Archdiocese

of Mobile Catholic Schools

Marketing video for Hispanic Community
Transcription in English



Dcn. Hector Donastorg, Director of Hispanic Ministry Dom. Republic
For us education is incredibly important, I think just as it is for every Hispanic
family. The education is not only an education at the intellectual level, but also at a
spiritual level; and I personally think and feel that Catholic education is one of the
best ways that our young people can have both. They can have a religious education
that leads them to spiritual growth through an excellent education that enables
them to climb mountains that we parents could never climb.

Archbishop Rodi (spoken in English with Spanish subtitles)
Catholic schools are unique in that they educate the whole student: academically,
socially, athletically, culturally and spiritually. We prepare our young people to be
leaders in their families, in their churches, in their communities - but also to be in a
relationship with Jesus Christ.

Vilaseca Bolivia y Cuba
They have not only regular classes, they have the opportunity for classes in religion,
classes in music, in art; they have a more variable teaching in the different subjects
(“broad”). It is worth the sacrifice of putting our children in Catholic schools because
they teach more and have more opportunities to make progress in the future and
have connections. Everybody knows each other, all are friends, and the friendships
last for years.

Neglen Colombia
So far we have only been at school one year, and I am very happy. The teachers and
all the staff that work in the school have given us a warm welcome; they are all very
supportive with each step of the process. The teachers really are...they are
interested in what they are doing. That is very important because if you like what
you do, then you show it, and your students will want to be there learning things.
And so, definitely, yes.

Barragán Mexico
I remember when I started in kindergarten, I did not speak English and they were all
very kind. They used signs to communicate with me - “oh, these are the colors” or
things like that, and I never felt uncomfortable. They have also always treated me
like family. Always in high school and since I was little my favorite class was religion
and learning about God. My first year, I had a teacher who just started taking about
the Bible, beginning from Genesis until the end of the Bible. In that class I
understood, for the first time, that I wanted to be Catholic and not just because it
was what my mother and father wanted; it was what I wanted.

Pettway Colombia
The children grow together, they learn from the circumstances that they face, and
they are always guided by the teachers, by the school, in the teachings of Christ.

Cordova Ecuador
The education...one does not have to see it as a cost, but as an investment in a child
because that is the legacy that we leave as parents to them, isn’t that right? Faith in
God and their education.

Arias Nicaragua
Children grow up disoriented in the world. If we as a parent don’t take them to the
right path they will be lost. I would recommend that parents see (Catholic
education) as an investment in children’s future... that they will provide a quality
education and above all help promote those values and customs and things that are
of God - the religion that elsewhere and in other schools will not have, do you
understand? That and the tranquility that they give you. It gives me a lot of peace to
send my daughters to the school they go to.

Sarceno Guatemala
And also, it is very important the way that the schools treat and receive you because
God has asked us to be one family, although we are many in the whole world, but we
form a single family for the body of Christ.

Fr. Ingalls
It’s very important for the Hispanic youth to be in our Catholic schools because as
Christians we are the body of Christ in our schools. To have schools that are
complete, to have a schools that are healthy, we need all the parts of the body
present. If we don’t have our Hispanic youth it’s like having a body without an arm,
without a leg, or a body that is not full, is not complete.

Come and See sequence
Vilaseca, Arias, Barragan, Cordova, Donastorg and Archbishop Rodi.

Closing
(Ingalls)
The Lord is waiting for you, the church is waiting for you, the future of your family,
and your faith – it’s all waiting for you. Come and see.

Ending graphics
Call to action, photo, and escuelas web address.