“Youth” is a greasy term that slips out of the grip of any definition. Yet, everyone talks about youth, in academics, pastoral ministry, and daily life. Is the concept of youth that straightforward? Take, for instance, the age criterion in defining youth. The age-range could be as low as 12 years, as it is the case in the Ugandan Youth Policy (Uganda, 2001), and as high as 35 years, as in Kenyan constitutions, or even 40 years as in Malaysian Youth Policy. Other people offer a descriptive definition of youth in terms of energy, dynamism, and vitality. Today, as life-expectancy gets prolonged in most countries, people live very energetic and active life when they are 80 years and more. So, does a person of 80 qualify to be classified as youth? How […]
Author: selvam
Young Adults’ Awareness and Commitment to Use Character Strengths
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Abstract
Against the backdrop of HIV prevention trainings, young adults in Kenya have had ample opportunities to develop their life-skills. But are they aware of the wide spectrum of their character strengths and the opportunity to use and develop character strengths in their lives and career? A five-step assessment was carried out on the character strengths awareness among 20 young adults (aged between 18 and 30 years) selected for this study. The assessment set to find out if these participants were aware of their individual character strengths and how much they were putting them to deliberate use to advance their careers and social relationships. The findings of the study indicate a disconnect between awareness of strengths and the commitment to use them as a springboard for personal, relational and career […]
Monthly Recollections in Nairobi 2018-2019
Shrine of Mary Help of Christians – Upperhill, Nairobi
Year of Jubilee – Monthly Recollections
General Theme of the Recollections:
Christian Spirituality for Today: Towards an Experience of God in Jesus
The reflections will focus on different dimensions of Christian Spirituality for the contemporary world, so that we may find ourselves on the way to God. The participants will be introduced also to different methods of prayer in the Christian tradition. Mary will be presented as a model Christian who responded to the presence of God in her life.
PROGRAMME
8.30 – Arrival
9.00 – Praise & Worship
9.15 – Main Reflection
10.30 – Break
10.50 – Adoration/Confession
12.00 – Mass – Homily
1.00pm – Departure
MONTHLY THEMES
11 August 2018
Reflection: The Christian Life Journey
Homily: The Call of Mary: Structure of a Call
8 September 2018 […]
Synod on the Youth 2018: The Goal of Accompaniment of Youth
Accompaniment suggests a journey. Every journey presupposes a destination, an end, a goal, a telos. What is the end of the accompaniment of youth? The theme of the Synod for Youth 2018 aims at accompanying
the young on their existential journey to maturity so that, through a process of discernment, they discover their plan for life and realize it with joy, opening up to the encounter with God and with human beings, and actively participating in the edification of the Church and of society (Vatican, 6/10/2016).
The theme suggests maturity of youth as the end of the process of accompaniment and discernment. What is maturity? The proposed chapter will offer the benchmarks of maturity from a psycho-spiritual perspective, in an attempt at defining the goal of the accompaniment process.
Psychologists and social scientists […]
Sermon for 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B Homily
Feeding the Soul: “Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever” (Jn 6:58)
Walking down the high streets of our cities today, you wonder, how our contemporary culture is so much obsessed with the human body. Even those traditional commercial establishments that catered to our basic needs for food, clothing and medicine have taken different forms. Grocery shops are giving way to restaurants, tailors are being replaced by designer clothes, and medical stores are adding on beauty products. What amazes me is the bourgeoning industry of body care and cosmetics. From the toes of our feet to the hair of the head, we spend so much of our resources to care for our bodies. The care of skin, hair and nails is no more just a luxury for the rich. Spas and Jacuzzi are […]