Latino Catholic Youth and Young Adults in the United States: Their Faith and Their Culture,
edited by Carmen M. Cervantes, Ed.D.

This collection of essays was originally presented at the Fifth International Encuentro of the Latin American Network of Institutes for Pastoral Juvenil. Each essay describes the reality of Latino Youth and Young Adults in the United States from a particular perspective based on the pastoral experience of the writer.

$8.00 – 67 pages. Available in English and Spanish, paperback, 1999.

Elementos Fundamentales de Pastoral Juvenil
A Partir de la Realidad del Joven Hispano
que Vive en los Estados Unidos,
edited by Antonio Medina-Rivera, Ph.D.

This volume is designed to be used as a workbook for leaders and advisers in pastoral juvenil. Readers will deepen their understanding of the reality of the young people they are called to serve, and they will learn the foundational skills and concepts required to develop their ministry. Includes an extensive bibliography of additional resources.

$12.00 – 131 pages. Only in Spanish, paperback, 2003.

The Status of Hispanic Youth and Young Adult Ministry in the United States: A Preliminary Study,
by Ken Johnson-Mondragón.

This study will be valued by anyone who has been frustrated in their pastoral efforts to reach Hispanic youth and young adults. It will help them to understand the structural, ministerial, cultural, and socioeconomic factors that inhibit the participation of Hispanic youth in parish youth ministry programs, as well as the factors that have limited the growth and development of pastoral juvenil in the United States. Such understanding will help in the development of strategies for a greater and more appropriate pastoral outreach.

$20.00 – 119 pages. Only in English, paperback, 2002.

Welcoming Hispanic Youth / Jóvenes in Catholic Parishes and Dioceses,
by Ken Johnson-Mondragón.

This booklet helps youth ministers and Hispanic pastoral ministers to understand the urgency and the challenges of reaching out to the full breadth and depth of today’s young Hispanic Catholics. It offers insights into the shape and location of this growing population in the United States, discusses the pastoral needs of four distinct segments of the population, and outlines pastoral priorities for enhancing the church’s outreach among young Hispanics in culturally appropriate ways.

$2.50 each for 1 to 9; $2.00 each for 10 to 29; $1.50 each for 30 or more – 8 pages. Only in English, 2003.

Estimated Hispanics as a Percentage of All Catholics Under Age 30 by Diocese.

This is a full-color map showing the estimated proportion of Hispanics among Catholics under age 30 for every diocese in the United States in 2000. The data is based on recent large-scale surveys of religious identity in the United States, analyzed by the researchers at Instituto Fe y Vida’s Research and Resource Center. A bilingual description of the map is included.

$1.00 each for 1 to 19; $0.75 each for 20 to 49; $0.50 each for 50 or more.