Fr Victor P. Salandini was best known as a friend and collaborator of Cesar Chavez and an advocate of the California farm laborers’ cause but he was also a YCW chaplain in the San Diego diocese. He became known as the ‘tortilla priest’ because he used Mexican style cornbread to celebrate the Eucharist leading to his suspension by his bishop.
Victor Salandini, the “tortilla priest”
Victor Salandini, the “tortilla priest”
Victor Salandini, the “tortilla priest”
Fr Victor P. Salandini was best known as a friend and collaborator of Cesar Chavez and an advocate of the California farm laborers’ cause but he was also a YCW chaplain in the San Diego diocese. He became known as the ‘tortilla priest’ because he used Mexican style cornbread to celebrate the Eucharist leading to his suspension by his bishop.