Fr. Bob
If you’re in your twenties or thirties, this homily may be of particular interest to you. If you’re not in your twenties or thirties it will also be of interest to you. As we know it seems nothing turns young people off to organized religion faster than when they sniff out hypocrisy in those who are part of organized religion.
In today’s Gospel passage from Luke 18Jesus speaks to the kind of hypocrisy when he calls out t he self-righteous Pharisee who pompously thinks he is holier than thou. That’s the kind of thing that young people are quick to spot.
But probably just as much of a concern is when young people don’t find in church a sense of belonging or a clear vision that gives purpose and meaning to their lives. What if the church as a faith community were able to offer young people that sense of belonging and purpose that they are looking for?
Here at St. Victoria, we believe that this is precisely what young people are looking for and we’re going to do our best to address that need. As we do so our goal is to engage young people in their twenties and thirties more deeply in their faith and in the life of the parish.
And how are we going to do that? Thanks to your generous support to the “Lord, renew your church” capital campaign we have created a full-time position dedicated to reaching out to the twenty and thirty some crowd.
And the good news? We have filled that position with a young man who were really excited about. His name is Lee Sondeno and today I’d like to introduce him to you. . Welome Lee, tells us a little about yourself, where you are from and what your why you’re excited to begin your outreach ministry here at St. Victoria?