DORCHESTER KNOWS THE WAY TO SAN JOSE

From: The Boston Globe | Date: January 2, 2005| Author: Kathy McCabe, Globe Staff | Copyright information

Sun pours into Parroquia San Jose, a Catholic church in this small farming village in the lowlands of the Dominican Republic.

So does the rain.

The building's roof is so rusty and worn, San Jose often must close, shutting out 300 villagers who pack the church for Sunday Mass. Thin strips of tape hold together sheetrock walls behind the main altar. The church's broken bell no longer calls villagers to Mass. And the wooden doors on the outhouses don't quite shut.

But San Jos...

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