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Why Catholic dioceses are teaming up with Young Life
Catholic News Agency ^ | April 6 | Perry West

Posted on 05/16/2019 9:18:42 AM PDT by rintintin

Partnerships between dioceses and the ecumenical evangelization group Young Life aim to connect Catholic youths with their Catholic parishes.

Young Life opened a Catholic relations office in 2012. Partnerships with bishops and their dioceses have been established over the past three years.

The first partnership began in 2015, in the Diocese of Brownsville. In December 2017 the Archdiocese of Portland signed a memorandum of understanding with Young Life, beginning its own partnership with the group.

“[Young Life] approached the Catholic Church here in western Oregon and said ‘we have these Catholic kids and we want to make sure they are adequately ministered to,’” said Ricky Shoop, the archdiocese’s coordinator of youth and young adults.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: catholics; younglife

1 posted on 05/16/2019 9:18:42 AM PDT by rintintin
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To: rintintin

It’s a good first step. I would love to see more kids going back to “church.”


2 posted on 05/16/2019 9:28:43 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (If we get Medicare for all, will we have to show IDs for service?)
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To: Gamecock

A LOSE-LOSE for both sides.


3 posted on 05/16/2019 11:03:19 AM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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I was invited to a young life get together around 1971 maybe 72. I went, it was it was a nice house, in a nice neighborhood and the reason I was asked was because I was a guitarist, and I went in there and the place was full of girls.

I had a wonderful young life experience. I don’t remember much except strumming guitar and singing songs and looking at lots of pretty girls.

Hey... I was just a normal American guy and nothing untoward ever happened, but the view was phenomenal.


4 posted on 05/16/2019 11:31:04 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: rintintin

“This is what Young Life really wants to do, normalize evangelization as the centerpiece to what it means to be Catholic.”

Almost exact recent words of Francis & Company. Part of degradation of doctrine.


5 posted on 05/16/2019 11:55:05 AM PDT by Marchmain (BIDEN: the hands-on candidate.)
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To: Marchmain

“”normalize evangelization as the centerpiece to what it means to be Catholic.”

Almost exact recent words of Francis & Company. Part of degradation of doctrine.””

What’s wrong with evangelization? In the Book of Acts, it plays a pretty important role doesn’t it? And the apostles were Catholics, yes?


6 posted on 05/16/2019 4:25:43 PM PDT by rintintin (q)
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To: fishtank; Gamecock

More temptation.


7 posted on 05/16/2019 4:30:59 PM PDT by marajade (Skywalker)
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