6. Parish Young Adult Groups

Young Adults Parish Groups

List of Young Adult Parish Groups in English

If you are interested in learning more about young adult ministry at your parish, click the link below or contact our office yacm@archgh.org or 713-741-8778.

 

North

Impact - St. Mary Magdalene: contact Cynthia Caballero

North Houston Catholic YAs

Christ the Good Shepherd – Spring, TX: contact Dawn Leal

Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church: contact General Email

Our Lady of Lavang: contact Hanh Nguyen

Sacred Heart – Conroe, TX: contact Matthew Monteilh

St. Anthony of Padua – Woodlands, TX: contact the General Email

St. Ignatius Loyola – Spring, TX: contact General Email

St. Martha

St. Maximilian Kolbe

St. Monica Church: Contact General Email

Sts. Simon & Jude – Woodlands, TX

 

South

Bay Area Young Adult Ministry (BAYAM): Contact General Email
-St. Paul, St. Bernadette, and St. Clare of Assisi Parishes

Galveston Catholic Young Adult – Galveston, TX

Mary, Queen - Friendswood, TX: Contact Eddie Kurian

St. Benedict the Abbot: contact Crystal German

St. Frances Cabrini: contact Eric DeLeon

St. Luke the Evangelist: contact Erika González

 

Central

Annunciation Catholic Church

Holy Rosary

Our Mother of Mercy

St. Anne Catholic Community: Contact General Email

St. Joseph: Contact Bernadette Peters

St. Patrick

St. Theresa - Memorial Park: Contact General Email  

St. Vincent de Paul

Vietnamese Martyrs: Contact Trang Trish Vu

 

East

St. Andrew – Channelview, TX: Contact General Email  (bilingual)

St. Pius V: Contact Ivan Macias

St. Juan Diego - Pasadena, TX: Contact General Email (bilingual)

 

West

Ascension Chinese Mission: Contact Francisco Flores

Epiphany – Katy, TX

Holy Family Church- Missouri City: contact General Email

Holy Rosary-Rosenberg Young Adults

Katy Young Adults (KYA)

Notre Dame Young Adults

St. Cyril of Alexandria: Contact Vanessa Manzanarez

St. John Vianney: Contact Tashina Cooper

St. Laurence – Sugar Land, TX: contact Chris Nabzdyk

St. Thomas Aquinas – Sugar Land, TX: Contact Alex Pasculado

St. Thomas More

 

Organizations

Young Catholic Professionals

Adore Ministries: Connect on Facebook Here

Regnum Christi: Contact Angie Hilbun

Young Catholics of African Descent: Contact Stacy Allen

Catholic Charismatic Center

Focolare Young Adults

 

 

Lista de Pastorales Juveniles en Español

(Si desea contactar alguno de los grupos favor de comunicarse con tromero@archgh.org or 713-741-8768)

Norte 

Asunción "Nueva Imagen": contacta a Alejandra Alfaro

San Leo Magno "Nueva Generación": contacta al correo electrónico general

Príncipe de Paz "Servorum Dei": contacta al correo electrónico general

Sagrado Corazón (Conroe) "Amigo Cristo": contacta a Esli Reyes

San Carlos Borromeo "Jóvenes Nueva Alianza": contacta a Adriana Alcalá

San Juan de Los Lagos ““Marineros Hacia la Luz”: contacta a Darío García

 

Sur 

Reina de la Paz "Divino Pastor" contacta al correo electrónico general

San Pablo el Apóstol "Espacio de Dios": contacta a Benito Pereira

 

 Centro

Centro Católico Carismático "Agua Viva": contacta a Marco Antonio Ibarra

San Vicente de Paul "Jóvenes de Luz": contacta a Karla Acosta


Este 

San Felipe de Jesús "Shaddai" contacta al correo electrónico general

San Juan Diego “Pasión por Cristo”: contacta al correo electrónico general

St. Andrew – Channelview, TX: Contact General Email  (bilingual)

 

Oeste 

Holy Ghost "Aprendiendo a Vivir": contacta al correo electrónico general

San Bartolomé el Apóstol  “Christus Vivit”: contacta a Ana Leal Garza

Santa Cecilia "Maranathá": contacta a María Cano

San Jerónimo "Juventud y Esperanza": contacta al correo electrónico general

San Marcos el Evangelista "Los Elegidos": contacta a Óscar Rivas

St. Francis de Sales "Jóvenes para Cristo": contacta a Valentín Jaimes


Movimiento

Movimiento de Encuentro de Promoción Juvenil (EPJ): contacta al correo electrónico general

 

Who Are "Young Adults"?

The Archdiocesan office promotes the on-going Christian formation of Catholic young adults in their late teens, twenties and thirties, both single and married, by providing resources, training and support for those responsible for this ministry in parishes and in college/university campus ministry centers. Guided by Sons and Daughters of the Light: A Pastoral Plan for Ministry with Young Adults, we seek to promote a young adult perspective within the archdiocese, and to facilitate communication and collaboration between and among the archdiocese and regional and parish young adult groups. We have a vision of the church as a place where young adults are at home; where their gifts are acknowledged and their lives are supported and nourished; where young adults exercise servant leadership in worship, catechesis, social ministry, and evangelization.

When we speak of young adults we mean adults between the ages of 18 and 35. Most of today's young adults are members of two groups termed "Generation X" (born between1964-1979) and the Millennials (born after 1980). The young adult population of our diocese is characterized by greater diversity than older age brackets, with a preponderance of Hispanics, as shown in this graph from the Houston Chronicle, 29 March 2001 (used with permission):

 

In 1996, the U.S. Catholic bishops gave us a plan for young adult ministry,Sons and Daughters of the Light. They begin their introductory letter with a confession:

We acknowledge the pain many of you speak of feeling unwelcome and alone--strangers in the house of God. For any failure to extend hospitality we apologize and promise anew greater efforts to welcome you into church life.

They invite young adults to give the Church another chance:

We know that your talents, and those of other young adults, can enrich the Church and be a sign of God's presence in society. We invite you to share them with us and become part of a welcoming community for other young adults as well. Not too long ago our Holy Father spoke of your importance to the life of the Church. "The Church needs your energies, your enthusiasm, your ideals, in order to make the Gospel of life penetrate the fabric of society, transforming people's hearts and the structures of society in order to create a civilization of true justice and love."

Their plan for young adult ministry includes four goals, addressed to a generation that so often feels disconnected from the Church and from society. We are to connect young adults...

  • with Jesus Christ
  • with the Church
  • with the mission of the Church in the world
  • with a peer community.

Programs and Services of the Office

Resources and Organizations

Inviting All to Become One In Christ