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YOUNG CATHOLICS HAVE
A PASSION FOR JESUS AND FOR HELPING PEERS
STORIES OF FAITH FROM CATHOLIC EXTENSION SPRING 2015
HEARTS
ON FIRE
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Lay Ministry Movement: Extension Lay Volunteers to Today
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STORIES OF FAITH FROM CATHOLIC EXTENSION WINTER 2015
The JOYof the GOSPEL EMBRACING THE POPE’S CALL TO
‘GO OUT TO THE PERIPHERIES’
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Father Fredy Angel receives 2015–2016 Lumen Christi Award 24
AEXTENSION MAGAZINE TURNS 110
FEW SIGNIFICANT magazines All of these magazines have sur- With a rst print run of 50,000 published in the United States vived by identifying a role, stay- copies in April 1906, Extension
have survived more than 100 ing focused on relevant issues, and magazine became established as years. Scienti c American is adapting to the changing winds of a quarterly publication. But after a the oldest monthly maga- the world. year, Father Kelley turned it into a
zine, continuously pub- Our magazine di ers from the monthly and decided to “change lished since 1845. It was pack in that we report primarily on its character into that of a small followed by Harper’s people and activities that our orga- Catholic edition of the Ladies
and Atlantic in the nization knows well and to which Home Journal.” In addition to sto- 1850s and Ladies we are extending support. Every ries from the home missions, it
Home Journal and Good House- story in our magazine is one that featured ctional stories, recipes, keeping in the 1880s. In the Cath- we are closely tracking, rooting Catholic dating tips and a section
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olic world, St. Anthony Messenger, rst published in 1893, is the old- est magazine still in print, while Extension, the publication you are reading right now, is the second oldest and was started 110 years ago, in April 1906.
Despite the cur- rent crisis in pub- lishing, Extension magazine is thriv- ing with the best of them and — through thick and thin — continues to bring you stories that matter.
for, and nancially backing.
We believe that our articles, published for 110 years in our mag- azine — and in recent decades online as well — tell a very import- ant story about the Catholic expe- rience in our country.
Few American Catholics trav-
el frequently to remote, rural pock- ets in the U.S. or see the challeng- es that their fellow Catholics in economically disadvantaged areas face. We bring these realities to you. We ll in the gaps. We hope that our stories broaden Ameri- can perceptions about the Catho- lic faith, encourage you to lend a hand to fellow Catholics and, ulti- mately, help shape the future of our Church.
Extension magazine was start- ed by Catholic Extension’s founder, Father Francis Clement Kelley, who was also its main writer, editor and manager for years. His vision was to share the experiences of “home
missions” with U.S. Catho-
lics, who, he believed, need- ed to under- stand and assist other Catholics in need.
for children. By the 1950s paid sub- scriptions reached 600,000.
is robust circulation was achieved largely through door-to- door salespeople who blanketed the country and helped Extension become standard reading in many Catholic households. e magazine was funded mainly through out- side advertisements.
However, with new technology and evolving habits in the 1960s, advertising commitments start-
ed shifting to television. e mag- azine deeply felt the impact. In 1968 Catholic Extension decided to carry on with Extension, with- out advertisements, to return to its original quest to inform readers about the “home missions,” and
to make the magazine available to donors without a subscription fee. In 2006 it became a quarterly pub- lication.
Catholic Extension’s mission is to build faith, inspire hope and ignite change in America’s most marginalized communities. But this undertaking is hard to grasp without stories. Our stories give life — voices, faces, landscapes, details and emotions — to our mission. Our stories put us all on the same page.