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For Catholic immigrants new to the United States, church is the only place that feels like home for a while.
Jorge Tetzaguic knew little English when he arrived in Boston 26 years ago. He’d go to youth group on the hunt for friends or, at the very least, full conversations, relaxing into the Spanish he’d been raised speaking in Guatemala.
Raisa Carrasco-Velez sought music and memories. She missed her friends and family in the Dominican Republic and leaned on familiar rituals during worship to transport her back to them.
“Sometimes I just cry listening to the songs I used to listen to as a kid,” she said.
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