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Serving the diaspora: Catholic Korean Americans

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Catholic Korean parish communities in the US are alive and growing. St Andrew Kim parish in Orange, NJ is one good example. Like most Korean parishes in North America, it is a 'personal parish' where Koreans feel a sense of belonging. It has a wide range of activities that include seminars, bible study groups and marriage counselling. However, problems appear for most Korean Catholic communities in the US such as lack of facilities for masses and the uneasy relationship with host pastors. Fortunately, more bishops and priests across the country are starting to realize the need to help further these ethnic Christian communities.

Korean Americans, Religious buildings, Parishes

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My ten years in the Cambodian Catholic apostolate in the United States: a missionary's reflections

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There are appoximately 1,300 Catholic Cambodians in the US. For an American missionary, working with the Cambodians can be both disheartening and fulfilling. There maybe times when Cambodians may appear as though they are interested in Catholicism when in actuality, they are merely being polite in listening to a missionary's instructions of the Catholic doctrine. Among the converted Cambodians, those who are more fluent in English have become good Catholics. However, some newly-converted Cambodians are less committed to the organization.

Cambodians in the United States, Cambodians

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Laotian Catholic refugees in the United States

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Father Louis Leduc of the Paris Foreign Mission Society explains that Laotian Catholic refugees often feel lost in the US. Leduc states that these refugees all fled a life from a life of starvation, religious and political persecutions. Leduc states that these refugees often need someone to tecah them how to cope with life in The US. Often, these refugees have a mistaken notion of life in the US. Moreover, older Laotians will need familiarization with the English language.

Interview, Emigration and immigration, Refugees, Laotian, Laotian refugees, Leduc, Louis S.

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