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- The Office of New Evangelization for Youth and Young Adults will focus on journeying with our young people before, during, and after confirmation, through high school, into college, and through the discernment of their vocation.
- Inspired by the need for a New Evangelization, our mission is to form disciples of Jesus Christ and His Church, through a unified vision for ministry to young people, from early adolescence through young adulthood.
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- Spanish Government Emphasizes World Youth Day Cooperation with Church; 1.5 million Expected. JUNE 11, 2009 News brief Catholic Culture.org
Despite the sharp differences between the Spanish hierarchy and government over abortion and other issues, Spanish Vice President Mar?a Teresa Fern?ndez de la Vega met last week with Cardinal Antonio Mar?a Rouco Varela of Madrid to assist with the organization of World Youth Day. Francisco V?zquez V?zquez, the nation’s ambassador to the Holy See, said that the government is preparing for 1.5 million pilgrims to attend the 2011 event.
- Take Back Your Imagination: The Power of Story
The Pilot: by Dr. Karen E. Bohlin - May 8, 2009 - This past week, our ninth grade spearheaded Take Back Your Imagination Week. In an effort to “unplug” and reclaim the joys of the three R’s: reading, writing and real (not virtual) relationships, they created and signed a contract: no iPods, no texting, no email, no Facebook, no computer games, no television, no DVDs, no visits to the movie theater. In other words, unplug cold turkey. And to
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- 'No Greater Love'
The Pilot: By Sarah M. Barrett - April 10, 2009 -
NORTH END -- Enduring the deluge of rain that pounded against the cobblestone streets of the North End April 3 and 4, hundreds of college students and young adults gathered to “encounter Christ in the Eucharist and encounter Christ in the poor.”
It was to be a weekend of prayer, music, ....Full Article
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- 8 Reasons to Go to Mass, by THOMAS LICKONA
"Mass is boring." "I don't get anything out of Mass — why should I go?" "Why can't I just pray alone?" These are common feelings, especially among young people but among many adults as well. How should we respond.....Full Text
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- New Web site views economic crisis through lens of Catholic faith
Features resources for addressing moral and human elements of crisis
NEW USCCB-SPONSORED WEB SITE HIGHLIGHTS CATHOLIC TEACHING ON ECONOMIC LIFE
WASHINGTON-In response to the current economic crisis and its moral and human impacts, a new USCCB Web site has been developed to better share Catholic social teaching on economic life and how it can shape the responses of Catholics to the economic crisis.
Catholic Teaching on Economic Life (www.usccb.org/jphd/economiclife) features the ten-point “A Catholic Framework ....Full Text
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- Ah, Youth: When the Church Was Young, by MIKE AQUILINA (CERC) - The Church Fathers had a distinctive approach to youth ministry. I discovered it in the course of an afternoon's research.
Scouring the Patrologia Latina and Patrologia Graeca, I found nothing to suggest that Ambrose had ever led teens on ski trips to the nearby Alps. Digging through the Eastern Fathers, I came up even drier — no junior-high dances — not even a pizza party in either Antioch or Alexandria. In fact, in all ...Full Text
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- PAPAL ADDRESS TO YOUTH AT DOS COQUEIROS STADIUM
"The Power to Shape the Future Is Within You"
LUANDA, Angola, MARCH 21, 2009
Here is the address Benedict XVI gave today at a meeting with youth at Dos Coqueiros Stadium in Luanda.
“Dear Friends,
You have come here in great numbers to be with the Successor of Peter, and you represent so many other young people who are one with us in spirit. You have come to join me in proclaiming openly the joy of our faith in Jesus Christ, and in renewing your commitment to ...Full Text
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