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Alan Caparas

Alan Caparas

Roman Catholic priest and pastor of Mary, Mother of Mercy Parish in Glassboro, NJ (Diocese of Camden); ordained 2006.

Jun 29, 2026

22:07
And the beauty, I think, about young adult ministry as well is that young adults they drive they make their own decisions many of them are on their own so they'll they'll hop around like you might see some at father comparison's coffee house and then you go to another young adult group a couple days later and and some of those same people and some other people from that area new people as well so i think that we're so connected in so many ways that it's really easy for them to you know just stay in tune like what's going on um but father comparison you've seen you know through your parish a lot of these young adult activity based things What would you say about the community setting and the importance of that to be together with young adults? Do you have any thoughts in regards to creating a setting like that and the importance of it? Because I know you've transformed your parish hall in a lot of ways to be attractive to young adults.
22:59
Yes, yes, thanks, Carrie.
23:02
I echo a lot of what Theo and Father Gallagher shared.
23:06
I think that one of the things that young adults are looking for is that sense of, as Father Gallagher mentioned, belonging, that sense of community.
23:16
But I think that there's something deeper than that.
23:20
They're looking for not just truth, not just structure, but eternal truths, something that's lasting.
23:28
something that's permanent, something that's going to stay with them for the rest of their life.
28:21
Father Caparis, you want to share a little bit more about the insights to this idea and where it came from and why it's so important for them to gather in prayer and gather in this community setting that we came up with to make it happen?

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