Journey To Adulthood (7th-12th Grades)
The parish family at Grace has been excited about incorporating Journey to Adulthood into the life of our youth. It is a 6-year program of spiritual formation for our young people aged 12 through 18. The program endeavors to nourish our young people spiritually, while helping them to encounter and explore 4 main areas of personal development: self, spirituality, sexuality and society. The program assists in enabling our young people to discover and experience the love of God in their relationships with each other and in the world around them. All of this is happening at a time in their lives when so much of their world --- physical, emotional, and social --- is changing and transforming at an amazing rate.
Rite-13
Rite 13 assists young people aged 12 to 14 as they take the first steps of passage away from their families and into their own lives. We liturgically recognize these young people in the Celebration of Womanhood and Manhood. During the next two years, the parish community acknowledges the gift of gender, celebrates the amazing creative power and potential of our young people, and helps to create a safe place for them to explore new ideas, new interests and new abilities. Rite-13 meets Sundays after the 10 a.m. mass.
2A – Journey to Adulthood
J2A is also the name for the middle phase. Known as Journal to Adulthood, it is the core program which blends action and contemplation in teaching our young people faithful living. It also helps them to understand and affirm Christian living. During this time the young people, aged 14 to 16, are also given an initial opportunity to be confirmed. They are acknowledged in the parish community as equipped for new levels of responsibility and leadership. In other words, they are fully recognized as young adults rather than children. J2A meets Sundays after the 10 a.m. mass.
