What is Young Adult Ministry?
Ministry to and with young adults is an intentional outreach of the Catholic Church to those aged 18-39.  Successful ministry with these men and women achieves four basic goals:

1. Connect young adults to God through Jesus Christ
2. Connect young adults to the Church and the Christian community
3. Connect young adults to the mission of the Church in the world
4. Connect young adults to a peer community to further support and nurture their faith

Young Adult Ministry should take a dynamic, multi-faceted, and inclusive approach to its outreach and pastoral care, not a single approach or program – especially since young adults are so diverse and since the Catholic Church has such a vast collection of spiritual and corporal works.

Comprehensive Young Adult Ministry includes the following aspects of ministry:

• Advocacy for young adults and their place in the Catholic Church (including collaboration with other ministries and areas of Church life)
• Integration into and participation with the larger Catholic community of faith
• Evangelization to the inactive, busy, and disconnected
• Catechesis and adult faith formation
• Spiritual direction and pastoral care
• Connection to the sacramental life of the Church, especially the Eucharist
• Vocational discernment and leadership development
• Engagement with worship, prayer, and spiritual formation
• Moral and ethical formation of the Christian conscience
• Active participation in the social mission of the Catholic Church
• Events and activities to connect young adults’ shared life experiences