There are jehovah witnesses for sure as my aunt who lives in Graciosa converted. Not sure where she goes for their "meetings"
Tammy Jesso > On Jul 13, 2016, at 3:48 PM, John Vasconcelos <[email protected]> wrote: > > When I was on Pico in 2002 I came across a congregation of Jehovahs Witnesses. > John Vasconcelos > >> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: >> Maybe I'm not remembering correctly, but I swear there were a few (very few) >> Civil Registries beginning in the 1830s (this would have been Sao Miguel >> island). I'll have to dig around and see what I can find. >> >> I worked with a student from Terceira. She came to America 3 years ago. I >> don't remember how it came up, but I mentioned my mom was raised Baptist. >> She looked at me and asked if that was one of those other Christian >> religions. I said yes. She said that she didn't know any other religions >> existed until she moved to America. In her 11 year old mind, the whole world >> was Catholic. Every freguesia she went to had a Catholic church and had a >> festa in honor of a saint (or Holy Spirit). So as John said, they are pretty >> darn Catholic. >> (On Sao Miguel island, I saw one Evangelical church and the LDS (Mormon) >> church. There were both in the capital city of Ponta Delgada). >> Cheri >> >> -- >> For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail >> (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right >> that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Azores Genealogy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
