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Blogged by James Preece 10th January 2008 (6 months ago)
Father John and Jane in the West Hull Parishes
Father John Lumley and Jane Cook will be speaking at Masses in the West Hull Parishes Group on the weekend of 1st and 2nd March (by kind invitation of Father William Massie).
Mass at Corpus Christi is at 5pm on Saturday, at St Wilfrid at 9.30am on Sunday, and at St Joseph at 11am on Sunday.
Ella and I still have no idea if we are, technically, in the eyes of the Diocese, adults or youth. The Diocese defines "Youth" as people aged 18-30 so by that count we are youth and not adults. However, during the organisation of the Christ the King Youth events on National Youth Sundays we took part and lead discussion groups as adults and nobody challenged us... perhaps we look 31?
So... Speaking as one who is technically diocesan youth I hope the adults of the Parish are able to get lot's out of it. However, speaking as one who is a de facto adult helper at every local youth event I attend I look forward to John and Jane's visit but I half wonder if they will be allowed to offer me any adult formation unless I lie about my age.
I maintain that if as the Diocesan Youth Service have suggested, it is difficult for people aged 18-30 to take part in adult events and so they require special attention then instead of categorising them as youth and isolating them further it might be better to make the adult formation people aware of the problem and ask them to do something about it.
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Lauren said...
In the U.S., 18-35 year-olds are labeled as "young adults." It is a category that works well. "Youth Groups" or "Youth Ministry" work with those 18 and younger.
Ella said...
Maybe the diocesan youth department were drawing our attention to the fact that we are included in their age range as well as in the adult formation? May be we get the best of both worlds?