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Young adults are highly encouraged to become leaders in society and church life. There
is a key ensemble for becoming a successful leader: training, support, and a mentoring
relationship. Young adult leaders are needed for our present and the future, for
both society and the Church.
Mentoring is a significant way in which we equip young
adults with the values, beliefs, ideas, and learning necessary to be mature
Christians. Young adults can benefit from a mentoring relationship connected with their career and job,
especially when we share the values and wisdom that spring from our belief in the Gospel.
If you are seeking a mentoring relationship for yourself or others, you can:
- Establish a committee to connect older
and younger adults in like professions in mentoring relationships.
- Reinforce the leadership role that each
Christian is asked to undertake as a citizen through preaching and
catechetical opportunities.
- Form discussion, support, or prayer
groups for those in like professions and trades.
- Ask young adults to be mentors for high
school youth, especially youth in confirmation programs and those from
different ethnic groups, including immigrants who need to learn how to
succeed in a new and different culture.
For more information about ongoing
programs, contact your parish young adult coordinator or call the Office
for Young Adult Ministry at 858-490-8260. |