For Your Information Introduction Renew 2000 offers parishes a unique opportunity to respond to the call of Pope John Paul II to celebrate our entrance into the Third Millennium of Christianity with renewed faith and increased vigor. It also provides a means to implement the United States bishops' plan and strategy for their national evangelization effort. Renew 2000 is designed to help parishes establish the early years of this new millennium on a solid basis of spiritual renewal. Renew 2000 is an effective and thorough means for dioceses and parishes to carry the vision of the Great Jubilee into the coming century. Renew 2000 incorporates the themes suggested by Pope John Paul II in His Apostolic Letter.
Special attention is given to the needs of young adults, both single and married.
Season I has been completed. Season II has been completed. Each Season is a six-week period of time for reflection on major themes. Within each Season the major theme is broken down into weekly themes. Parishioners experience these themes in the five ways listed below.