Growing in Faith Together

Friday, February 17

7:00-10:00 p.m.

Hilton Area

The St. Leo young adult community invites young adults (18-35) to a game night! The gathering will include great snacks, games, and fellowship. Those attending the gathering are kindly asked to bring $5.00 for pizza and snacks. Participants are also welcome to bring a game. RSVP to Anya at anyarosien20@gmail.com to get the address for the gathering.

Varying Dates/Times

Rochester & Virtual

Young adult women (18-35) are invited to join the Sisters of St. Joseph for a retreat series called, “Journeying with God”. The series includes a virtual Lenten retreat on March 11 entitled “Deepening the Journey with God” and an in-person pilgrimage with St. Joseph entitled, “Living the Journey with God” on April 15. For more information and to register, contact Sr. Donna Del Santo, SSJ at ddelsanto@ssjrochester.org or 585-733-4422.

Converge, a collaborative ministry serving young adults in the City of Rochester, Irondequoit, and beyond, is hosting several young adult gatherings in the month of February. See the graphic above or scan the QR code for more details. Regardless of where young adults are in their faith or what their interests are, young adults will feel at home in this community.

Forming Community w/young adults in various life stages, college-age, single, families, single parents & integrating all age groups.

Join the National Institute for Ministry with Young Adults for a formation series with scholars, practitioners, and young adults. A four-part series on how to develop relationships and form community with young adults with a variety of age groups and ministry contexts. This is an educational series to help ministry leaders learn more about young adults and what it means to form community with them. There will be a scholar present along with a panel of ministry experts and young adults.

Each individual session costs $23 a la carte and $70 for the four-part series.

Lent is a 40-day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It's a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord's Resurrection at Easter. During Lent, we seek the Lord in prayer by reading Sacred Scripture; we serve by giving alms; and we practice self-control through fasting. We are called not only to abstain from luxuries during Lent, but to a true inner conversion of heart as we seek to follow Christ's will more faithfully. Click the buttons below for podcasts, playlists, articles, prayer resources, and much more for young adults' Lenten journey.

Looking for a way to immerse young adults in Lent? Here is an idea for immersing young adults in the Season of Lent from Young Adult Ministry in a Box. Check out this Lent coloring idea by clicking the file below.

Support for young adult ministry in the United States continues to grow! The new National Institute For Ministry with Young Adults is a result of that growth. The new institute will focus on:

• Formation of those who currently or will do ministry with young adults, including solid catechesis and kerygmatic evangelization
• Accompaniment of ministry leaders working with young adults and their ministries on the local level
• Research and development in the expanding field of ministry with young adults
• Serving ministry leaders at the national level, co-responsibly with our bishops

To learn more about the new National Institute For Ministry with Young Adults, its work, and how you can get involved, click the button below.

Every Third Sunday of the Month

St. Mary's Church

Canandaigua

The young adult ministry from St. Benedict Parish in Bloomfield/Canandaigua has begun a monthly Young Adult Coffee After Mass! Coffee After Mass happens every third Sunday of the month following the 9:00 a.m. Mass at St. Mary's Church in Canandaigua. It is a great way to find community with other young adults and dive deeper into what was heard at Mass. Please email DeAnna Brennan with any questions here.

Photo Credit: Catholic Courier

Every Thursday

Pasta Supper-6:30 p.m.

Bible Study-7:00 p.m.

Auburn Area

Okay, maybe not spaghetti every week, but the young adult community in Auburn invites young adults for pasta and bible study every Thursday evening. For more information about the weekly young adult bible study in Auburn, contact leaders Kieran and Laura McManus at kmcmanus41092@gmail.com. You can learn more about the young adult community in Auburn by clicking the button below.

2nd Thursday of the Month

8:00 p.m.

Virtual

Word with Mercy is a monthly evening of prayer and reflection that will utilize Lectio Divina. Lectio Divina is a method of praying with scripture. Word with Mercy will focus on Sunday scripture readings. For more information, email Sr. Michele at mschroeck@sistersofmercy.org. Register here.

Wednesday Evenings

6:30 p.m.

St. Paul’s Church
Webster

Young adults are invited to the Eucharistic Revival Speaker Series at St. Paul's. Each month there will be a guest speaker presenting on a different topic related to the Eucharist. Speakers include Fr. Peter Van Lieshout, Dr. Matthew Kuhner, Sr. Karen Dietz, Lisa Lickona, Fr. Peter Mottola, Fr. Bob Kennedy, and Christine Kvam. Series participants will receive a free copy of the book Becoming Eucharistic People by Timothy P. O’Malley which will be incorporated into the series. The series will also be available via livestream on the parish website. For more information, click the button below.

Check out the young adult ministries in our Diocese, upcoming opportunities to grow in faith, and resources to help you in your journey by clicking the button below!

For more about young adult ministry, contact Mark Capellazzi at Mark.Capellazzi@dor.org.

Email: mark.capellazzi@dor.org
Website: https://oec.dor.org/young-adult-ministry/
Location: 1150 Buffalo Road, Rochester, NY, USA
Phone: (585) 328- 3228
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doryoungadults/
Twitter: @ROC_ENC