Renewing the Vision

The Church’s comprehensive plan for ministering to teens and adolescents, with a new foreword from Bishop Robert Barron

A foundational document for Catholic youth ministry, Renewing the Vision is the Church’s blueprint for the development of effective ministry with adolescents in parishes, high schools, and dioceses.

Written by the Catholic Bishops of the United States in the wake of the first World Youth Day in North America, this 1997 document built on decades of growth in the pastoral accompaniment of teenage youth across the country. With its particular focus on adolescent ministry, Renewing the Vision is now as timeless as ever and serves as a fitting complement to the USCCB’s most recent national pastoral framework on youth and young adults, Listen, Teach, Send.

Recognizing that ministry to adolescents must be rooted in family, learning, and experiencing the joys and sorrows of life, Renewing the Vision offers the Church a dynamic approach for presenting young people with the Good News of Jesus Christ and inviting them to become his disciples.

This is a comprehensive guide for pastors, ministry leaders, youth leaders, and parents which:

• Explains the growth and development of the Church’s ministry with adolescents since the publication of the U.S. Bishops first document on young people, A Vision of Youth Ministry (1976)

• Highlights three important goals and explores the necessary components for a comprehensive and effective youth ministry program

• Provides a guiding image for ministry with adolescents grounded in the life of Jesus, the heart of the Church’s ministry

• Expresses the Church’s focus for ministry with adolescents, while encouraging local creativity in developing programs, activities, and strategies

Renewing the Vision supports the development of youth ministry programs that empower young people to live as disciples of Jesus Christ, draw young people to responsible participation in the life of the Church, and foster the total personal and spiritual growth of each young person.

This new edition of Renewing the Vision features:

• A newly designed cover with beautiful sacred art

• Colored tabs with paragraph numbers at the top of each page for easy navigation

• Carefully designed pages to make each page readable, organized, and inviting

• A document summary explaining the intended audience, the document’s origin, and the purpose it seeks to serve within the mission of the Church

• The official text of this work written by the USCCB Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth

• A new foreword written by Bishop Robert Barron, Chairman of the Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth, drawing connections to the themes of the new framework, Listen, Teach, Send

This edition is part of The USCCB Collection from Ascension, which features official documents from the United States bishops previously published by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Pages: 80