Decada de la Pastoral Juvenil
Hispanic Youth Project
Proyecto Juvenil Hispano
Proyecto Juvenil Hispano is LaRED's response to the Holy Spirit's initiatives evident in three sources: the recommendations from participants at all levels of the V Encuentro process, the listening and accompanying sessions of the National Dialogue, and the considerations of the XV Synod of Bishops. This Synod focused on young people worldwide and led to Christus Vivit, the first Apostolic Exhortation ever addressed by a Pope specifically to youth and young adults.
With a sense of missionary urgency, LaRED is called to:
SUPPORT
Support limited existing structures of Pastoral Juvenil at all levels in the Church
CULTIVATE
Cultivate the formation, spirituality and mística of young people and pastoral agents
GENERATE
Generate teams to foster Pastoral Juvenil where structures are not fully operational
FOSTER
Foster a ‘Culture of Encounter’ and Pastoral de Conjunto at all levels
PROMOTE
Promote the charism of youth as protagonists in the Church
Methodology
Walking together with Mary, our Model
Combining practicality with spirituality, we build on people’s gifts and talents, together with community assets, to advance the mission in continuous growth cycles to achieve and surpass our goals. By 2030, LaRED will implement a series of 3-year cycles to achieve sustainable development with processes and resources needed to invite, form and work with people committed to revitalizing the action of the Church with our young Hispanic Catholics
Our bishops and priests accompany LaRED
OUR DECADE
Young people are protagonists of Hope!
LaRED hopes that this volume, the result of several processes and active listening to with young Latinos and their recommendations on numerous actions, will serve as a guide to faith communities in each parish, school, and lay ecclesial movement. The understanding is that each faith community will create their own specific goals that respond to the unique realities and situations they face together. Our commitment to accompanying Hispanic/Latino young people is clear and unequivocal, so that together we continue to build the civilization of love.
Let’s move from dreams to action! We are convinced that the work being done to better articulate ministry with Hispanic/ Latino youth and young adults in each parish and diocese of the United States by 2030, will be of greater benefit to the entire Church and society in which we live.
Let us ask God to help us become closer to the Jóvenes, to listen to and accompany them, and therefore, count on their talents in the evangelization initiatives in each faith communit. May Mary, Mother of Youth, gives us the confidence to continue the important task of forming and accompanying young people in the way she formed Jesus, in the love of the Father, and in communion with the Holy Spirit.
Adriana Visoso
President of LaRED