2017 USCCB Convocation Participants Guidebook and Journal | Page 28
The Call to Missionary Discipleship
• Understanding Addiction and the Church’s Ministry with
the Addicted
• The Silent Voices: Reaching Out to the Victims of
Violence, Abuse, and Trafficking
• Pastoral Care for Those with Same-Sex Attraction or Who
Struggle with Their Sexual Identity
• Reaching Out to Individuals and Families Affected by
Incarceration
• Youth on the Margins: Understanding Those Struggling
with Depression, Suicide, Gangs, and Discrimination
• From Inclusion to Belonging: Persons with Disabilities
and the Deaf Community
• Living in the Peripheries of Urban Communities
• Going to the Ends of the Earth: International Mission Work
• Lord, Who Is My Neighbor? Solidarity with the
Immigrant
• Honoring Our Wisdom Figures: The Role of the Elderly
and the Gift of Life at All Stages
• Reaching Out to All Cultural Families: Healing the
Experience of Exclusion
• Catholic Health Care: Ministering to the Spiritual and
Physical Needs of All People
• Reaching the Margins in Rural America
• Understanding Victims of Sex Abuse: in Culture, Society,
and the Church
• Renewing Hope, Seeking Justice: Understanding Migrants
and Refugees
• Who’s on the Peripheries in Our Local Parishes and
Communities?
As we consider those on the peripheries, we should also reflect on
the areas in our own hearts as individuals and communities that
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