Renewing the Vision

Renewing the Vision
Author:
Publisher: USCCB Publishing
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1997
Genre: Catholic youth
ISBN: 9781574550047

This volume provides all who minister to young people with an effective blueprint for building a truly meaningful ministry

Pathways of Hope and Faith Among Hispanic Teens

Pathways of Hope and Faith Among Hispanic Teens
Author: Ken Johnson-Mondragón
Publisher: Instituto Fe y Vida
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2007
Genre: Church work with Hispanic Americans
ISBN: 0980029309

Building on the largest national survey of teenage religion ever conducted, leading Catholic and Protestant experts recount in unprecedented detail the experiences of God, faith, community, youth ministry, and family among the fastest-growing segment of young people in the country--Latinos. Listen as young Hispanics describe their faith and hopes in their own words; gain understanding of the major issues affecting their religious development and life prospects; and improve your ministry or family life with insightful pastoral recommendations. Note: Please allow 7-14 days for delivery.

Latino Catholicism

Latino Catholicism
Author: Timothy Matovina
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2014-10-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 069116357X

Discusses the growing population of Hispanic-Americans worshipping in the Catholic Church in the United States.

Our Catholic Children, Ministry with Hispanic Youth and Young Adults

Our Catholic Children, Ministry with Hispanic Youth and Young Adults
Author: Hosffman Ospino, PhD
Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2018-08-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 168192871X

Nearly 60 percent of all Catholicsyounger than eighteen are Hispanic. The numbers are clear. The voices and experiences of Hispanic young people are writinga new chapter in the history of theChurch in this country. Our Catholic Children: Ministry with Hispanic Youth and Young Adults is a groundbreaking collection of essays, the result of several national conversations, bringing together the best research and analysis available to date on the most urgentrealities that shape the lives of Hispanic Catholic young people. Hosffman Ospino, PhD is a researcherand an Associate Professor of Theologyand Religious Education at BostonCollege, School of Theology & Ministry. Aproximadamente el 60 por ciento de todos los católicos menores de 18 años son hispanos. Los números hablan por sí mismos. Las voces y las experiencias de los jóvenes hispanos están escribiendo un capítulo nuevo en la historia de la Iglesia en este país. Nuestros jóvenes católicos: Pastoral Juvenil Hispana en los Estados Unidos es una colección de ensayos sin precedente, el resultado de varias conversaciones nacionales, que ofrece lo mejor de la investigación y el análisis actualizado sobre las realidades más urgentes que definen las vidas de los jóvenes católicos hispanos. Hosffman Ospino, PhD es investigador y profesor de teología y educación religiosa en la Escuela de Teología y Ministerio de Boston College.

Reflexiones

Reflexiones
Author: Matovina, Timothy
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2021
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1587689464

Timothy Matovina and Hosffman Ospino join their voices in this coauthored collaboration that brings together their best insights about ministry with Hispanic Catholics in the United States. Drawing from research and analysis done during the last decade, Matovina and Ospino help us to understand important realities that define the U.S. Hispanic Catholic experience today.

Rebuilding Youth Ministry

Rebuilding Youth Ministry
Author: Christopher Wesley
Publisher: Ave Maria Press
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2015-03-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1594715777

Christopher Wesley is on the front lines of youth ministry. He’s been in the parish trenches, refocusing an unpopular youth program and making it one where teens feel connected, stay involved, and grow in faith. In Rebuilding Youth Ministry, Wesley offers ten indispensable strategies to help you make your youth programs just as successful. Wesley coaches fellow Catholic ministry leaders on how to overcome common hurdles of ministering to young people. Wesley shares how he faced feelings of complacency, underestimated youth, and entertained rather than ministered in his own parish. Wesley built a distinctive program based on small group faith formation and sustained it with the assistance of more than sixty volunteer adult mentors. Wesley lays out ten strategies that helped grow participation in his high school program from nine teens to ninety and the middle school program from forty teens to eighty-five, including: Making your youth program about more than pizza; Pursuing authentic relationships between small groups and mentors; Shaping a dynamic youth ministry team; and Creating a space that’s welcoming to teens.

