Penna urges Church to prepare youth ministers to make connections via internetRAMON GONZALEZ, WESTERN CATHOLIC REPORTER
ST. ALBERT - Youth ministers must be able to translate the tradition of the Catholic Church into a language that young people can understand, says Father Stefano Penna.
And they must start going online to teach the tradition because that's where young people are, Penna said.
Speaking to a group of youth ministers, the priest said many are using the Internet not just to entertain themselves but also to make connections and to engage in meaningful conversations. Youth ministers should do the same.
Most youth ministry in the future will take place online, he predicted. "It might be that youth ministry in the future looks like one meeting a month in the church and six meetings a month in some sort of online space," he said.
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