diversity statement
United Catholic Youth Ministries takes a strong stance on being a ministry that is welcoming, celebrates everyone, and takes action! We uphold and fight for the dignity of every person and of creation. We uphold the Gospel message that celebrates life, breaks down borders, erases hate, promotes unbiased justice, teaches us to learn about others and coexist even when we don't agree, cares for our common home, and empowers a just society regarding gender, especially for women, and sexuality. We must stand together with our sisters and brothers when they are oppressed and we must never let our faith be a reason for us to stand idle or promote injustice. We can never say "that's not my problem" because everything is our problem when it regards life. Jesus didn't minister to a few, He ministered to all. Whether it's through prayer, petition, presence, or other action, we will be always be a ministry for all! We are here because we were called by God, sent by Jesus, and accompanied by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Trinity, the three-in-one and us, the many, but all God's creation and created in God's divine image, must work together to bring God's Kingdom "on earth as it is in Heaven."
"God does not reveal himself in the abstract, but by using languages, imagery and expressions that are bound to different cultures. This relationship has proved fruitful, as the history of the Church abundantly testifies. Today it is entering a new phase due to the spread of the Gospel and its taking root within different cultures, as well as more recent developments in the culture of the West. It calls in the first place for a recognition of the importance of culture as such for the life of every man and woman. The phenomenon of culture is, in its various aspects, an essential datum of human experience."
-- Pope Benedict XVI, Verbum Domini, 2010
"God does not reveal himself in the abstract, but by using languages, imagery and expressions that are bound to different cultures. This relationship has proved fruitful, as the history of the Church abundantly testifies. Today it is entering a new phase due to the spread of the Gospel and its taking root within different cultures, as well as more recent developments in the culture of the West. It calls in the first place for a recognition of the importance of culture as such for the life of every man and woman. The phenomenon of culture is, in its various aspects, an essential datum of human experience."
-- Pope Benedict XVI, Verbum Domini, 2010
Diversity Prayer
You, the one
From whom on different paths
All of us have come.
To whom on different paths
All of us are going.
Make strong in our hearts what unites us;
Build bridges across all that divides us;
United make us rejoice in our diversity.
And at one in our witness to your peace,
A rainbow to your glory.
- David Steindl-Rast OSB
From whom on different paths
All of us have come.
To whom on different paths
All of us are going.
Make strong in our hearts what unites us;
Build bridges across all that divides us;
United make us rejoice in our diversity.
And at one in our witness to your peace,
A rainbow to your glory.
- David Steindl-Rast OSB
