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Blind Spot

The Evangelizing Power of Latino Culture

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In this urgent and inspiring book, Blind Spot: The Evangelizing Power of Latino Culture, Deacon Charlie Echeverry of Los Angeles makes a bold claim: Latinos are the most influential cultural force in the Catholic Church in the United States today—and unlocking their potential can transform, even save, our post-pandemic Church.

But how can this be accomplished? Echeverry proposes insights to help ministry leaders—especially those who are not Latino and may feel unsure of how to engage this growing community—implement effective strategies in their own parishes and dioceses. At the same time, Latino readers will recognize their own stories reflected here and find encouragement to claim their place at the center of renewal.

Echeverry doesn’t just give statistics—though they are striking (40 percent of all US Catholics and 57 percent of Gen Z Catholics are Latino). Rather he sets Blind Spot apart with a dynamic tour through Latino culture, where faith, family, and resilience converge. He shows non-Latinos how Latino Catholics are “living in the hyphen”—Latino and American, traditional and modern, Catholic and culturally Catholic—and how this dual identity can become a source of creative energy and spiritual renewal for the wider Church.

Drawing on his own Latino-American Catholic story; extensive experience as a senior executive with companies such as The Walt Disney Company, Univision, and AOL; and years of pastoral leadership, Echeverry distills seven game-changing insights that parish leaders can adapt to their unique communities and challenges.

Blind Spot is not a step-by-step how-to manual. Instead, this book offers powerful, strategic wisdom—rooted in data, lived experience, and lessons from the wider culture—that will spark creativity and action in any pastoral setting. Here you will explore seven key insights into Latino culture that will transform your Catholic community:

1. Go through Latinos, Not Just to Latinos: When something resonates with Latinos, especially younger ones, they amplify it beyond their own community. Leverage this gift.

2. Language Is a Tool; Culture Is a Gateway: Connection comes more from shared experience than from shared language alone.

3. Cultural Duality Is a Superpower: Those who move easily between Latino and Anglo communities act as bicultural superconductors, driving powerful ministerial impact.

4. Cultural Catholicism Can Hamper Genuine Faith: Religious customs and traditions enrich, but they can also mask the need for deeper understanding of the faith.

5. Talent > Time > Treasure: Latinos may give less financially, but their sacrificial generosity, commitment, and leadership potential are abundant and underleveraged.

6. Communion Surpasses Community: True unity requires more than parallel tracks of ministry divided by language.

7. Don’t Stress Differences; Build on Commonalities: Latino diversity is vast, but effective engagement doesn’t require overly detailed strategies.

With passion, clarity, and conviction, Echeverry offers a vision of renewal that centers on the Latino Catholic heart. His message is clear: For non-Latinos, this book is an invitation to learn from and collaborate with a community that is shaping the Church’s future. For Latinos, it is a clear call to embrace the responsibility of leadership that is vital for the Church’s renewal.

In this urgent and inspiring book, Blind Spot: The Evangelizing Power of Latino Culture, Deacon Charlie Echeverry of Los Angeles makes a bold claim: Latinos are the most influential cultural force in...


Advance Praise

“Deacon Charlie Echeverry’s Blind Spot shows the beautiful spiritual richness of the Latino faithful and a profound truth: the Church must fully embrace the gifts they bring. This book shares how the values of our Hispanic brothers and sisters, rooted in family, sacrifice, and human dignity, are essential to the revival our wounded world is crying out for. Deacon Charlie calls for moral formation, real human connection, and a Church that forms and empowers every person to live their God given mission now.”
Lila Rose
The Lila Rose Show and founder of Live Action

“Deacon Charlie is not only a gifted communicator and incredible pastor, he is someone who walks the walk with God in an age when a lot of people just talk. Everyone should listen to what he has to say.”
Ryan Bethea
Creator and cohost of The Exorcist Files podcast

“Like the Blessed Mother whom they so cherish, Latinos in America are the often-overlooked heart of the Church, humbly waiting for the call to do God’s will. The Latino tree will bear much fruit, if only we have the wisdom to water it.”
Julio Quintana
Director of The Long Game, Blue Miracle, and The Vessel

“Drawing on decades of experience, Deacon Charlie Echeverry shows how Latinos are poised to spark renewal of the Catholic Church in America and why that matters for everyone engaged in ministry today.”
John Cannon
Founder of SENT Ventures

“Deacon Charlie Echeverry offers the Church a timely and compelling vision. With both pastoral wisdom and business acumen, he shows why Latinos are not only the heart of the Church in the United States but also its greatest hope for renewal. This book will energize anyone who longs to see the Church in America revived.”
Jason Shanks
President of the National Eucharistic Congress

“Drawing from a data-informed approach, and a wealth of experience, Blind Spot is delivering a timely and galvanizing message on how Latino Catholics are being called to the forefront of the revival God is bringing to his Church today. All leaders should be reading this book!”
Tim Glemkowski
Executive director of Amazing Parish

“As we anticipate and prepare for the five hundredth anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe, this book could not be more timely or urgent. Deacon Charlie Echeverry offers a compelling and hope-filled vision that reminds us that the Latino experience is one of the most consequential realities in the Church today. This is a must read for anyone who cares about the future of Catholic life in America.”
Vicente Del Real
Founder and executive director of Iskali

“Deacon Charlie Echeverry shows us that unleashing the Latino Catholic community’s potential isn’t optional. It is essential for evangelizing and revitalizing our postpandemic parishes. A must read for every Catholic leader ready to ignite the Church in America!”
Fr. Agustino Torres, CFR
Founder of Corazón Puro and author of Prepare Your Heart and Made for Heaven

“Religious transformation swept the Americas when Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to Juan Diego. Deacon Charlie Echeverry points to her vision offering the Latino charism, which can reinvigorate the spiritual landscape of the Catholic Church in the United States. Her vision was clear; as Deacon Charlie points out, the blind spot becomes the pathway.”
Berni Neal
Cofounder of the RBN Foundation

“I have long believed that the Church needs to raise up a new generation of strong Latino leaders, whose rich heritage of faith, family, and culture has the promise to renew our parishes, communities, and country. Deacon Echeverry believes that, too, and he shows us how we can make that happen. I encourage everyone to read this challenging and exciting book.”
Archbishop José H. Gomez
Archdiocese of Los Angeles

“This book is both a wake-up call and a source of hope. Deacon Charlie Echeverry shows how the vitality of the Latino community can reignite the Church’s missionary spirit across the nation and beyond.”
Montse Alvarado
President and COO of EWTN News 

“Deacon Charlie Echeverry’s Blind Spot shows the beautiful spiritual richness of the Latino faithful and a profound truth: the Church must fully embrace the gifts they bring. This book shares how the...


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