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Youth, Young Adults and Families

This ministry is the collaboration of parishes and diocesan organizations in the development, support, and maintenance of a variety of ministries. As part of the Secretariat of Christian Life and Ministry Formation, we serve those who serve youth, young adults, college students, those planning marriage, married couples, parents, those with homosexual orientation, the divorced and separated, and the widowed.

Services provided - Services include personnel development, parish commission training, parish consultation, communications, resources, advocacy, and catechetical/social/retreat programs.

Coordinator: Mark Mann
Phone: 616-475-1243
Email: mmann@dioceseofgrandrapids.org

Goals

  • Provide for the ongoing support and enrichment of all aspects of family life.
  • Support and strengthen marriages.
  • Provide leadership for the development of young adult ministry within parishes, parish clusters, and at the diocesan level - seeking to connect young adults (ages 18-35) with Jesus Christ and inviting them to participate in the life, work and mission of the Church.
  • Promote and advocate for the development of youth ministry in parishes, parish clusters, and at the diocesan level - responding to the needs of young people (ages 11-18) and inviting them to participate in the life, work and mission of the Church.
  • Pastoral Response to School Violence - Memo
  • Catechetical Session on Peacemaking - in English and Spanish
    (from Called to Be Peacemakers and Apostles of Hope, USCCB 1988)

  • Links - Family, Youth, Young Adult Websites
  • Related Documents
  • Upcoming Events
  • Pre-Cana Schedule 2008-09
    (Calendar listing of marriage preparation programs in the diocese)
  • Affiliate Ministry in the Diocese of Grand Rapids
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