In the News ... "Father Harold Rahm, known as the bicycle priest, died Saturday, diocese says"

EPT Photo by Ruben R Ramirez

• Known for cruising Segundo Barrio streets, talking to people in the neighborhood, reaching out to gang members

By Maria Cortes Gonzalez, Reporter
• El Paso Times

EL PASO, TEXAS - Father Harold Joseph Rahm, a Jesuit priest who graces a mural in the Segundo Barrio for his positive influence, died Saturday, according to the El Paso Catholic Diocese. He was 100 years old.

"May God grant eternal rest to the beloved Fr. Rahm, S.J. who served our people in the Segundo Barrio," the diocese said in its post.

Rahm came to El Paso in 1952 and was an assistant pastor at Sacred Heart Church for 12 years. At the time, the area was riddled with gangs and Rahm took it upon himself to talk to them and try to impact their lives ...

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EPT Photo by Mark Lambie

Porfirio Briones pauses with his bicycle, which is eerily similar to the one belonging to Father Harold
Rahm in the mural behind him. Rahm was known as "the bicycle priest" in the Segundo Barrio. He wa
 honoredas the 2015 Segundo Barrio Person of the Year.