Young Adult Formation

Recently, our director Eden was invited to speak at the Pastoral Leadership Conference for the diocese on the formation of young adults. Myself and another second year team member, Mike Picard, were invited along to share some of the ways we have benefited from young adult formation through SPIRITUS. It was such a privilege to spend the day speaking with lay leaders from all over the diocese about the need for young adult programming in parishes. Young adults need space to develop internal prayer and good human habits, but also have an external call and place where they can contribute to the parish community in a meaningful way. Young professionals often receive practical and professional development from work place but lack human, spiritual, and ministerial formation. Society often also forgets that young adults still need guidance and close mentorship which then links them to the greater adult community in the parish and gives them examples of how to accompany and mentor younger members of the parish. Young adults need the parish to provide these things and to be fed by the faith and parishes definitely need young adults as well!!


-Brianna Trifiletti