Diversity & Inclusion
We’re committed to advancing the field of pastoral ministry to young people.
Encountering Christ
Encountering Christ is a video series created as a diversity and inclusion effort of NFCYM to serve as a resource for members to encounter the diversity of the Catholic Church. Through this series you can hear from our brothers and sisters how Catholicism is lived and experienced in relation to their culture. Our video series is divided into four segments that discuss: historical context, current realities, pastoral practices, and a panel discussion accompanied by reflection questions.
Multicultural Resources
We live at a time when the encounter of languages, races, generations and cultures is more intense than ever. Mass media, especially the Internet, travel, immigration, and an increasingly globalized economy are bringing people together more and more. The experience of diversity is therefore more characteristic of our times and brings with it serious challenges and great opportunities. The diversity and inclusion team hopes that the following resources are able to provide insight on different cultural families.
For more information on NFCYM’s Diversity and Inclusion efforts, contact Darius Villalobos at [email protected] or at 202-301-5166.
*Resource is from an NFCYM member organization
Intercultural Competencies
African American Culture
Check out our new video series on “Encountering Christ: A Series of Conversations from the Black and African American Catholic Community“
Now Available! Leveling the Praying Field: Can the Church We Love, Love Us Back?, Dr. Ansel Augustine, $
Awakening to the Violence of Systemic Racism, Vince Gallagher and Sherine Green, 2021, e-book available $
- Authentically Black and Truly Catholic: the rise of black Catholicism in the great migration, Matthe Cressler, 2017, $
- Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God, Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas , 2015, $
- The African American Catholic Youth Bible, The National Black Catholic Congress, 2015, $
- The Cross and the Lynching Tree, James H. Cone, 2011, $
- Uncommon Faithfulness: the Black Catholic experience, M Shawn Copeland, 2009, $
- Let It Shine: The emergence of African American Catholic worship, Mary McGann, 2008, $
- Stamped with the Image of God, Cyprian Davis and Jamie Phelps, 2004, $
- Introducing Black Theology of Liberation, Dwight N. Hopkins, 2004, $
- Taking Down Our Harps, Diana Hayes, Cyprian Davis OSB, 1998, $
- Black and Catholic: the challenge and gift of black folk, Jamie Phelps, 1998, $
- God of the Oppressed, James H. Cone, 1997, $
- The History of Black Catholics in the United States, Cyprian Davis, 1995, $
- What We Have Seen and Heard: A Pastoral Letter on Evangelization from the Black Bishops of the United States, USCCB, 1984, PDF Document*
- In Spirit and Truth: Black Catholic Reflections on the Order of Mass, USCCB, 1987, PDF Document*
- Plenty Good Room: The Spirit and Truth of African American Catholic Worship, USCCB, 1991, PDF Document*
- The Gift of African American Sacred Song, Sr. Thea Bowman, PDF Document
- A Black Catholic’s Perspective on the Church’s Response to the Black Lives Matter Movement, Andrea Marissa Auguster, 2015, PDF Document
- Knights of Peter Claver*
- National African American Catholic Youth Ministry Network (NAACYMN)*
- National Black Catholic Congress (NBCC)*
- National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus (NBCCC)
- Zambia National Council for Catholic Youth
- Institute for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University in Louisiana
- Black and Indian Mission Office
- National Black Sister’s Conference
Asian Pacific Islander Culture
- Resettling in Place: A Vietnamese American Catholic Experience, USCCB, 2020, $
- Rooted in Tradition: The Chamorro Catholics in the Untied States, USCCB, 2020, $
- Asian Christianities: history, theology, practice, Peter C. Phan, 2018, $
- Memory and Honor: cultural and generational ministry with Korean American communities, Simon C. Kim, 2013, $
- Repositioning the Missionary: Rewritting the histories of colonialism, native catholicism, and indigeneity in Guam, Vicente M. Diaz, 2010, $
- The Origin of the Roman Catholic Church in Korea, Jai-Keun Choi, 2006, $
- Vietnamese American Catholics, Peter C. Phan, 2005, $
- In Our Own Tongues: Asian perspectives on mission and inculturation, Peter C. Phan, 2003, $
- Christianity with an Asian Face: Asian-American theology in the making, Peter C. Phan, 2003, $
- History of the Catholic Church in Vietnam, Phan Phat Huon, 2002
- Encountering Christ in Harmony: a pastoral response to our Asian and Pacific Island brothers and sisters, USCCB, 2018, PDF Document
