CHARLOTTE — Daniel Torres has been hired as the new director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry for the Diocese of Charlotte. Torres, currently campus coordinator at Christ the King High School in Huntersville, will begin his new role in early February.
“His passion for evangelization and proven ability to walk with youth and young adults on their faith journey will be an incredible blessing to our diocesan community,” said Christopher Beal, director of the diocese’s Office of Catechetical Formation. “Daniel brings experience, energy and a deep commitment to forming young disciples.”
Torres will continue assisting Christ the King through April.
Along with the six years of experience Torres gained from Christ the King, he brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to his new position.
Torres graduated with a theology degree from Belmont Abbey College. He went on to serve as a Campus Missionary in Houston, Texas, for FOCUS, a well-known Catholic campus ministry dedicated to discipleship. Torres also coordinated the youth ministry at St. Matthew Parish in Charlotte, where he led programs such as Life Teen, Edge and confirmation preparation.
— Catholic News Herald
CHARLOTTE — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has designated January as “Poverty Awareness Month.”
According to U.S. Census data, the national poverty rate in the USA is 10.6%, with 35.9 million people living in poverty. In North Carolina, 12.5% of residents live in poverty.
Educational resources are available at www.povertyusa.org and in Spanish at www.povertyusa.org/es. Poverty awareness resource materials are also available at www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/poverty-awareness.
Catholic Charities and the Sisters of Mercy will co-sponsor a Feb. 14 event on “Dilexi te,” the Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Leo XIV on Love for the Poor, in Belmont. More information is coming soon at www.ccdoc.org/education.
— Joseph T. Purello, Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte