Christus Vivit

Monday, December 09

Tuning in to youth

They can be difficult times at the best of times. Adolescence, the teenage years and then the 20s throw up challenges at a rapid rate. Grappling with your faith is often one of the ‘big ones’ and that is where the Catholic Office for Youth and Young Adults (COYYA) steps in; providing support and accompanying youth through this transitional stage of life.

Holly heading to Rome for international forum

Holly Roberts from the Archdiocese’s Catholic Office for Youth and Young Adults is one of two young Australians selected to join an international delegation in Rome next month to identify ways to implement Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation, Christus Vivit.

Youth participating in World Youth Day events in Adelaide this year.

Being Church with young people

Shari is a good friend of mine from my parish in the USA. She’s a long time member of the community, a former music teacher and school principal, a trustee of the parish, and a faithful volunteer in the parish youth ministry. A single woman in her 70s, never married, no children, Shari is a sort of surrogate grandmother to young people in the community.

Pope Francis writes to young people – the ‘now of the Church’

Pope Francis has urged young people to embrace their role as the present and the future of the Catholic Church by building relationships with their community and with God.