YOUNG PEOPLE ARE NOT THE PROBLEM Before becoming too convinced that the reason for disaffection lies with everything and everyone else, church leaders need to seriously examine how their own shortcomings and failures have contributed to young people leaving the church.
STOP GIVING YOUNG ADULTS SPECIAL TREATMENT AT CHURCH Rather than a church hosting events specifically for young adults, young adults should be encouraged to engage in different ministries and fellowship within the intergenerational life of a parish.Rather than a church hosting events specifically for young adults, young adults should be encouraged to engage in different ministries and fellowship within the intergenerational life of a parish.
THE SPIRITUAL LIFE OF AMERICAN TEENAGERS Catholic teens are looking for quiet spaces to develop personal relationships with Jesus through prayer and contemplation.
WHY ARE YOUNG CATHOLICS GOING, GOING, GONE? At a time when more young people than ever before are leaving the church, a new report from St. Mary's Press in collaboration with the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate is attempting to understand why so many have "disaffiliated" from Catholicism.
YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY IN A BOX Busted Halo’s digital toolkit for starting young adult ministry from scratch, for more tips and ideas.
CHRIST IS ALIVE: SYNTHESIS OF THE APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION Andrea Tornielli, the editorial director for the Dicastery of Communication, provides a detailed synthesis of the Post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation "Christ is Alive!"
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT We all know the story of the “nones,” and the dire statistics about the decline of religious affiliation among young people. But these data hardly tell the whole story (Commonweal Magazine Podcast)