"In the not too distant past, the backbone of Catholic Church life, from parishes and organizations to ordained and professed religious, was people twenty-five to forty-five years old. On most levels of the church today, the leadership is still held by that same group-not the same age group, but the same people now twenty to thirty years older." - John C. Cusick & Kather (...)
November 23, 2001
Book Essay
The Next Generation: A Diagnosis
Young Adult CatholicsReligion in the Culture of ChoiceDean R. Hoge, William D. Dinges, Mary Johnson, S.N.D. de N., Juan L. Gonzales Jr.University of Notre Dame Press, $19, 296 pp.The Basic Guide to Young Adult Ministry John C. Cusick and Katherine F. DeVriesOrbis, $25, 223 pp.
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