- Asian and Pacific Presence: Harmony in Faith, USCCB, 2001, PDF Document
Hispanic, Latino, Chicano Culture
- Introducing Latinx Theologies, Edwin David Aponte and Miguel A de La Torre, 2020, $*
- Our Catholic Children, Ministry with Hispanic Youth and Young Adults, Hoffsman Ospino, 2018, $
- Hispanic Ministry in the 21st Century: Urgent Matters, Hoffsman Ospino, 2016, $
- The Mestizo Augustine: A Theologian Between Two Cultures, Justo Gonzalez, 2016, $
- Latin American Theology: Roots and Branches, Maria Clara Bingemer, 2016, $
- Hispanic Ministry: Past, Present, Future a New Beginning, USCCB, 2012, $*
- Latino Catholicism: Transformation in America’s Largest Church, Timothy Matovina, 2011, $
- Hispanic Ministry in the 21st Century: Present and Future, Hoffsman Ospino, 2010, $
- Parish Ministry in a Hispanic Community, Rev. Charles W. Dahm, OP, 2004, $
- Horizons of the Sacred: Mexican traditions in the U.S., Timothy Matovina and Gary Riebe-Estrella, 2002, $
- Galilean Journey: The Mexican-American Promise, Virgilio Elizondo, 2000, $
- The Future is Mestizo: Life Where Cultures Meet Revised Edition, Virgilio Elizondo, 2000, $
- From the Heart of Our People: latino/a explorations in Catholic systematic theology, Orlando Espin and Miguel H Diaz, 1999, $
- Guadalupe, Virgil Elizondo, 1997, $
- The Faith of the People: theological reflections on popular catholicism, Orlando Espin, 1997, $
- Caminemos con Jesus, Roberto Goizueta, 1995, $
- Mañana: Christian Theology from a Hispanic Perspective, Justo Gonzalez, 1990, $
- V Encuentro Proceedings and Conclusions, 2019, PDF Documents
- Ministry with Young Hispanic Catholics: Towards a Recipe for Growth and Success, Hoffsman Ospino, Boston College, 2022, PDF Document
- Pathways of Hope and Faith Among Hispanic Teens, Instituto Fe y Vida, 2007, PDF Document*
- V Encuentro, USCCB*
- Living the Present with Enthusiasm, USCCB*
- Looking Forward to the Future with Confidence, USCCB*
- History of Hispanic Ministry, USCCB*
- Fundación Ramón Pané (2018)*
- Mexican American Catholic College (2007)
- La Red (National Catholic Network de Pastoral Juvenil Hispana) (2002)*
- Instituto Fe y Vida (1996)*
- Mexican American Catholic College
- Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers*
- Southeast Pastoral Institute (SEPI)
- National Catholic Association of Diocesan Directors of Hispanic Ministry (NCADDHM)*
- National Catholic Council for Hispanic Ministry (NCCHM)*
- The Federation for Catechesis with Hispanics (FCH)
- Federation of Pastoral Institute – Federacion de Institutos Pastorales
- The National Hispanic Institute for Liturgy
- Association of Latino Missionary Sisters of America
- Catholic Migrant Farmworker Network
Native American Culture
- Converting the Rosebud: Catholic mission and the Lakotas, 1886-1916, Harvey Markowitz, 2018, $
- The Sacraments and Indigenous People, Rev. Robert J Hater, 2013, $
- Indian Pilgrims: Indigenous Journeys of Activism and Healing with Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Michelle M. Jacob, 2016, $
- Black Elk: Colonialism and Lakota Catholicism, Damian Costello, 2005, $
- Black Elks Religion: the sun dance and Lakota Catholicism, Clyde Holler, 1995, $
- Finding a Way Home, Rev. Patrick J. Twohy, (Original, 1983) 2009 Edition, $
- Two Rivers: A Report on Catholic Native American Culture and Ministry, USCCB, 2019, PDF Document*
- Native American Youth 101, Aspen Center, 2018, PDF Document
- Voices of Native Youth Report – Vol. 1, Center for Native American Youth – Aspen Center, 2011, PDF Document
- Native American Catholics at the Millennium, USCCB, 2003, PDF Document*
- Recommendations for the Inculturation of Lakota Catholicism, Lakota Inculturation Task Force: Diocese of Rapid City, 1999, PDF Document
- A Time for Remembering, Reconciling, and Recommitting Ourselves as a People: Statement of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops on Native Americans, USCCB, 1991, PDF Document*
- Enduring Faith, Knights of Columbus, free streaming and available for purchase
- Racial Justice and the Catholic Church, Bryan N. Massingale, 2010
- One in Christ: Chicago Catholics and the Quest for Interracial Justice, Karen J. Johnson, 2018
- Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love, USCCB, 2018*
- The Catholic Church and the Black Lives Matter Movement: The Racial Divide in the United States Revisited, Bishop Edward K Braxton, 2016
- Made in the Image and Likeness of God: A Pastoral Letter on Racial Harmony, Archbishop Alfred Hughes, 2006
- Combatting Racism – Statements and Letters, USCCB,
- Brothers and Sisters to Us, USCCB
- Does Black Life Matter?, Dr. Ansel Augustine
