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RESOURCES FOR YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY
Websites:
See also: Books or Articles
www.ncyama.org
The website for the
National Catholic Young Adult Ministry Organization based in Washington,
D.C. Check in for updates about the upcoming National Catholic Young
Adult Conference, "The Road to Emmaus, A Young Adult Journey" June 13-15, 2003 in
Albuquerque, New Mexico. The conference is preceded by the 2003
National Young Adult Ministers Forum June 11-13.
www.bustedhalo.com
A national website
specifically for Catholic Young Adults sponsored by the Paulist Fathers.
It features articles to help you learn about and live your faith, a "Church
Search" page to help you find a young adult-friendly parish, and listings of
events nationwide.
www.claretians.org/young.htm
A
Young Adult Spirituality page which features
a monthly article for young adults. The Claretians are also publishers
of U.S. Catholic Magazine, which often contains articles of interest
to young lay people, available on the web at
www.uscatholic.org
www.cnvs.org
Catholic
Network of Volunteer Service: Connecting Full-time Volunteers with Christian
Member Programs. The website boasts that "Opportunities abound to
share your talents and gifts for a week, a month, a year or more - in the
U.S. or in over 80 countries worldwide.
www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/online.html
This is the online
ministry of the Jesuits at Creighton University. At this site, you can
make an entire 9-month Ignatian retreat online with different helps to
prayer for each week (including a meditative photo to set as your "wallpaper
of the week"). Or you can pray the Stations of the Cross, read daily
reflections, or consult resources on spirituality and justice.
www.mercyvolunteers.org
Mercy Volunteer Corps is a program of the Sisters of Mercy of
the Americas that invites women and men to a year or two of full-time
service with people who are economically poor or marginalized.
Volunteers commit to compassionate service, a simple lifestyle in community,
and spiritual growth.
www.oncecatholic.org
This site is run by St. Anthony Messenger
Press as an outreach to those who grew up Catholic and may have drifted away
or left in hurt or anger. The site is divided into rooms for those
with different experiences (divorce, post-abortion, felt excluded).
You can send your own comments, stories and questions to the room, and a
pastoral minister will respond by posting your message on the site and
writing back to you. This is a chance to gain some guidance, prayer,
resources and understanding from pastoral ministers and others on the
journey.
www.pallotticenter.org
This site provides information about
lay volunteer service opportunities in Church-based programs through colleges, campus ministry
centers, high schools, parishes, and other groups interested in lay
ministry. They distribute free of charge copies of
Connections to anyone interested in opportunities to serve actively in
Church ministry. The Connections directory guides prospective volunteers
through a series of discernment questions and evaluation as to which
volunteer program may be best for them. Staff members at the Pallotti
Center work with prospective volunteers to explore their personal strengths
and weaknesses, talents, interests, personal and professional goals and
objectives. Referrals to volunteer programs are made based on an
individual's preference and the criteria of the programs. Staff members work
with potential volunteers as much as possible to provide information and
answer questions.
www.visionguide.org
This is the online site of the annual religious discernment guide, Vision.
At this site you will find help on how to discern a religious vocation,
information on various options and links to virtually every religious order
in existence.
Books:
Sons and Daughters of
the Light: A Pastoral Plan for Ministry with Young Adults, USCCB
(1996), available from Archdiocese Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry for $10.00.
Virtual Faith: The
Irreverent Spiritual Quest of Generation X by Tom Beaudoin (New
York: Jossey-Bass, 1998).
The Basic Guide to
Young Adult Ministry by John C. Cusick and Katherine DeVries (Maryknoll,
N.Y.: Orbis Books, 2000
Young Adult
Catholics: Religion in a Culture of Choice by Dean R. Hoge et al.
(Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2001).
Millennials Rising:
The Next Great Generation by Neil Howe and William Strauss (New York,
Vintage Books, 2000).
Doing What Comes
Naturally: Jobs, Career and Vocation (part of the Crossings
Series for Young Adults) by Mary Anne Reese (Denver: Living the Good News,
1998).
God Moments : Why Faith Really Matters to a New Generation
by
Jeremy Langford (Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2001).
Leadership for Life: Discovering Your Gifts for Christian Leadership (a
practical guide for young adults)
by Michael Paulin, et al. (Naugatuck:
Center for Ministry Development, 1997).
Young
Adult Works (Naugatuck: Center
for Ministry Development, 1997). 4-volume binders with programming
resources and bibliography for young adult ministry.
The New Faithful: Why Young
Adults Are Embracing Christian Orthodoxy by Colleen Carroll
(Chicago: Loyola Press, 2002).
American
Catholics: Gender, Generation, and Commitment by
William D’Antonio, James D. Davidson, Dean Hoge, Katherine Meyer. (Alta
Mira Books, 2001).
Stages of Faith: The Psychology of
Human Development and the Quest for Meaning by James W. Fowler (New York: Harper
Collins, 1981).
Losing Your Religion, Finding Your
Faith: Spirituality for Young Adults by Brett C. Hoover (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1998).
Reconstructing Catholicism by Robert Ludwig (New York: Crossroad, 1995).
The Critical Years: The Young Adult
Search for a Faith to Live By by Sharon Parks (San Francisco:
Harper & Row, 1986).
Baby Busters: The Disilliusioned Generation by George Barna
(Northfield Pub., 1994).
Articles:
- "Refracting the
Light: The Broad Spectrum of Young Adult Catholics" by Mary Anne
Reese in Sept. 22, 2003 issue of America (at
www.americamagazine.org)
- "ELIMI-DATED:
Why Can't the Church and Young Singles Hook Up" by Renee M. LaReau,
U.S.Catholic, Feb. 2003 (at
www.uscatholic.org)
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“Beginning Afresh: Gen-X Catholics” by Tom Beaudoin, America, Nov.
21, 1998.
- “Why
Young Adults Need Ignatian Spirituality” by Timothy P. Muldoon, America,
February 26, 2001.
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“Young Adult Catholics: Conservative? Alienated? Suspicious?” by Dean
Hoge et. al, America, March 27, 1999.
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“Young Adult Ministry: A Pastor’s Take” by Rev. Daniel Danielson,
Initiative Report (Catholic Common Ground Initiative), Vol. 5, No. 3,
September, 2001.
- "Young Adult Ministry" by Brett C. Hoover,
Church,
Vol. 18, No. 1 (Spring 2002): 48-53.
- New Theology Review
,
Vol. 11, No. 1 (Feb 1998). Entire issue devoted to Young Adults in the
Church. See especially James D. Davidson, "The Post Vatican II
Catholics" and Allen M. Gustafson, "Generation X: Its Challenges and
Possibilities."
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