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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| The Current State of Affairs | |
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| Look Who's Missing and See Who's There | |
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| Regenerating Catholicism | |
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| Getting to Know Young Adults | |
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| Young Adults And the Parish | |
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| Integrating Young Adults into the Life of the Parish | |
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| Reputation | |
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| Inventory | |
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| Integration | |
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| Invitation | |
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| Separate but Similar | |
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| Occasional Activities | |
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| New Movements | |
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| Organizing a Parish Young Adult Group | |
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| Where Do We Begin? People before Programs | |
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| Strategies of Invitation: How to Find and Recruit the Right People | |
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| The Jesus Method of Organizing | |
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| A Young Adult Group Is Only as Good as Its Leadership | |
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| Hospitality | |
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| Planning Young Adult Activities and Events That Work | |
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| Putting It All Together: An Organizational Structure for a Young Adult Group | |
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| It's Not All Good News: Eighteen Things That Can Go "Wrong" in a Young Adult Group, and One Special Concern | |
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| To Summarize ... | |
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| Especially for Parish Pastoral Ministers ... | |
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| Celebrating Moments of Return | |
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| Preaching | |
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| Connecting Collegians | |
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| The Big Send-Off | |
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| Don't Forget to Write | |
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| Take the Parish to the Parishioners | |
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| Put Out the Welcome Mat | |
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| A Sumertime Special: Theology-on-Tap | |
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| A Summer Young Adult Mass | |
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| Beyond The Parish | |
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| Regional Young Adult Ministry | |
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| The Mission of a Regional Young Adult Minister | |
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| The Tasks of a Regional Young Adult Ministry | |
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| Young Adult Ministry at the Diocesan Level | |
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| The Diocesan Office as Resource | |
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| The Diocesan Office as Advocate | |
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| The Diocesan Office as Pastoral Ministry | |
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| A Full-Time Job | |
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| Paying for Young Adult Ministry | |
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| Young Adult Ministry on a Diocesan Level: The Chicago Experience | |
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| Diocesan-Level Strategies | |
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| Principles for a Diocesan Ministry to Young Adults | |
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| Ten Principles | |
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| Guidelines for Event Planning | |
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| Hints for the Leaders of a Diocesan Young Adult Ministry Office | |
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| Young Adult Ministry, Chicago-Style | |
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| General Publicity | |
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| A Closer Look | |
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| Your Turn | |
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| Volunteers | |
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| Volunteers in the Young Adult Ministry Office | |
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| Volunteers beyond the Office | |
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| Conclusion: Our Preferential Option | |
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| Why Young Adult Catholics Go to Church and Why They Do Not | |
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| A Daily Lenten Journey | |
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| The Database | |
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| Creating and Maintaining a Dialogue Group | |
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| Eleven Ways to Use This Retreat Effectively | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |