For our purposes, we define a young adult as anyone between the ages of 18 and 39. You can read more about the young adult experience and realities on the “Who are Young Adults?” page of the Essentials.
Young Adult Ministry in a Box is designed to provide resources for young adult communities in Catholic parishes, including the individuals who make up those communities, young adult leaders of those communities, their pastors and pastoral associates, and lay ministers.
Young Adult Ministry in a Box is a resource created by Busted Halo and the Paulist Fathers
There is no cost to access the content of Young Adult Ministry in a Box, but we appreciate your support and accept donations here.
We recommend you start by reading through our Essentials sections to better learn about young adult ministry, the lived realities of young adults, and the general best practices for implementing young adult ministry. These Essentials will help you analyze your parish’s young adult community, opportunities, and how to get started in young adult ministry.
After that, check out the Weekly Articles. These articles provide insights on best practices, quick tips for events, spiritual reflections, and more. Check back each week for new articles to help guide your young adult ministry.
Also, check out the Step-by-Steps for quick ideas and guides for event recommendations for your young adult community..
Monthly Reflections – These are articles geared towards four main contingents of young adult ministry: the unaffiliated, single young adults, couples, and couples with children. Each month we’ll have an article that focuses on one of these groups and dives more in depth on how to best involve and accompany them in your parish.
Best Practices – These articles help provide the best pastoral practices to help your parish journey with young adults. This includes topics like how to better find young adults in your community, how to accompany young adults, and how to incorporate young adults as a key part of your parish.
Leadership Formation – These articles are for the young adult leaders in your community to help them grow together. These articles provide short reflections and invite discussion among leaders to better understand their pastoral identities and roles.
Quick Tips – These articles help you put together an event when you’re not sure what to do. They provide quick overviews and insights to jump-start the planning process.
Relevant Readings – These brief articles provide the lectionary readings for the upcoming Sunday and some discussion questions to help jumpstart a Bible study.
Saints of Our Times – These articles provide insights into the lives of the saints that young adult communities can look to as examples.
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