We Were Not As They Thought Chapbook Release Event

November 7, 2010

On Sunday, November 7, at 4 p.m., the Hoboken Historical Museum and the Friends of the Hoboken Public Library will release another oral history chapbook, We Were Not As They Thought, based on the recollections of Angel Padilla. Born in Puerto Rico, Angel and Gloria Padilla met at St. Joseph Church and have been active parishioners for decades. In We Were Not As They Thought, Mr. Padilla describes his arrival in Hoboken in the late 1950s, the challenges new arrivals faced, and the assistance members of the city’s growing Puerto Rican community received from priests like Father Eugene Zwahl, a Franciscan based at “St. Joe’s.” The event is free and open to all.