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Segundo Barrio celebrates life of Father Harold Rahm

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Two young Ballet Folklorico dancers honor Father Rahm at Sacred Heart Parish.

EL PASO, Texas -- El Paso's Segundo Barrio honored the neighborhood's most iconic priest on what would have been his 101st birthday this weekend.

"We just want to keep the tradition in celebrating him alive," said Gracie Viramontes with Sacred Heart Parish, which held a mass celebrating his life and legacy on Saturday.

Father Harold Rahm died last November at 100 years old. The Jesuit Catholic priest was well known for helping inner-city youth in El Paso.

"El Paso, for me, is the most wonderful place in the world," Father Rahm said in an interview prior to his death." There are not people like you, any place on this earth."

Father Rahm was known to some as the 'bicycle priest' because he would ride throughout the Segundo Barrio and positively influence the lives of gang members.

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Kate Bieri is a former ABC-7 New Mexico Mobile Newsroom reporter and weekend evening newscast anchor.

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