Involvement of Catholic Young People in Church Mission Work based on the Perspective of the Parish Pastoral Council

Abstract

Youth involvement at St. Yusup Gedangan still has minimal service. The reason is that young Catholics (OMK) are still at school/college, working, unstable in choosing a priority, want something instant and comfortable. The aim of this research is to determine the situation of OMK's involvement in church life, to find out the driving and inhibiting factors that make OMK want or dare to involve themselves in service and to find out efforts to strengthen the driving factors and weaken the factors inhibiting OMK's involvement in the Church. The research was conducted at St. Yusup Gedangan, the target is the Pastoral Council and OMK Management. Conducted from September - December 2023. This research uses a qualitative approach, the data sources used are primary and secondary data. To check the validity of the data, triangulation of sources is used, namely observation, interviews and documentation. With interview indicators and interview instruments to the Parish Father, Chair of the six respective fields, and OMK administrators. The research results show that OMK is already involved in church life. However, they are less visible in the areas of society, infrastructure and R&D. Caused by a lack of understanding of the spirituality of the Church, and full of prejudice. So it is necessary to be prepared with formation, faith formation that is suitable/appropriate for OMK and spiritual assistance.