2017 USCCB Convocation Participants Guidebook and Journal | Page 43

Preparation for the Convocation
• In a Global Age of Polarization: Civil Dialogue, Bold
Witness, and Healing Divisions
• Communicating the Church’s Vision of the Human
Person and Human Sexuality
• Missionary Disciples in Solidarity with the Suffering Church
• Faith, Reason, and Science: Learning and Teaching the
“Why?” and “How?”
• Reaching Out to Those Hurt by Leaders and Members of
the Church
• Identifying and Meeting the Changing Needs of All
Parishioners
• Faith in Action: Advocacy and Organizing with Poor and
Marginalized Communities
• Engaging the “Nones” and Ministry with Inactive and
Disconnected Catholics
• Vocations, Formation, and Seminaries in the Work of
Missionary Discipleship
• Leadership Formation and Lay Ministry in the Work of
Missionary Discipleship
• Addressing Violence and Racism in Our Communities
• Catechesis: Forming Young People in the Joy of the Gospel
• Raising Up Latino Leaders: Missionary Discipleship in the
Process of Encuentro
• Growing by Attraction: Evangelization Through the
Beauty of the Word of God
• Missionary Discipleship and Business Leadership
The Convocation will close on Tuesday, July 4, with a motiva-
tional call to become Spirit-filled evangelizers equipped for excel-
lence in all that we are called to do. This is followed by a period
of time when the various delegations will have a chance to pull in
all that they heard and learned—and begin to develop achievable
goals and practical strategies in the year(s) ahead. In this way,
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