Initiative V Encuentro to reach out to Latinos

“If you are a baptized Catholic, then you are a missionary,” are words inside the handbooks for V Encuentro, 

an initiative of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to evangelize or “encounter” our Catholic brothers and sisters on the periphery of the church and make them feel welcomed.

The Hispanic Apostolate, as it has for four decades, leads the way for this four-year process themed “Missionary Disciples: Witnesses of God’s Love.” The program hopes to develop parish leaders of all ethnicities and help the church discern ways to discover and meet the needs of an ever-growing Hispanic Catholic population nationwide.