Local TOT-RENEW NEWS

...Several parishes in Deanery 7 are making preparations to support their Young Adults with this ministry as well, particularly at St. Catherine's and St. Julie's. St. Lucy's, St. Christopher and St. Mary-Los Gatos have sent representatives to the training. Some good news is that new leadership has emerged at St. Cyprian's Parish and they are interested in continuing TOT begun at Scruffy Murphy's almost two years ago. The proprieter and owner of Scruffy's, Sean O'Keeffe, a young adult himself, is interested in supporting and understanding this ministry and came to our training last week. We want to make it very clear that this ministry is being offered as a response to so many young adults and parish staff who have asked for ways to reach out to this generation. It is a tool for your use which you may or may not find helpful for your parish at this time. The purpose of this TOT-RENEW approach is to strengthen parish life through the presence of the young and to reach out to the young who need Church in their lives. Most importantly, this ministry is a way for young adults to be empowered and supported in, for, by and through the shaping of this ministry. Let TOT- Renew be the portal that brings people together, but not the only ministry of Young Adults. There are retreat ministires, justice and service ministries etc., that need to be incorporated into Young Adult ministry so that it becomes multi-faceted, comprehensive and multi-dimensional.