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The Paulist Community is well known for its innovative approaches in helping people find, rediscover and understand the Catholic Church. When a daughter or a son, a grandchild or a spouse, turns away from the Church people of faith want someone to reach out to them. The Paulist Fathers view this as central to their mission. Expanding upon and developing new and innovative apostolic ministries for all seeking spiritual sustenance in the 21st Century will require significant programmatic and endowed funds.

Forty-three percent of the campaign's proceeds will be allocated toward the growth of Paulist Apostolic Ministries.
A FUTURE BRIGHTER THAN ANY PAST will focus on funding and eventually endowing important Paulist priorities including the following initiatives:

Paulist Reconciliation Ministries: This office will support and promote outreach initiatives and Landings programs in the twenty Paulist ministry centers and in diocesan parishes throughout North America. The office will also focus on working with diocesan and other Catholic bodies to address issues of outreach and reconciliation in the hardest hit areas of North America. The cost of establishing an office for and conducting reconciliation ministries will be $1.3 million.

Paulist Young Adult Ministries: The Paulists recognized a need for specialized ministry to those in their 20s and 30s and formed Paulist Young Adult Ministries in 2002. The goal of the ministry is to connect young people with a Catholic community by reaching the greatest number of young adults possible with the Gospel through every available means of communication. This effort will entail significantly increasing the available content on BustedHalo.com, making young adult retreats more affordable and increasing the programming offered to parishes for young adult ministry. The cost of such expansion of this ministry will be $1 million.

Paulist Communication Ministries: In a world of ever-changing media where people will create their own entertainment on their computers, the Paulists will need to be there with them, fostering a compelling faith-based environment. The Paulists will invest in modern media production technologies and training in order to ensure that Paulists will continue to make an influential contribution to the content of media with gospel values throughout the United States and Canada. For this purpose we will need to establish a fund for Paulist Communication Ministries that will begin with $1 million.

Paulist Evangelization Ministries: The Paulist mission is evangelization which is an open, dynamic, sensitive and compassionate proclamation of faith in ways people can hear: we invite the seeker to faith; we call Catholics to deeper faith or a return to the practice of their faith; we work with other believers to build understanding and unity; we find innovative ways to touch segments of society in cities and on college campuses. The campaign will seek to expand this ministry by appropriating $1 million within Paulist Apostolic Works specifically for evangelization and outreach.