History

The Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC) has always been about opportunity and need. In the early 1970s, PADRES, a Mexican American priests' organization and Las Hermanas, a Mexican American women's group, worked with the Texas Catholic Conference and the Archdiocese of San Antonio to bring MACC into being.

The need was great -- there were no pastoral materials for the Spanish speaking millions in the United States; religiously trained leaders were sorely lacking in the Hispanic communities; and the Hispanic culture was a mystery to most of those living in the U.S.

Today, all the liturgical documents used by English-speaking Catholics have been translated into Spanish and are available for the Spanish- speaking thanks to our efforts. MACC has become the "must stop" place on the path to ministry with Hispanic populations across the country, and indeed around the world. MACC is a cross-cultural center for theology, pastoral ministry, the Spanish and English languages, research and the study of the Hispanic reality.

MACC is a center of research, based on lived experience, on multiculturalism, with expertise in the unique and beautiful culture and language of the Hispanic, particularly the Mexican-American. We remain focused on that reality we understand, the Mexican American culture, and from that foundation, reach out to others. Established in 1972, in San Antonio, Texas, the capital of the frontera, the Mexican American Cultural Center has been building bridges between cultures for 25 years.

We are a bridge between borders and beyond our borders, as well. Our mobile teams go across the country, and residential classes are held in San Antonio and Guada-lajara, Mexico. Our staff comes from not only the United States mainland, but also from South America and Puerto Rico. Our students come from South America, Canada, Australia, and many European countries; and after they've learned, they leave us, and go all over the world -- as chaplains, missionaries, teachers.

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Mexican American Cultural Center
3115 West Ashby Place
P.O. Box 28185
San Antonio, Texas 78228-5104
Phone (210) 732-2156 • Fax (210) 732-9072