SPIRITUALITY - A RESOURCE GUIDE

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Spirituality - A Resource Guide Sustaining Catholic Education in and for the Black Community Resource List for Youth Ministers In the African American Catholic Community

Directors of Black Catholic Ministry around the country are using the following programs and materials to revitalize discipleship and evangelization.

DOCUMENTS

• Black Catholic Bishops, What We Have Seen and Heard
• NBCC, Congress X Plan of Action
• Paul VI, Evangelii Nuntiandi (On Evangelization in the Modern World)
• USCCB, Embracing the Multicultural Face of God
• USCCB, Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship
• USCCB, Go and Make Disciples: A National Plan and Strategy for Catholic Evangelization in the United States
• USCCB, Welcoming the Stranger among Us

BOOKS

• Carnes, Jim. US and Them - A History of Intolerance in America (Oxford U. Press, 1999)
• Felder, Cain Hope. Troubling Biblical Waters: Race, Class, and Family (Orbis, 1990)
• Houck, William, ed. John Paul II and the New Evangelization: How You Can Bring the Good News to Others (St. Ignatius Press, 1995)
• Lenahan, Phil. 7 Steps to Becoming Financially Free: A Catholic Guide to Managing Your Money (Our Sunday Visitor, 2006)
• Williams Jr. CPPS, PhD, Clarence E. Racial Sobriety (Institute for Recovery from Racisms, 2007)

VIDEOS

• California Newsreel, Race, The Power of an Illusion
• Power Surge, Racism, Hot Topics for Teens
• Sr. Thea Bowman and Bede Abrams videos

VIDEO-BASED DISCUSSION COURSES

• The Alpha Course (used successfully in Archdiocese of St. Louis)
• A Quick Journey Through the Bible (used successfully in St. Louis)

EVENTS THAT ADVANCE EVANGELIZATION

• Annual Day of Reflection (Louisville)
• Black Catholic Prayer Service (Allentown)
• Evangelization Conference (New Orleans)
• Inter-regional African American Catholic Evangelization Conference (Louisville)
• Revivals (Charlotte; Cleveland; Joliet).
• Diocese of Charlotte recommends the following dynamic speakers: Sr. Patricia Haley, SCN, Fr. Tony Ricard, Fr. Jim Goode, Fr. Edward Branch, Fr. Norman Fischer, Sr. Anita Baird

PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS DEVELOPED IN DIOCESAN BCM

• Abortion awareness (San Angelo TX)
• African American Ministry Certificate Program (Los Angeles)
• Family Initiative-a six-week program focusing on issues to enrich the community (Cleveland)
• Glad 2 Be In the Service (Cleveland)
• Habari Gani retreat (for Black Catholic youth; Archdiocese of New Orleans)
• Keep On Teaching workshops (developed by Archdiocese of Baltimore; used in Toledo)
• Sankofa African American Heritage Program for Kids (Charlotte)
• Thea Bowman Program (Louisville)
• TIKO (Tennessee, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio-An intergenerational family convocation initiated by the Archdiocese of Louisville)
• Weekly evangelization radio show (involves BCM and 3 parishes in Pittsburgh)

ARCH/DIOCESAN OUTREACH PROGRAMS

• African American Singles Ministry (Cleveland)
• Allentown and Joliet also report developing successful methods
• Family and Friends Weekend (canvas the neighborhoods distributing parish mass schedule, encourage discussions, focus on faith formation) (Cleveland)
• Regional Evangelization Task Forces, designed to reach out to African Americans through all regions of archdioceses, especially where there are no Black parishes. (Los Angeles)
• Saint Paul and Minneapolis ("We would be willing to help teach our model")
• Sign Me Up! (new door-to-door outreach in Detroit)

OTHER PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS THAT BCM'S HAVE FOUND SUCCESSFUL

• Christ Renews His Parish
• Each One Reach One Program (Louisville)
• Kujenga
• RENEW
• Why Catholic? (Renew International)

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