Miraculous Migrations and Spirited Sites: Exploring Spaces, Places, and Paths of Healing

American Catholic Historical Association 12
Friday, January 9, 2026: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
PDR 2 (Hilton Chicago, Third Floor)
Chair:
Carlos Ruiz Martinez, University of Iowa
Papers:
“Aquí Hay Velas, Hay Santos, y Hay Medical Stuff”: Nuyorican Art and Healing with Pepón Osorio
Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada, Kalamazoo College
The Restoration of Diasporic Memory: On San Martín de Porres, Vodou's Cemetery Sentinel
James P. Padilioni Jr., Swarthmore College
A Biography of 20th-Century Curanderismo and Catholic Border-Crossing
Daisy Vargas, University of Arizona
Casa and Casita: Household Devotion for the Guatemalan Folk Saint San Simón in Los Angeles
Patrick A. Polk, University of California, Los Angeles
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