Border of Death, Valley of Life

Daniel G. Groody, C.S.C., is assistant professor of theology and the director of the Center for Latino Spirituality and Culture at the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame. A priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Groody has lived and worked among immigrants in various parts of Latin America, especially along the U.S.-Mexican border. He was the executive producer of the documentaries Strangers No Longer and Dying to Live: A Migrant's Journey, which was accepted into various international film festivals, won national awards, and aired on PBS.

Millions of U.S. immigrants—and not only Mexican immigrants—owe Groody a debt of gratitude not only for his personal love and care for them but also for his profound and touching reflections on how immigrants can turn their sufferings of living in a foreign land into a source of spiritual transformation. His chapters on Corazon rehabilitado and Corazon animado are the richest writings on the spirituality of migration I have been privileged to read. I wish this book had been available when I came to this country as a refugee. It should be put in the hands of every immigrant and refugee as well as in the hands of those who work for and with them.

• Chapter 1 Corazon Destrozado, The Crushed Heart: The Dynamics of Mexican Emigration and ImmigrationChapter 2 Corazon Rehabilitado, The Rehabilitated Heart: The Dynamics of Healing and EmpowermentChapter 3 Corazon Animado, The Animated Heart: The Dynamics of Conversion and TransformationChapter 4 Corazon Florido, The Flowering of the Heart: The Dynamics of Inculturation and MissionChapter 5 Appendix: The Nican Mopohua—The Guadalupe Story