Father Kelly at the microphone during the opening of the Villa Victoria Cultural Center surrounded by other speakers.

1986

Father Brian Kelly reads from a sheet of paper during the ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Villa Victoria Cultural Center. Other speakers who will address the audience are seated in chairs on the stage behind him. Among the other speakers are Mayor Flynn (front row, left), and Governor Dukakis (third person seated from the right). Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción, led by Jorge Hernandez, purchased a former church on West Newton Street in Boston's South End and renovated it into a cultural center and performing arts venue for the city's Hispanic community. The Center was renamed the Jorge N. Hernandez Cultural Center in honor of Hernandez, who died just a few weeks after this inaugural ceremony.