Expert: Fr. Michael - 11/11/2007

Question
Our church just formed a young adult group (YAG) with college students through age up to 30, and need vision (strategic) statements and goal (tatic) statements.    I understand that each church will have different vision and goals, but like to know what are possible/achievable vision and goals that our YAG might need to purse.   Based on the possible/existing ones as the model, I will need to build those for our YAG.   I know my question would be very broad and vague, but simply I am asking the existing/popular vision and goal statements so that our ones will be in the right track.   

Thanks


Answer
It sounds like putting the cart before the horse!  If the group had no purpose getting together, words on paper after the fact won't do anything!

Frankly, it seems that there is much too much "group think" going on now.  What about individual responsibility and an individual approach to God?  You have the Traditional Latin Mass, the traditional Sacraments, the writings of the Church Fathers and Saints, the Scriptures, a rich treasury of private devotion and Gregorian chant.  That seems a more productive point to begin than with an unfocused group.