Over the past two years, this column has concerned itself with the history of our parish and its buildings. With this issue we would like to focus on how the components of our community are evolving today.
It is common knowledge that the original parish of St. Mary of Mount Carmel was established by the Scalabrini missionaries to accommodate the burgeoning Italian-American community from Italy. As demographics changed and the assimilation of the original families into the American fabric has taken place the presence of the Italian Americans, though strong, is somewhat diminished in our day.
