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Strangers Strangers in the House of Godin the House of God
Sons and Daughters of the Sons and Daughters of the LightLightA Pastoral Plan for A Pastoral Plan for
Ministry with Young AdultsMinistry with Young Adults
High School and High School and Teenage YearsTeenage Years Salesian ContactSalesian Contact
– Youth CenterYouth Center– ParishParish– CampCamp– SchoolSchool– Boys and Girls ClubBoys and Girls Club
The Value of a DreamThe Value of a Dream
Don Bosco & Rector MajorDon Bosco & Rector Major MotivationMotivation FocusFocus PurposePurpose Meaning to One’s LifeMeaning to One’s Life
Problems with a Problems with a DreamDream Lack of Development/Fully Lack of Development/Fully
Thought OutThought Out Lack of SupportLack of Support Lack of Resources & GuidanceLack of Resources & Guidance You Can’t Go HomeYou Can’t Go Home
-especially after HS graduation-especially after HS graduation
College and College and Young Adulthood Young Adulthood
How to Measure How to Measure SuccessSuccess Different for each person, locationDifferent for each person, location ““We are called to be faithful, not We are called to be faithful, not
necessarily successful”necessarily successful”
Cafeteria CatholicsCafeteria Catholics
““It is not easy to It is not easy to live as a Christian live as a Christian in contemporary in contemporary society.”society.”
Sin and Sin and temptation are temptation are everywhereeverywhere
Religious vs Religious vs SpiritualSpiritual
Potential TrapsPotential Traps
False PromisesFalse Promises False ProphetsFalse Prophets
– FratsFrats– DrugsDrugs– SexSex– AlcoholAlcohol– RoommatesRoommates– RelationshipsRelationships
Questioning FaithQuestioning Faith– Afraid to QuestionAfraid to Question– Afraid to Hear Afraid to Hear
AnswerAnswer
Are they prepared? Have we prepared them?
Results of Being Results of Being TrappedTrapped Less Participation Less Participation Flashy ReligionsFlashy Religions Unhealthy relationshipsUnhealthy relationships Change in Priorities and MoralsChange in Priorities and Morals Inability to fulfill dreamsInability to fulfill dreams
Tasks of Young Tasks of Young AdulthoodAdulthood Developing Personal IdentityDeveloping Personal Identity Developing RelationshipsDeveloping Relationships Developing A Meaning of WorkDeveloping A Meaning of Work Developing A Spiritual LifeDeveloping A Spiritual Life
Developing Personal Developing Personal IdentityIdentity
New Surroundings Introduce New New Surroundings Introduce New People with Different Values, Faiths, People with Different Values, Faiths, Cultures, & Sexual Orientation Cultures, & Sexual Orientation
Independence & InterdependenceIndependence & Interdependence
Developing Developing RelationshipsRelationships Common BondsCommon Bonds
– New LocationNew Location– Activities and Involvement Activities and Involvement
““Reordering Relationships in Family”Reordering Relationships in Family”– Mutual Experiences Mutual Experiences
Big Group EventsBig Group Events– Intermingling Intermingling – ““Pain of being alone in a crowd”Pain of being alone in a crowd”– LonelinessLoneliness
Developing A MeaningDeveloping A Meaningof Workof Work Seek meaning to their lifeSeek meaning to their life Fulfillment of Dreams and VisionsFulfillment of Dreams and Visions Unhealthy Unhealthy
Balances/MisconceptionsBalances/Misconceptions
Developing a Spiritual Developing a Spiritual LifeLife Relationship with GodRelationship with God Balance God’s Will & SocietyBalance God’s Will & Society Willingness to ChallengeWillingness to Challenge SearchingSearching
– InternallyInternally– ParticipationParticipation– CommunityCommunity
Developing a Spiritual Developing a Spiritual LifeLife Challenged by mediaChallenged by media Inhospitable or Unresponsive Inhospitable or Unresponsive
ParishesParishes Desire to return to faithDesire to return to faith
– Positive Experience in YMPositive Experience in YM– Seek Participation in ChurchSeek Participation in Church– Feeling important Feeling important
Accepting God’s Accepting God’s Invitation Invitation
Group Vs. IndividualGroup Vs. Individual
Longing to BelongLonging to Belong Salesianity Salesianity Do they understand what they Do they understand what they
are apart of?are apart of? Why are they at the institutions Why are they at the institutions
that they are?that they are?
Call to CommunityCall to Community
Young adults have expressed the Young adults have expressed the desire to be a part of a communitydesire to be a part of a community
Helps to “develop potential, foster Helps to “develop potential, foster talents, form identity, and respond talents, form identity, and respond to the challenges of being holy to the challenges of being holy men and women”.men and women”.
Give and TakeGive and Take HealingHealing
Get Involved (cont)Get Involved (cont)
Teach for America (teachforamerica.org)Teach for America (teachforamerica.org) AmeriCorps (AmeriCorps (www.americorps.org)) MissionsMissions
– Salesians (Salesians (www.salesians.org/slm)) Corporately AcceptedCorporately Accepted VocationsVocations
– Priesthood, Brotherhood, Sisterhood, Priesthood, Brotherhood, Sisterhood, Teachers, Youth Ministers, VolunteersTeachers, Youth Ministers, Volunteers
Others?Others?
Get InvolvedGet Involved
Be Knowledgeable & InformedBe Knowledgeable & Informed Encourage them to get involvedEncourage them to get involved Give Direction to get involvedGive Direction to get involved Follow up/Check-inFollow up/Check-in
A Plan for MinistryA Plan for Ministry
Connect Young Adults to:Connect Young Adults to:– Jesus ChristJesus Christ– The Church, by inviting and The Church, by inviting and
welcoming their presence in the welcoming their presence in the Christian communityChristian community
– The Mission of the Church in the The Mission of the Church in the worldworld
– A Peer Community to strengthen and A Peer Community to strengthen and nurture their faithnurture their faith
Four Types of Four Types of Accompaniment Accompaniment PersonalPersonal GroupGroup ProjectProject EnvironmentEnvironment
Let us reflect and see what we are doing right/best. Let us reflect and see what we are doing right/best. What needs to be improved?What needs to be improved?
Personal Personal AccompanimentAccompaniment NamesNames FriendshipFriendship ConfessionConfession
Spiritual Spiritual DirectionDirection
EmailsEmails Sense of Sense of
Paternal/FraternPaternal/Fraternal Supportal Support
Group AccompanimentGroup Accompaniment
Fostering RelationshipsFostering Relationships FormationFormation ServiceService Festivity and CelebrationFestivity and Celebration PrayerPrayer SpiritualitySpirituality
Project Project AccompanimentAccompaniment VisionVision PurposePurpose Team BuildingTeam Building FormationFormation
DiscernmentDiscernment DelegationDelegation EmpowermentEmpowerment Follow-UpFollow-Up
Environmental Environmental AccompanimentAccompaniment Sense of FamilySense of Family BelongingBelonging SafetySafety HappinessHappiness TrustTrust
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