical life of each faith community.
• South East Pastoral Institute (SEPI) 
  El SEPI es una organización educativa y de servicio que asiste a los Obispos Católicos de nueve estados del sureste a desarrollar y entrenar líderes en su fe y cultura para la integración de la comunidad hispana en la vida de la Iglesia y de la sociedad.
• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops 
  Here is a list of Catholic Conferences by State.
• Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (CELAM) 
  Here is a link to the 5th General Conference of CELAM held in Aparecida, Brazil in English
• The Institute for Latino Studies
  The Institute for Latino Studies, in keeping with the distinctive mission, values, and traditions of the University of Notre Dame, promotes understanding and appreciation of the social, cultural, and religious life of U.S. Latinos through advancing research, expanding knowledge, and strengthening community.
• The Midwest Catholic Association of Hispanic Ministry (MWCAHM)
  MWCAHM is composed of directors and coordinators of Hispanic Ministry of the various archdioceses and dioceses within the Episcopal regions VI and VII.
• ARISE in the Rio Grande Valley 
  The women of ARISE, supported and encouraged by Sister Gerrie Naughton, have been telling their relatives, friends and neighbors in the colonias of southern Texas: “Yes, you can do it.”
• Hispanic Studies at the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest -ETSS
  This Hispanic studies program at ETSS is designed to help the seminary and the rest of the church address the changing demographic and cultural trends in our society.
• Catholic Migrant Farmworker Network
  Bringing a pastoral presence to the lives of migrant and seasonal farmworkers
• The Mexican American Cultural Center 
  In the early 1970s, PADRES, a Mexican American priests’ organization and Las Hermanas, a Mexican American religious women’s group, worked with the Texas Catholic Conference and the Archdiocese of San Antonio to bring MACC into being. The mission of MACC is to educate and empower leaders for service in a multicultural Church and Society