Continuing to delve deeper into the “Vision” for youth here at SHM:
OUR VISION:
Catechize Catholic youth in order to help them mature in their Catholic Faith, thereby nurturing in them the desire to grow in personal and communal holiness.
Our Previous developments- “Catechize Catholic youth” means to pass on the scriptural and apostolic truth that is universal to every person, in every place and time.
God’s universal truth is not a set of facts, dates or ideas that we ask the youth to memorize but is the life of Christ present throughout the entire Church. Helping the youth “mature in their Catholic Faith” means helping them to give their unique “response of faith and love that no other creature can give…”(CCC 357).
We already know that “faith” is part of the activity of catechesis (passing on what we have been given) but it ultimately is a relationship with God- “Faith: Both a gift of God and a human act by which the believer gives personal adherence to God who invites his response…” (Glossary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church). So “maturing in faith” is a daily activity of responding to the revelation of God… today. This again emphasizes the dynamic nature of the Youth Apostolate to be outward rather than just self serving for the youth because it matters for their lives, TODAY!
This is what is so exciting about the gift of our Youth; that they will recognize God alive in the world and respond to His calling out in love. Each youth can grow deeper in love with God through the unique way they live their lives.
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