The mission of the Youth and Young Adult Office is to respond to the needs of Catholic young people and to involve youth and young adults in sharing their unique gifts with the larger community with these goals in mind:

To empower the youth and young adults of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City to live as disciples of Jesus Christ.   

To draw the youth and young adults to responsible participation in the life, mission and work of the Catholic faith community.

To assist parishes in fostering the total personal and spiritual growth of each youth and young adult in their community.

The staff attempts to carry out this mission by offering summer camp, national and regional conferences, retreats, promoting Scouting and Camp Fire religious awards, young adult activities and formation for adults.

 The Youth and Young Adult Office works to fulfill the mission by providing training and consultative options for youth ministry for all parishes in the Archdiocese.  Also, we sponsor a number of direct services for the youth. In 2007, 1,159 attended summer camp, 144 youth and adults traveled to Columbus, Ohio, for the National Catholic Youth Conference, 216 youth and adults participated in the Outdoor Retreat facilitated by the Catholic Committee on Scouting, 70 young adults joined Archbishop Beltran for a cookout and program, 74 youth received their Religious Emblems Awards,  the National Evangelization Team provided retreats for 17 parishes and 35 adults were involved in the National Certification Program held in Oklahoma City.  

Developing the life of the Archdiocese through ministry