A priest ponders ways to get young Catholics to confession. He was a 16-year-old Catholic high school student who entered my confessional during a school...
Young adults
When young Latinos take the lead, church is anything but boring. The venue for the live music concert is just across the river from downtown Los Angeles, but...
Young Latinos are changing the face of Catholic youth ministry. Rey Malavé noticed the nervous teenager who had been chosen to say the Our Father at a diocesan...
U.S. marriage rates are dropping, while the approval ratings of cohabitation and childbearing before marriage are climbing. Young adult Catholics don’t...
Parish leaders and young adults might be missing each other. While some wonder where all the 20- and 30-somethings are on Sunday morning, the young...
It can be hard to find your place in the church when you are in your 20s and 30s. You’re no longer a teenager in a youth group or a college student at a...
If you’re looking for a faith community, you’re not alone. The day after graduating from Marquette University, Michelle Scaperlanda packed her...
Adults could learn a thing or two if only they listened more when young people of different faiths get together to talk. One recent Monday morning a Catholic...
Catholics can learn a thing or two from our evangelical sisters and brothers. On a Thursday night last September, Scott Sroda found himself at Primetime, a...
Learning from evangelicals isn’t as simple as introducing praise and worship music and talking about a personal relationship with Christ at your next youth...