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 23