Document final — Les jeunes

From the beginning of the synodal process, it became very clear that youth ministry needs a vocational slant. In this way, the two essential characteristics of a pastoral approach to young generations emerge: it is “for youth”, because it is aimed at those in the singular and unrepeatable stage in life which is youth; it is “vocational”, because youth is the privileged season for life choices and for responding to God’s call. The “vocationality” of youth ministry should not be understood in an exclusive sense, but an intensive sense. God calls at every age in life – from the mother’s womb to old age – but youth is the privileged moment for listening, for availability and for accepting God’s will. The Synod put forward the proposal that at the level of National Episcopal Conferences a “Directory of Youth Ministry” be prepared from a vocational perspective, so as to help diocesan leaders and local workers to offer good formation and action with and for the young.