Reaching Out To Young Adults

[Nick_Alexander]

A few days ago, I encountered a brilliant writeup of a successful Young Adult Group at St. Veronica’s Catholic Church, just outside of Washington D.C. Read about that here.

The Elements of A Successful Apostolate

The article takes the pains to list the four elements as to what makes their outreach so successful. They are:

• Consistency: [We have] weekly meetings and social events almost every weekend and dedicated leaders.
• Communication: [We have] weekly emails to members and advertising in social media, parish bulletins and the diocese.
• Caring: Be very welcoming. (We are most well-known for this.) Personal outreach to friends [is key], and follow up with new people.
• Creativity: The studies and the events must be out-of-the-box, relevant and intriguing.

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My Own Experience**

This brings me back to the years I was both affiliated with young adult groups, and also my experience in failing to start a young adult group in my own parish.
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[hiramross]

I belong to a group in my city and it does have weekly emails and several different people that organize and plan outtings, events, and other meetings. I think the group in my city is great and there are many great people that are regular attendees.

 

[SheenRosaries]

Being a young adult in the Catholic Faith I know that the groups I have enjoyed most have given me (name removed by moderator)ut into what we are going to do. For example we had a retreat planned and we were all able to vote between a few different options. It was a lot of fun! The people who voted for the retreat center that won were excited, and the people who did not vote for that retreat center almost always found something they enjoyed there and would not have had access to at the other center. It was a win win!