Evangelizing a 16 year old

[SonSearcher]

What resources could you all suggest evangelizing a 16 y/o male.

He lives away from us. He is my wife’s little brother. Never been baptized. A “new agey” mother.

He stated yesterday that he is depressed and is in a dark place and that he is envious of our faith and wants to know more.

He visits sometimes and we can take him to Mass and such things…but I need help brainstorming for resources to send him to inquire on his own he lives about 1000 miles away.

Youth Bible?
YouCat?
Aflame?

Thanks ahead of time!

 

[DexUK]

You ‘evangelise’ with care, seeing as he is still under the authority of his parents.

The best way is to give witness by your actions, by answering his questions with charity, taking him along to Mass with you, as you have suggested, and, if you feel it appropriate, perhaps pointing him towards the youth outreach team of his local diocese.

 

[SonSearcher]

You ‘evangelise’ with care, seeing as he is still under the authority of his parents.

The best way is to give witness by your actions, by answering his questions with charity, taking him along to Mass with you, as you have suggested, and, if you feel it appropriate, perhaps pointing him towards the youth outreach team of his local diocese.

I will evangelize with care, but his Mom is quite open to just about anything and she defers a lot of his spiritual guidance to my wife because she herself hasn’t figured it out yet. So my wife has a kind of free pass with him. BTW my wife is 28 so considerably older than him.

His father passed away almost a decade ago and his mom has slowly crept away from a lot of the “formation” aspects of parenting. Almost relegating herself to a roof over the head and food in the cupboards kind of parenting which seems all too common these days.

That being said we are cautious to discern what moves we should be taking with him. Hence the inquiry to this here forum.

I am specifically looking for hands on resources that he could peruse at his home by himself as he is still anxious about jumping into the world of catholicism without us there with him. Also as great as it would be for him to find God in his own way…we would like to guide him into the fullness of truth in the Catholic Church. We can only witness long distance and that has a certain effectiveness but only goes so far.

 

[LightFromLight]

Give him the handbook of Divine Mercy.

 

[Ophelia23]

In my humble opinion, I think a GREAT approach for this situation is to simply ask him what questions he has. He has already opened the door by stating he is interested. Maybe ask him, “What about our Faith is interesting to you?” Or, “Why is it you feel envious of our Faith?” That will help get a starting point provided by him, rather than grabbing in the dark.

Just a thought. Good luck!

 

[SonSearcher]

In my humble opinion, I think a GREAT approach for this situation is to simply ask him what questions he has. He has already opened the door by stating he is interested. Maybe ask him, “What about our Faith is interesting to you?” Or, “Why is it you feel envious of our Faith?” That will help get a starting point provided by him, rather than grabbing in the dark.

Just a thought. Good luck!

Thanks

 

[mountee]

In my humble opinion, I think a GREAT approach for this situation is to simply ask him what questions he has. He has already opened the door by stating he is interested. Maybe ask him, “What about our Faith is interesting to you?” Or, “Why is it you feel envious of our Faith?” That will help get a starting point provided by him, rather than grabbing in the dark.

Just a thought. Good luck!

Agree:thumbsup: and, what can we do to help you along?