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
Christ the Good Shepherd – Spring, TX
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
Impact - St. Mary Magdalene: contact Cynthia Caballero
Sts. Simon & Jude – Woodlands, TX
St. Matthias contact Grace Brown
South
Galveston Catholic Young Adult – Galveston, TX contact Victoria Flores
St. Benedict the Abbot: contact Crystal German
St. Frances Cabrini: contact Eric DeLeon
St. Luke the Evangelist: contact Erika González
St. Mary of the Expectation-League City: contact María Valladares
Central
St. Anne Catholic Community: Contact General Email
St. Joseph: Contact Bernadette Peters
St. Theresa - Memorial Park: Contact General Email
Vietnamese Martyrs: Contact Trang Trish Vu
East
Our Lady of Guadalupe -Baytown “For His Glory”: contact Ángel Soto
St. Andrew – Channelview, TX: Contact General email (bilingual)
St. Pius V: Contact Xanthe Sanchez email: xanthesanchez78@gmail.com
St. Juan Diego - Pasadena, TX: Contact General Email (bilingual)
St. Pius V: Contact Xanthe Sanchez email: xanthesanchez78@gmail.com
West
Ascension Chinese Mission: Contact Francisco Flores
Holy Family Church-Missouri City contact General Email
Katy Young Adults (KYA)
Notre Dame Young Adults Notre Dame Catholic Church youngadultsndcc@gmail.com
St. Cyril of Alexandria: Contact Vanessa Manzanarez
St. Justin Martyr Young Adult CIA (Catholics in Action) Contact General Email
St. Laurence – Sugar Land, TX: contact Chris Nabzdyk
St. Thomas Aquinas – Sugar Land, TX: Contact Alex Pasculado
Organizations
Adore Ministries: Connect on Facebook Here
Regnum Christi: Contact Angie Hilbun
Young Catholics of African Descent: Contact Stacy Allen
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
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 Paola Erives
San Carlos Borromeo "Jóvenes Nueva Alianza": contacta a Federico Saldaña
San Juan de Los Lagos ““Marineros Hacia la Luz”: contacta a Adrián Robledo
Sur
Reina de la Paz "Divino Pastor" contacta al correo electrónico general
San Pablo el Apóstol "Espacio de Dios": contacta a Rosa Rincón
Inmaculado Corazón de María "Lumen Christi”: contacta a Juan Pérez
Centro
Centro Católico Carismático "Agua Viva": contacta a Marco Antonio Ibarra
San Vicente de Paul "Jóvenes de Luz": contacta a José Gabriel Ramos
Este
San Felipe de Jesús "Shaddai" contacta a Ariana Roa
San Juan Diego “Pasión por Cristo”: contacta al correo electrónico general
St. Andrew - Channelview, TX “Peregrinos de la Paz”: Contacta al correo electrónico general
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe-Baytown “For His Glory”: contacta a Ángel Soto
Oeste
Holy Ghost "Aprendiendo a Vivir": contacta al correo electrónico general
San Bartolomé el Apóstol “Christus Vivit”: contacta al correo electrónico general
Santa Cecilia "Maranathá": contacta a Amadeo Alvarenga
San Jerónimo "Juventud y Esperanza": contacta al correo electrónico general
San Marcos el Evangelista "Los Elegidos": contacta a Sarahí Estrada
Santa Elizabeth Ann Seton "Jóvenes por Cristo"
St. Francis de Sales "Jóvenes para Cristo": contacta a José Argueta
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
- Bayou Awakening
- Young Adult and Campus Ministry Conference
- Café Catholica
- Bimonthly Young Adult Leader Network Gatherings
- Hispanic young adult ministry
Resources and Organizations
- NCYAMA (National Catholic Young Adult Ministry Association)
- Frassati Society of Young Adult Catholics
- Instituto Fe y Vida (Hispanic Youth and Young Adult Ministry)
- Center for Ministry Development
- La Red: The National Catholic Network de Pastoral Juvenil Hispana