Who are young adults?

Young adults are persons in their late teens, twenties, and thirties who represent diverse cultural, racial, ethnic, education, vocational, social, political, and spiritual backgrounds.  They are college and university students, workers, and professionals; they are persons in military service; they are single, married, divorced, or widowed; they are with or without children; the are newcomers in search of a better life.

 

(from the "National Directory on Catechesis," pg. 195)

What is Young Adult Ministry?

Young Adult Ministry is an intentional ministry and outreach to those in their late teens, twenties, and thirties, with the goals of connecting young adults with Jesus Christ, the Church, the mission of the Church in the world, and a peer comunity in which their faith is nurtured and strengthened.

 

(adapted from "Sons & Daugters of the Light," pgs. 25-26)