DEARBORN — More than 600 women gathered on Sunday, Oct. 12, at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in Dearborn for the 16th Hispanic Women’s Conference, organized by the Archdiocese of Detroit’s Office of Hispanic Ministry.

Inspired by the words from the Book of Ruth — “Where you go, I will go,” (Ruth 1:16) — the attendees reflected on their journey of faith as daughters of God, bearers of hope and love amidst everyday difficulties.

Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton celebrated a Mass, and talks in Spanish were led by Fr. Juan F. “Paco” Lopez, a Catholic psychiatrist born in Cuba, and Paola Alzate, a missionary from the Archdiocese of Manizales in Colombia. Both invited the women to reflect on the pilgrimage of Christian life, identity in God, and the transformation of suffering into hope.

(Photos by Valaurian Waller | Detroit Catholic)