SubCommittee on Asian Pacific Affairs (SCAPA)

Thaum lub 1 hli ntuj, tim 1 xyoo 2008, lub koom haum USCCB tau rov txhim kho kev saib xyuas tsoom ntseeg. Nyob rau lub rooj sib sau no thiaj li tau tsim muaj ib lub Committee loj tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv tsoom Tswv Qhia lub koom haum (bishop's conference) cov Committees. Lub Committee tshiab no hu ua: "Committee on Cultural Diversity in the Church.

Tus Tswv Qhia saib lub Committee no hu ua Archbishop Jose Gomez. Hos tus Director yog Txiv Plig Alan Deck. Nyob rau lub Committee no, thiaj tau tsa 5 lub Subcommittees:

•  Hispanic
•  African American
•  Native American
•  Asian Pacific
•  Pastoral Care of Migrants, Refugees and Travelers

Lub Cultural Diversity in the Church (CDS) no muaj 42 tus Tswv Qhia uas nyob rau ntau heev neeg. Yog ib yam txaus siab kawg ua pom ntau tus thawj coj hauv ntau heev neeg nyob rau lub koom txoos los ua ke thiab koom siab nrog rau lub USCCB sib pab coj tsoom neeg ntseeg nyob rau hauv lub Koom Txoos (Church).

Thaum tsa tau muaj 5 lub Subcommittees no lawm, cov subcommittees mam li pab lub USCCB saib xyuas tej kev coj thiab txhawb lub neej ntseeg nyob rau nyias lub committees kom lub hom phiaj mus raws nkaus li tsoom Tswv Qhia USCCB lub hom phiaj.

Vim muaj kev tsim kho los saum no, SCAPA thiaj tau sau tas nrho tsoom neeg ntseeg tawv dav los sib txoos rau hauv lub Subcommittee on Asian Pacific Islander Affairs.  Tus Tswv Qhia saib SCAPA hu ua Tswv Qhia Oscar Solis, yog ib tug Tswv Qhia Philipino nyob rau Los Angeles, California. Tus Director pab khiav cov hauj lwm hu ua Cecile Motus, nyob Washington.

Nyob rau hauv SCAPA tau xam muaj 18 heev neeg tawv daj. Tswv Qhia Oscar Solis, thiaj xav kom muaj cov National Advisers sawv cev hauv txhua heev neeg tuaj mus pab tswv yim tsim kom muaj kev pab kev ntseeg rau txhua heev neeg tawv dav rhaws li sawv daws tej kev coj noj coj nyob rau hauv nyias heev neeg. Nyob rau hauv cov Catholic Hmoob, HANCA thiaj li tau mus koom lub rooj sib sau no.

Lub koom haum SCAPA tseem tab tom npaj kom muaj ntau yam kev txhawb nqa rau txhua heev neeg. Sawv daws mam soj ntsuam mus ntxiv saib kev pab yuav muaj tuaj li cas.  Yog koj xav paub ntau tshaj qhov no, koj mus saib tau USCCB lub tsev vas: http://www.usccb.org/scdc/

• Assist dioceses in building capacities to welcome and integrate Asian and Pacific Catholics in parish life
• Increase availability of sacraments, pastoral services, and appropriate religious education materials in the languages and cultural idioms of Asian and Pacific Island communities who cannot sufficiently make use of the common and ordinary pastoral services of local parishes
• Promote the formation of Asian and Pacific Island Catholic pastoral leaders so they become evangelizers of their families, ethnic communities, and local churches
• Assist Asian and Pacific Island Catholics in strengthening their faith communities and building communion with each other, with diverse members of the Church, and with their local bishops and pastors through diocesan, regional, and national gatherings
• Promote the implementation of recommendations in Asian and Pacific Presence: Harmony in Faith at the local and national level