Secretariat's Cultural Diversity in The Church's Recommended Resources
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Secretariat Newsletter
One Church Many Cultures The Good News of Cultural Diversity is a bi-annual department newsletter (both print and electronic), that features articles from each of the six ethnic communities (African American, Asian and Pacific Islander, European Catholics, Hispanic Affairs, Native American, and Migrants, Refugees & Travelers).
Check out the latest issue of the Newsletter.
Training
*The bolded titles are online.*
- Building Intercultural Competence for Ministers Online
- Best Practices for Shared Parishes (English & Spanish) Online
- Creating a Culture of Encounter: A Guide for Joyful Missionary Disciples (English & Spanish) Online
- Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call To Love (English) PDF
- Abramos Nuestros Corazones: El Incesante Llamado Al Amor (Spanish) PDF
- NEW! Missionary Disciples Going Forth With Joy: National Pastoral Plan for Hispanic/Latino Ministry Resource Book (English & Spanish)
- NEW! Missionary Disciples Going Forth With Joy: National Pastoral Plan for Hispanic/Latino Ministry (English PDF)
- NEW! Discípulos misioneros en salida con alegría: Plan Pastoral Nacional Para El Ministerio Hispano/Latino (Spanish PDF)
- Open Wide Our Hearts Study Guide (English and Spanish) PDF
- Open Wide Our Hearts Diocesan Resources
- Practical Steps for Eradicating Racism PDF
- Living As Missionary Disciples A Resource for Evangelization (English) Flipbook
- Viviendo Como Discipulos Misioneros Recurso para La Evangelzacion Flipbook
- Guidelines for Receiving Pastoral Ministers Flipbook
- Guidelines for Receiving Pastoral Ministers Video Resource
African American
NEW! The 40th Anniversary of the pastoral letter, What We Have Seen and Heard
- Obtain a copy of the pastoral letter here: (In English | En Español)
- Original Study Guide
- Highlights from the presentation at the National Black Catholic Congress XIII with an original signer of the pastoral, Bishop J. Terry Steib.
- BCYA Gathering - Program Design
- BCYA Gathering Final Report
- Implementation Guide to Accompany 2023 PPA
- The National Black Catholic Congress - Write the Vision - Pastoral Plan of Action
Cause for Sainthood Prayer Cards: If you want to acquire any prayer cards, contact the National Black Catholic Congress via phone (1.410.547.8496) or email (@email).
- Sr. Thea Bowman
- Venerable Pierre Toussaint
- Mother Mary Lange
- Julia Greely
- Mother Henriette Delille
- Fr. Augustus Tolton
- Bundle of All Six
Asian and Pacific Islander
Please contact Sr. Myrna Tordillo for access to the resources listed below at @email
- Partners in Evangelization - Chinese American Catholics (English)
- Encountering Christ In Harmony: A Pastoral Response To Our Asian and Pacific Brothers and Sisters (English)
- A Treasured Presence: Filipino American Catholics (English)
- Harmony in Faith: Korean American Catholics (English)
- Resettling in Place: A Vietnamese American Catholic Experience (English)
Hispanic/Latino
Please contact Alejandro Aguilera-Titus for access to the resources listed below at @email
- NEW!
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- NEW! Missionary Disciples Going Forth With Joy: National Pastoral Plan for Hispanic/Latino Ministry Resource Book (English & Spanish)
- NEW! Missionary Disciples Going Forth With Joy: National Pastoral Plan for Hispanic/Latino Ministry (English PDF)
- NEW! Discípulos misioneros en salida con alegría: Plan Pastoral Nacional Para El Ministerio Hispano/Latino (Spanish PDF)
- NEW! La Década de la Pastoral Juvenil Hispana – La Red (laredpjh.org)
- NEW! Decada de la Pastoral Juvenil – La Red (laredpjh.org)
- V Encuentro Proceedings & Conclusions (English)
- V Encuentro Memorias Y Conclusiones (Spanish)
- V Encuentro Pocket Gospels and Acts of the Apostles (English)
- V Encuentro Evangelios De Bolsillo Con Hechos De Los Apostoles (Spanish)
Migrants, Refugees, & Travelers (People on the Move)
- Proceedings of the Third African National Eucharistic Congress Responding to the New Evangelization: The African Catholic Family, A Gift to the Catholic Church in America (2016)
Native American
CENTER FOR APPLIED RESEARCH IN THE APOSTOLATE (CARA) STUDIES
CARA Study on Cultural Displays Catholic Church's Growing Multicultural Parish Population (2016)
Read the press release on the second phase of the Study on Cultural Diversity Displays the Catholic Church's Growing Multicultural Parish Population. Check out the completed study! Diocesan Resources
CARA Study on PCMRT Communities
We are excited to announce that the "PCMRT Worship Site Inventory and Demographics Study," conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University (CARA) from 2017-2021, is now available!
Given the often-hidden reality of many immigrants, refugees, and people on the move populations in the United States, the PCMRT Subcommittee thought it critical to conduct a survey of diocesan and worship sites across the country to obtain information on the presence, outreach, and services offered to these populations in all territorial arch/dioceses in the United States. These profiles and the national report are available at: https://cara.georgetown.edu/ as well as https://cara.georgetown.edu/PCMRTReport.pdf
We are happy to offer each diocese a “Diocesan PCMRT Profile Report” as soon as it is available. An overview of the study was presented to the body of bishops on Friday, June 18th, 2021, at the Virtual June 2021 Plenary Assembly, and can be seen at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AOgMTxoeV8
It is our hope and prayer that this report may be of help in identifying, strengthening, and expanding outreach efforts to the many immigrants, refugees, and mobile communities in the U.S. For additional information or to request your diocesan report, please contact PCMRT - Sr. Joanna Okereke at @email