Ministry to and with young adults is an intentional outreach of the Catholic Church. Catholic Young Adult Ministry was initiated by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in November 1996. The Young Adult Outreach Ministry is responding to the challenge given to us by the USCCB to effectively minister to young adults with four basic goals:
What connects all these men and women together is the experience of transition – to discover their identity as adults; to find a place of love and belonging; to achieve a sense of purpose in their work; and to spiritually explore the meaning of life and the divine.
To help young adults in their journey through this period in their lives, the Roman Catholic Church has developed an intentional outreach and pastoral ministry to men and women in their late teens, twenties, and thirties – called “Young Adult Ministry!”