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THROUGH A DYNAMIC, HOLISTIC, AND CONTINUOUS MINISTRY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE

The Thriving Catholic Parishes Project (TCP) was launched in 2021 financed by a five-year grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc. In these five years Fe y Vida will create processes and resources to help parishes with a large Latino population thrive by achieving the following goals. It is a shared project of Instituto Fe y Vida with selected dioceses and parishes throughout the country.

Goals

Energize the parish with the gifts and strengths of all its members through committed and complementary leadership of the clergy and laity, including young people.
Train adult leaders and parents to continue the process of human and Christian maturity of adolescents after the Sacrament of Confirmation.
Integrate young people into the life and mission of the parish, considered as a community of communities. Foster a culture of inclusivity in diversity inspiring a missionary discipleship of all Catholics.
Promote that young people be the leaven of the Kingdom transforming their family, community and society with love, justice, joy and peace.

Initial Five-year Process

Phase 1: Preparation of the processes and resources to work with cohorts of selected parishes.
Phase 2: Hands on process with the parishes in the first cohorts, allowing the TCP team to learn from the experience, and make modifications to better serve the parishes.
Phase 3: Have a national convocation with delegates from all the parishes in the TCP project to learn from their collective wisdom and plan the next stage.
Phase 4: Offer the first leadership training symposium open to parishes from across the United States that would like to train their leaders for becoming a Thriving Catholic Parish.

After completing the project financed by the grant, the TCP program will be incorporated into Fe y Vida’s Leadership Training System, open to all parishes that would like to implement it.