It is always challenging for churches to develop successful programs for young people, Dr. Garces-Foley, in the “Choosing Faith” article talked about how difficult it is to make their programs appealing to young adults. However, she stated that, “campus ministries have been very successful at getting the college age student to continue to be involved in the …show more content…
Garces-Foley states in “When Young Adults Go Church Shopping” that, “After graduation we find young adults who have made a clear decision to be actively Catholic, even though most take breaks from parish engagement as their lives are in frequent transition.” This is exactly what it can be perceive at St. Charles, most of the attendees don’t look to be college students, they seem to be college graduates who are responsible and have chosen freely to be active in the church community.
Overall, it is very obvious that the church has as one of its priority the young adults group. I have participated in two of their events and both activities were very interesting. The feeling of being welcome comes naturally, no one comes and asks you what you are doing there, and each person is having their own personal moment. From my experience, “P3” is a very successful program, the fellowship combine with prayer make the program popular among young