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Adult Ministry

Welcome to the Archdiocese of Atlanta Adult Ministry Website! The Office of Adult Ministry provides support for parishes in Adult Ministry and Adult Faith Formation. Please contact us if there is anything we can do to help.

"We are convinced that the energy and resources we devote to adult faith formation will strengthen and invigorate all the charisms that adults receive and the activities they undertake, in the Church and in society, to serve the Gospel of Christ and the people of today. Every Church ministry will be energized through a dynamic ministry of adult catechesis. Adult faith formation also benefits children and youth. An adult community whose faith is well-formed and lively will more effectively pass that faith on to the next generation. Moreover, the witness of adults actively continuing their own formation shows children and youth that growth in faith is lifelong and does not end upon reaching adulthood" (Our Hearts Were Burning Within Us 39-40, USCCB 1999).

"Estamos convencidos de que la energía y recursos que dediquemos al crecimiento en la fe de adultos van a fortalecer y dar nuevo vigor a todos los carismas que reciben los adultos y las actividades a que se dedican, en la Iglesia y en la sociedad, en servicio del Evangelio de Cristo y de la gente de la actualidad. Cada ministerio eclesial se llenará de energía mediante un ministerio dinámico de la catequesis para adultos. El crecimiento en la fe de adultos también traerá beneficios a niños y jóvenes. Una comunidad adulta bien formada en la fe y llena de vida, tendrá más éxito en transmitir la fe a la siguiente generación. Es más, el testimonio activo de adultos que continúan su propia formación demuestra a los niños y jóvenes que el crecimiento en la fe es para toda la vida y no termina cuando se llega a la edad adulta" (Sentíamos Arder Nuestro Corazón: Plan pastoral de Estados Unidos para la formación en la fe del adulto 39-40, USCCB 1999).

If you are involved in Adult Ministry leadership in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, please join our yahoo chat group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/affatlanta/ for discussion of programs, solutions and initiatives in Adult Ministry.

More Information

Please contact us for more information:

Kersti O’ Farrell, Director of Adult Ministry
kofarrell@archatl.com
404.885.7413

Yvonne Noggle, Program Coordinator for Adult and Young Adult Ministries
ynoggle@archatl.com
404.885.7222