Invited talk for leaders network in St. Mary's Youth Office

1. For youth leaders

2.  … a continual process
in the individual of
maturation in faith and
a likening to Christ,
according to the will of
the Father, under the
guidance of the Holy
John 15:1-11 Spirit.

3.  Discover one’s vocation and mission
 Knowing the will of the Father
 Live one’s vocation and mission with ever-
greater willingness
 Likening to Christ
 Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit

4. To follow Jesus without
“but” and “what if”,
discipleship, preparing The reason should
vision and mission be love of God
Vision:
My old and A community of
new catholic Christ’s disciples
life, lapse who are
catholics, lay passionately in
people love with the Lord
and whose love is
reflected in their
Discern with Br.
ordinary life
John Soh
Doing little things
for God,
administration,
teaching

5.  Vision
 A community of Christ's disciples who are passionately in love with the Lord,
and whose love is reflected in their ordinary lives.
 Mission
 to be disciples of Christ according to His heart, through ongoing conversion,
sanctification, and mission.
 to journey with the young people and to encounter Christ in each other.
 to help the young people put the Eucharist as the source and summit of their
christian lives.
 to help the young people build their lives upon the rock which is Jesus, the
Word of God, and to live in the power of the Holy Spirit.
 to build community of believers who is charismatic and missionary in nature.

7.  It is not enough for us to know the will of
God, we have to do it.
 Pope John Paul II

9.  Formation is more about being rather than
doing.
 Being more like Christ.
 Being formed == bearing fruits (Gal 5:22-23)
Love Joy
Peace Patience
Kindness Goodness
Faithfulness Gentleness
Self-control

10.  Share your ministry vision and mission and
how you discern those? (refer to the elements
in discovering the will of God)
 What are the fruits that I am producing? And
what are the fruits that I have not had yet?

11.  Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch
cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in
the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in
me.
 He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that
bear much fruit, for apart from me you can do
nothing.

14.  Discernment: individual and group
 Emotional maturity
 Spiritual growth
 Time management and priorities in life
 Leadership succession
 Catholic teaching
 Obedience and humility