About Cantico de la Mujer Latina

Cántico de la Mujer Latina
is a wonderful and talented group of women.
Our ministry is not only creative and artistic.
It is thought provoking.

Many of our songs speak to the reality
of those living on the margins,
those often forgotten by society.
We use our creative ministry to challenge.

All of our members
have a special devotion to and love for our Blessed Mother.
Our music moves beyond traditional marian songs and hymns
with Santa Maria de América Latina, Nican Mopohua,
and Canto a Mi Mamita, which was written Marcy,
one of our members.

We use oral readings in some of presentations.
This includes the poetry of Gloria Anzaldua
as well as some of the great works of Ana Castillo.
We've also used some of the writings
of Cuban American Theologian, Dr. Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz.

Our voice is musical.
Our voice is poetic and, dare I say, prophetic.
We've often collaborated with others
and have used dance as a creative element in our ministry.
We have also made creative use of LCD projectors with our music,
using images that speak more
than any word sung or spoken.

Our ministry includes original works of music
written by Marcy, our guitarist.
Our ministry also includes original poetry
written by Rubi, the group's director.

We are available to server for prayer services,
special masses, and retreats.
We are also available for concerts.
Our songs and our readings
are in both Spanish and English,
though primarily in Spanish.
Most of our music and oral reading is written by Latin women,
including some original works by some of our members.

We do not belong to any one parish,
but hail from several different parishes.
Nor are we a nonprofit 501c3.
We are, very simply, a group of women
who have decidely made it our mission
to evangelize via creative means.

We do hope you enjoy your visit here at our blog.
We are El Cántico de la Mujer Latina.