Last week (May 31, 2018), the Pew Research Center released a report on Teens, Social Media & Technology 2018, based on a survey they took between March 7 and April 10, 2018. Teens are defined by those between the ages of 13 and 17. There were 743 respondents.
Category: Young adults
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Young Adults ARE on Facebook
Statistics tell us that about 24% of adult Catholics attend Sunday Mass and we see with our eyes that fewer and fewer among these are young adults. Many dioceses and a few parishes have outreach efforts to young adults, but these mostly reach a percentage of those who are active in the Church. How can our parishes connect to the others? One way is through Facebook. #481475783 / gettyimages.com A…
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Vocation Directors Include the Internet in their Ministry
“Many potential candidates [to religious life], especially those who are younger, have had limited, if any, direct exposure to men and women religious. For some, a website will be their first introduction to a religious institute.” This statement is from the 2009 STUDY ON RECENT VOCATIONS TO RELIGIOUS LIFE, a study conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) on behalf of the National Religious Vocation Conference.…
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Digital Natives Need Ministry Mentors
Frequently those who remember the days before the Internet (digital immigrants) will say that they have to find some young people (digital natives) to get their ministry on the Internet. Then they do something that they would never do to a beginner in any other ministry—they leave the young adult to deliver ministry content without any training or ministry support. Digital natives need ministry mentors. Let’s not abandon them.