Young Adult Ministry

Young adults are persons in their late teens (18+), twenties, and thirties who represent diverse cultural, racial, ethnic, educational, vocational, social, political, and spiritual backgrounds. They are college students, workers, and professionals; they are persons in military service; they are single, married, divorced, or widowed; they are with or without children; they are newcomers in search of a better life. USCCB Young Adult Ministry

Through his landmark apostolic exhortation, Christus Vivit, Pope Francis has given the Church a foundational text that now illuminates the Church's ongoing ministry with young adults. Christus Vivit (Latin for "Chris is alive!") was the Holy Father's pastoral response and contribution to a global Synod process that took place from 2016 through 2019.

This Synod, under the theme of "Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment," sought to provide a Catholic response to the realities of youth and young adults in connection to Jesus Christ, the community of the Church, and each person's vocational calling. The synodal journey included a worldwide consultation on the topic, continuing to a Pre-Synod Meeting of young adults in March 2018 in Rome and the Synod of Bishops in Rome in October 2018, and onto and beyond the release of Christus Vivit, written “to young people and to the entire people of God,” in March 2019. USCCB Ministry with Young Adults

10 Major Themes of Christus Vivit from the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry (NFCYM).

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