The lessons I learned in my young Catholic years
Brendan Lindsay is a former Youth Ministry director who also had three years studying for the priesthood. He is now studying a Masters of Teaching at Australian Catholic University. At 34, he is facing the reality that he is coming towards the end of his young Catholic years and into the next phase. It is a transitional shift which is he is looking forward to. Here he looks back on the main lessons he has learned during his time as a ‘young’ Catholic.
1. Don’t worry about what others say or think
2. Never judge
3. Find community
4. Always seek the pastoral response
5. Hit the big events
6. Don’t sit back
7. Step Up
8. Discern a vocation
9. Prayer is the foundation to faith
10. Christ is paramount
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