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Table of Contents
Dedication
Preface: A Message to Young Adults
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Why We Are Issuing This Plan
The Audience for the Pastoral Plan
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Who are Young Adults?
Tasks of Young Adulthood
- Developing Personal Identity
Developing Relationships
Developing a Meaning of Work
Developing a Spiritual Life
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Accepting God's Invitation
The Call to Holiness--Growing in Jesus Christ
The Call to Community--Nourishing Faith
The Call to Service--Living Faith in the World
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Introduction: The Church's Ministry with Young Adults
- Objectives
- Strategies to Implement Goal One
Goal Two: Connecting Young Adults with the Church
- Objectives
- Strategies to Implement Goal Two
Goal Three: Connecting Young Adults with the Mission of the Church in the World
- Objectives
- Strategies to Implement Goal Three
Goal Four: Connecting Young Adults with a Peer Community
- Objectives
- Strategies to Implement Goal Four
- Strategies to Implement Goal One
Principles for Ministry with Young Adults in the Parish, Diocese and Campus
The Parish and Young Adults
Goals, Objectives, and Strategies
- Goal One: Connecting Young Adults with Jesus Christ
- Campus Ministry Centers
Diocesan Strategies
Catholic Organizations and Movements
- Getting Started
In November 1993 the general membership of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops authorized the bishops' Committee on the Laity to develop a national plan for pastoral ministry to and with young adults. After wide consultation with dioceses, national organizations, and young adults themselves, the Committee on the Laity submitted the final draft to the plenary assembly of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Sons and Daughters of the Light: A Pastoral Plan for Ministry with Young Adults was approved on November 12, 1996, and is hereby authorized for publication by the undersigned.
First Printing, January 1997
Third Printing, September 1999
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