Manchester's Hispanic community celebrated the feast day of St. Jude on Thursday at the St. Anne- St. Augustin Parish, a day that has both cultural and spiritual significance among the Mexican diaspora.

St.Jude is known as the patron saint of desperate cases and lost causes. As the Latino community across the country is seeing increased immigration enforcement, the parish has chosen to celebrate the feast for the first time. During Thursday's Mass, Rev. Leandro Tavarez blessed a new image of St. Jude he said was donated by a grateful parishioner whose immigration papers finally came through.

Parishioner Juan Silvestre is from Zacatecas, México. He said he helped start the celebration as a way to strengthen parishioners' faith, remind them of their heritage and have a chance to join toget

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