June 7, 2019
What’s the future of religion in America? Award-winning journalist Ray Suarez explored that question in an address to the Interfaith Action of Greater St. Paul Annual […]
March 15, 2019
Seeking to identify “points of hopefulness,” archdiocesan leaders met at the New York Catholic Center in Manhattan for a gathering called “Conversation About Young Catholics Leaving […]
January 16, 2019
In a recent podcast, parish ministry leader and consultant John Rinaldo interviewed Dr. Bob McCarty, coauthor of the Going, Going, Gone research study on the dynamics […]
January 10, 2019
Disaffiliation and Catholic culture was the subject of a recent podcast by Catholic School Matters Radio Hour. Among those interviewed was John Vitek, president and CEO […]
December 17, 2018
A symposium prior to the start of the Santa Clara Faith Formation Conference discussed findings from the St. Mary’s Press research report on the disaffiliation of […]
December 4, 2018
Four panelists who serve young adults shared insights on engaging millennials and post-millennials at a forum at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis recently. One […]
November 27, 2018
Effective catechesis needs to include plenty of opportunity for young people to ask and explore their authentic questions. That’s the premise behind a new “conversational catechesis” […]
October 24, 2018
John Vitek, President and CEO of St. Mary’s Press, addressed Catholic school superintendents from across the country Oct. 23 at the Catholic Leadership Summit in Jacksonville, […]
October 5, 2018
(RNS) — The future of the Catholic Church is with the young, which is why Pope Francis has called bishops from all over the world to […]
September 26, 2018
Disaffiliated young Catholics are not a problem to be solved, but a grace and gift to the church. That key understanding was shared with church leaders […]
August 15, 2018
At Major Superiors of Men gathering, attendees listen to young voices, digest data on estranged exodus. The questions around young people’s engagement with the Catholic faith […]
August 7, 2018
What if our catechetical models allowed for, embraced, and respected the questioning, doubt, wonderment and curiosity that is a natural dimension of being human? Read more […]
August 6, 2018
In case you missed it, St. Louis Review published an article citing Going, Going, Gone: The Dynamics of Disaffiliation in Young Catholics. The article, “Disaffiliated youth present challenge, […]
March 26, 2018
March 23, 2018 By Emilie Ng CHURCH leaders in Australia are ahead of those in the United States when it comes to finding new ways of […]
March 21, 2018
In case you missed it, Crux Catholic news site was among media reporting on the release of the report, Going, Going, Gone: The Dynamics of Disaffiliation […]