
Unexcusable absence: How Catholic schools reach Hispanic students
Catholic schools have largely failed to attract Hispanic Catholics, but some parishes have found innovative ways to draw them in.
As her Puerto Rican immigrant mother had done with her as a child growing up in Chicago, Jennifer Bonesz sent both of her daughters to Catholic schools. Athena, 14, attended from preschool through eighth grade, and Damary, 8, from preschool through third grade.