Step-by-step

Helpful articles to walk you through planning and hosting various events. These especially cater to events tied to the Church’s liturgical calendar to enrich the lives of young adults.

Service, Scripture, and Social Justice

This program includes a trip to the soup kitchen, scripture reflection, and a brief introduction to Catholic Social Teaching.

Buddy Up: Daily Lenten Practice and Community Building

Create community and observe Lent through a “virtual” retreat in everyday life. Daily Lenten reflections tweeted by the leader are the starting point for online sharing between pairs of young adults.

Lenten Fellowship Challenge

In this program young adults get together with a different person each week throughout Lent for fellowship and faith conversations. Leaders encourage young adults to connect or reconnect with members of their young adult ministry  in order to build their relationships as brothers and sisters in Christ.

Lenten Faith Sharing Communities: Walking Together in the Desert

This program empowers young adults to lead small faith-sharing communities with their peers. Throughout four weekly meetings and an opportunity for service, participants explore the Lenten theme of “desert” to reflect on their relationship with self, God, and others. 

Journey To the Cross: Holy Week Retreat

This Holy Week retreat gives young adults an opportunity to have a deeper experience of Holy Week through group and personal prayer, service in a rural setting, ecumenism, and genuine social analysis.