Dr. Brett Hoover is an Assistant Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University, where he teaches on issues of faith and culture and pastoral theology. She is a former Congregational Studies Team Engaged Scholar Fellow.

The Shared Parish: Latinos, Anglos, and the Future of U.S. Catholicism

As faith communities in the United States grow increasingly more diverse, many churches are turning to the shared parish, a single church facility shared by distinct cultural groups who retain their own worship and ministries. The fastest growing and most common of these are Catholic parishes shared by Latinos and white Catholics. Shared parishes remain one…