TEMELJNI PREDUVJETI SUSTAVNOGA PASTORALA MLADIH U KONTEKSTU PASTORALA ŽUPNE ZAJEDNICE

Active involvement of youth in the parish community life, especially after receiving the sacrament of confirmation, is a particularly challenging area of pastoral work. We can say that this issue is even more important since lives and activities of parish communities, in a sense, depend on the way the issue is dealt with. In order to understand the need for further improvements in parish youth ministry and the opportunities that can be realized today in this field, first it is important to well understand the socialization processes of young people, starting at adolescence. Then, it is important to notice the main elements and opportunities for youth ministry in the context of parish community; and finally, to point out some possible ways of improving this area of ministry. That is precisely the topic of this paper which tries to provide answers to set requirements in a theological and evaluative way.