CHURCH OF COMMUNION Social Ministry & Multicultural Ministry - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

CHURCH OF COMMUNION Social Ministry & Multicultural Ministry

JAIL, PRISON & IMMIGRATION DETENTION FACILITIES v There are 11 county jails in v Corpus Christi has Bokencamp facility for youth 12-17 years of our diocese with 3,000 max age many from Central America inmates v Robstown has Coastal Bend v There are 5 prisons in our facility diocese with 11,000 max inmates v Falfurrias has Brooks County v There are 3 detention centers facility in our diocese, count in process

JAIL, PRISON & IMMIGRATION STATUS 2018-2019 v There were 8 Kolbe Retreats v Volunteers provided Ashes that were provided to different on Ash Wednesday to many prisons county jails and prisons v Increased in volunteers v New services at Dismas Charities, Bokencamp and Brooks County Detention

SOCIAL MINISTRY v Jail Ministry v Immigration v Prison Ministry v Migration v Homelessness v Human Trafficking v Substance Abuse v Advocacy Day

MULTICULTURAL MINISTRY v V Encuentro is a process v Region 10 consists of Texas, deeply ecclesial motivated by the Oklahoma and Arkansas United States Conference of v Data: 2,203,000 immigrants in Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Region 10 are Hispanics/Latinos v Data from USCCB V v Data: 3,893,000 Hispanic Encuentro National, 72% Catholics in Region 10 are born in Catholics in Region 10 are the US. Hispanics/Latinos

V ENCUENTRO RECOMMENDATIONS v Leadership Development & v Promote leadership & ministry Formation of Hispanic young adults based on an Encounter with Jesus (2 nd & 3 rd Generation) v New pathways for parents to be v Parishes & ecclesial movements be better formed, have materials, transmit more involved & accompanying the faith, faith based catechesis & families in faith, education, health, scripture economic development v Solid formation for all ages on the v Renewed advocacy for immigrants sacrament of marriage and family life and their families

MULTICULTURAL MINISTRY v Hispanic Ministry v Korean Ministry v Vietnamese Ministry v Indian Ministry v Filipino Ministry v Deaf Community Ministry v Ministry to Catholics of African Descent

NEEDS IN MINISTRY v Volunteer Ministers v Funding v Training v Spirituality v Resources v Formation v Recruiting v What else?

REFERENCES v V Encuentro: https://vencuentro.org/ v Texas Department of Criminal Justice: https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/ v Federal Bureau of Prisons: https://www.bop.gov/