The Youth Ministry & Spirituality Project


	The great thing is prayer. Prayer itself. If you want a life of prayer, the way to get it is by praying...you start where you are and you deepen what you already have. THOMAS MERTON

A contemplative approach to youth ministry is rooted in desire for intimacy with God in Christ through a life of prayer. Just as Jesus' life and ministry were grounded in a desire to be in complete union with God (Mk 6:46; Jn 17:1ff), we also seek to ground all life and ministry in a prayerful relationship with God in Christ. We practice and teach many forms of prayer but are particularly committed to regular periods of contemplative prayer in order to be healed, inspired and guided by the power of the Holy Spirit. Contemplative prayer invites us to attend to God's mystical presence dwelling silently within the depths of our hearts opening our whole being to ongoing conversion and freeing us for an ever-deepening awareness of that Presence in all persons, things, and events of our lives. Companions of the Project seek to practice contemplative prayer with scripture each day as well as at regular times with their community.

Prayer Living

Prayer Resources