Commentary
To understand youth today, it is vitally important to let them tell their stories. Gathering a group of youth to answer key questions is a quick and effective way of obtaining the needed information. The invitation to youth needs to be two-tiered.
First, conduct blanket invitations through the parish bulletin, announcements at Sunday liturgies, and a direct mailing to all youth.
Second, use personal invitations through phone calls, email or direct contact with youth by all team members and other parishioners who are willing to extend a personal invitation to youth they know. Strive for diversity in your personal invitations. The youth who come should be representative of the ethnic, vocational, age, socio-economic and other realities of the youth population within your parish or campus.