At ACTS it is our mission to grow the universal Church by focusing on the young Church. The young Church plays a vital role in the present and future of our Church. We as ACTS want to cultivate a community that is based on Faith and Fraternity.
We understand that at times communities can become like a suffocating bubble and we want to break that. Through the 2026 Executive Campaign ‘Apostolic Renewal’ we hope to strengthen and build communities within schools and parishes across the nation, while also connecting them to a larger community of Catholics.
In doing this we hope to illuminate the active and growing participation in the Young Church, helping people recognize that the Catholic Church is not limited to your parish or youth group. We understand that sometimes there isn’t always an active community of Catholics around and we want to help people in that situation find or build their active community.
ACTS is still very new and still a grassroots organization. Through this Campaign we hope to be able to grow ACTS in its mission from the inside on a team level and from the outside on an organizational level. Each year the Executive team will come up with a Campaign that is based off of the organizations mid-term reports and final reports. The Campaign will be implemented over the course of a year and will be overseen and executed by the Executive Office.
So, why ‘Apostolic Renewal’? As an organization we want to grow spiritually and help others do that through the Gospels, but we realize that there is often a disconnect between teens and the Catholic Church. We as an organization want to build a bridge between those to strengthen that bond. In a way we are looking to renew our way of outreach and evangelization, so that it is true to the Church but also relatable to our generation.
The Association of Catholic Teens will be implementing the ACTS 2026 Executive Campaign Apostolic Renewal which is focused on growth and maximizing efficiency over the course of the next year. The Executive office has decided that the year 2026 is ACTS year to “Get Established”
There will be many different updates and changes that come along with the campaign. After reviewing the first year of our organization, things that we have done well and updates that we are looking to make.
An Executive Campaign is a list of goals and ideas that we are looking to achieve during the year 2026. We choose the name Apostolic Renewal, because we are looking to focus on updating and improving our apostolic outlook and vision of what it means to be an apostle and follower of Christ and how we are going to be doing that through ACTS.
To be an Apostle means to be a messenger, or ambassador, who is sent out to spread the good news of the Gospel.
Every year the Executive team is going to produce a midterm and final review of the overall organization and Team. Once we do these we will look at what we must do to do better as an organization and what we are going to need to continue to do moving forward. Every year we will come up with an ideal outlook/vision of what we are seeking to accomplish after our review(s) in the coming years.
We will be updating you regularly on our progress with the Campaign regularly so that you know what is going on!
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