If you have restored the order of initiation in your diocese or parish—placing Confirmation after Baptism, before First Communion or between the two at a single celebration—then how do you celebrate sacramentally the events of youth? How do you ritualize a time of passage for a young man or young woman? How do you celebrate a young person's belonging to the Christian community? How do you commission a teen for apostolic ministry within the community? How do teens ritually become “ambassadors of reconciliation” for the community? How do you liturgically mark an older teen's arrival at adulthood?

From diverse backgrounds, the ten authors of this book address these hard questions catechetically, ecumenically, liturgically and pastorally. Though final answers have not yet arrived, the practical insight of these authors help shape the questions for further discussion.

Paperback, 6 x 9, 98 pages.