Hispanic Catholics Celebrate Faith in Harmony
Worshipers Jam D.C. Armory for Weekend Revival
By Mary Otto
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 19, 2006

Sister Olga Lucia Parado had the crowd of thousands moving. Long habit swaying to the beat of the drums, she belted out a lively cumbia and cried Aleluya !

And why not?

"God made the salsa," said Manuel Aviles, looking on yesterday at the swaying throngs in the D.C. Armory. "God made the merengue."

A vast, weekend-long revival and celebration of faith was expected to draw 10,000 Hispanic Catholics to the Washington region's second Encuentro Catolico to sing and pray, weep and dance. The rest