Ministry helps Hispanic youth encounter Christ

	CELEBRATING FAITH: Hispanic youth and young adults participate in the first Encuentro at Xavier High School in Appleton. (A story in Spanish on the Encuentro is on page 2 [print edition only]). Hispanic ministry is one of numerous ministries and services supported in part by the annual Bishop's Appeal. (Rick Evans photo)

Second in a series on Bishop's Appeal 2006

By Carlos Hernandez

APPLETON -- Some 150 Hispanic youth and young adults from the Green Bay Diocese took part in an unbelievable day at the first ever Diocesan Encuentro Jan. 22 at Xavier High School in Appleton.

They came in response to Bp. David Zubik's invitation "To explore fully how we can help all Hispanic young people feel welcomed, invited and appreciated in the Diocese of Green Bay and global Catholic Church."

Encuentro, Spanish for "encounter," was a part of a much larger organized effort by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Catholic Network de Pastoral Juvenil Hispana to give prominence and special attention to the rapidly growing Catholic Hispanic population in the United States. Half the Latino population -- just over 40 million people in the United States -- is under the age of 30.

The Encuentro and Hispanic Ministry in the Green Bay Diocese are funded in part by the annual Bishop's Appeal.   Full story ...

Sidebar: Hispanic ministry in Green Bay Diocese

	Mass Times Diocese of Green Bay Mass Schedules

 • Reflection on the Readings by Auxiliary Bishop Morneau --
    February 12, 2006: We are all one family under one God

 • Explaining the Scripture by Fr. Michael Stubbs --
    February 12, 2006: Jesus' anger was a righteous response

 • Editorial -- God is love
    Pope Benedict XVI's first encyclical teaches us about love and challenges us
    to live it

 • Editorial -- Definitely worth reading
    Document is down-to-earth and readable

 • Foundations of Faith --
    Marriage - creating, being, the domestic church
    Council changed concept of marriage, including views on non-Catholics
    and partnership

 • Saint of the Day --
    Priest assisted the Sacred Heart
    Devotion to Jesus lead Jesuit to support visionary nun

 • Praying with Sunday's Scriptures

 • Current Calendar of Events

Articles on   2006 Bishop's Appeal • Ministry helps Hispanic youth encounter Christ (Feb. 10, 2006) • Appeal targets $5 million for the first time (Feb. 3, 2006) • Pie chart of Bishop's Appeal use