Hispanic Youth and Young Adult Ministry

This course offers formation in Pastoral Juvenil so that participants recognize the richness of ministry with Latino young people in the United States and its connection with Latin American roots, and can foster shared leadership within the Church that draws in and forms new leaders for a ministry that walks with adolescents and young adults on their life journey.

• Recognize the importance of Pastoral Juvenil as a way for young people to discover, follow and commit to Jesus and his mission.
• See Pastoral Juvenil as a privileged space to learn to live and build community, strengthen gifts and talents, and develop the leadership of young people.
• Distinguish ministry with young Latinos in the United States from Pastoral Juvenil in Latin America and from Anglo youth ministry.
• Discover the importance of the Church’s accompaniment during youth through groups, movements and other initiatives, and their main characteristics.
• Encounter Jesus, the great Friend of young people, through the Word of God as the key to reading our faith.
• Guide a Pastoral Juvenil that builds processes of formation in faith and life and responds to the needs of local youth.