Haitian Roman Catholic priest May Joseph helped officiate Sunday, January 16, at a Mass at Tlaquepaque’s Nuestra Señora del Refugio (Our Lady of Refuge), as part of an effort to support around 50 Haitian refugees living in a shelter that has been partially constructed at the parish.

Now embarking on his 20th year of winter residency and volunteer work as an expert consultant and project supervisor concerning Lake Chapala environmental issues, retired civil engineer Todd Stong is sharing his knowledge to question what may be misconceptions about the state of Mexico’s largest natural water reservoir.

Since the longstanding disorder at Mexico’s northern border expanded around 2016 to its southern border, responses by U.S. and Mexican officials, as captured in the media, have seemed fraught. 

When I learned Steven Spielberg’s production of a movie that was a highlight of my childhood was opening here in Guadalajara, my reaction was to wonder how anyone, even this director considered the remake’s biggest star, thought they might improve on the musical that hit the big screen in 1961 after its success on Broadway.

In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our October editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.

The Christmas season can be one of thievery, we are sometimes warned. But scratch the surface, and some people have stories of gratuitous honesty and generosity at yuletide.