Young Latino Catholics

Young Latino Catholics
Author: Ospino, Hosffman
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2023-05-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1587689677

Jesus lives in our personal stories. This is the clear message from the young adult Hispanic Catholic authors in this exciting volume. They candidly share their joys and hopes, griefs and anxieties as they navigate life in the U.S. as Hispanics and as Christian disciples. Numerous young Latinas and Latinos are and want to remain Catholic. Many, however, feel abandoned by the institution and the faith communities that at one point introduced them—and their families—to the living Christ and his Gospel message. If you share in some way that sentiment, the stories in this volume are a reminder that you are not alone. Welcome to a communion of young women and men who find grace in sharing and listening to their particular stories of faith. Pastoral leaders reading this book are invited to listen attentively to young adult Latina and Latino Catholics as they forge fresh ways of being Christian in the United States. “It is so heartening to hear the voices of young Latino Catholics and their stories. Hosffman Ospino and Tim Matovino have assembled an inspiring collection of witnesses who lend hope for the future of our faith—it will be in good hands! All of us can hear the great Story anew through each of these fresh stories.” —Thomas Groome, professor of theology and religious education, Boston College “Young Latino Catholics! These fourteen heartwarming stories of Latino/a young adults call all of us would-be disciples to a life of zealous faith in the Spirit of Christ. Reading this book will stir hearts and ignite energies. The Reign of God Lives!!” —Nancy Pineda-Madrid, T. Marie Chilton Chair of Catholic Theology, Loyola Marymount University

The Future of Catholicism in America

The Future of Catholicism in America
Author: Mark Silk
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 437
Release: 2019-04-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0231549431

Catholics constitute the largest religious community in the United States. Yet most American Catholics have never known a time when their church was not embroiled in controversies over liturgy, religious authority, cultural change, and gender and sexuality. Today, these arguments are taking place against the backdrop of Pope Francis’s progressive agenda and the resurgence of the clergy sexual abuse crisis. What is the future of Catholicism in America? This volume considers the prospects at a pivotal moment. Contributors—scholars from sociology, theology, religious studies, and history—look at the church’s evolving institutional structure, its increasing ethnic diversity, and its changing public presence. They explore the tensions among members of the hierarchy, between clergy and laity, and along lines of ethnicity, immigration status, class, generation, political affiliation, and degree of religious commitment. They conclude that American Catholicism’s future will be pluriform—reflecting the variety of cultural, political, ideological, and spiritual points of view that typify the multicultural, democratic society of which Catholics constitute so large a part.

Christus Vivit

Christus Vivit
Author: Pope Francis
Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor
Total Pages: 99
Release: 2019-04-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1681924927

To young Christians of the world, Pope Francis has a message for you: "Christ is alive, and he wants you to be alive!" In his fourth apostolic exhortation, Christus Vivit, Pope Francis encapsulates the work of the 2018 synod of bishops on "Young People, The Faith, and Vocational Discernment." Pope Francis has always had a special relationship with young people, and in his fatherly love for you he shows that: You can relate to young people in Scripture who made a difference You identify with the Christ who is always young You face difficult issues in the world today You yearn for the truth of the Gospel You are capable of amazing things when you respond to the Gospel You learn and grow with help from the faithful of all generations You need bold and creative youth ministry You can discover who God made you to be You are urged to pray for discernment Christus Vivit is written for and to young people, but Pope Francis also wrote it for the entire Church, because, as he says, reflecting on our young people inspires us all. "May the Holy Spirit urge you on as you run this race. The Church needs your momentum, your intuitions, your faith. We need them! And when you arrive where we have not yet reached, have the patience to wait for us."

Faith and Spiritual Life of Young Adult Catholics in a Rising Hispanic Church

Faith and Spiritual Life of Young Adult Catholics in a Rising Hispanic Church
Author: Thomas Gaunt, SJ
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2022-10-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0814667953

This book carefully explores the claim that young adults (18 to 35) are leaving Catholicism in the United States. According to primary empirical research, many young adults stay and do so living their faith in engaged ways. Most, however, do not do it in the traditional context of the parish. Young adult Catholics are living their faith and spiritual life largely in small faith communities, ecclesial movements, faith-based affinity groups, at home, and through individual practice. The description of research findings is supplemented by commentaries from leaders in evangelization and young adult ministry, from both a theological and a sociological perspective. In a church that is more culturally diverse and increasingly Hispanic, this book offers key insights to better understand the spirituality of young adult Catholics today. Contributors include Mark M. Gray, Michal J. Kramarek, Claudia Avila Cosnahan, Allan Figueroa Deck, SJ, Hosffman Ospino, Darius Villalobos, Patricia Wittberg, SC, and Thomas P. Gaunt, SJ.