What does the Melaka-Johor Diocesan Youth Ministry do?

Communicate the direction and strategies for all youth ministries in the diocese, guided by the diocese’s vision and structure. The youth leaders are being (re)-introduced to the Diocese’s Vision and Mission Statement. From there, we will seek to understand it, to agree on what is achievable for youth ministry and to translate that into step-by-step action plans.
Empower parish youth leaders through leadership training and formation. Applying the principle of subsidiarity, the diocesan youth ministry should not do what the parish youth ministry should and can do. The quarterly District Meeting of all youth leaders will not just be a time to report what has or will be done; the emphasis rather, would be to equip the leaders to help them start, run or improve their parish youth ministry.
Review the health of the parish youth ministries. No matter how fanciful the footballers dribble, if they don’t score, their team won’t win. In the Vision and Mission Statement, youth ministry has an objective yardstick to measure progress. As such, we have planned for our district and apostolate youth leaders to gather, reflect and evaluate our formation programmes, activities and events on a yearly basis.
Coordinate the relationships and programmes between parish youth ministries across language groups through District Level events.
Coordinate the relationships and programmes between districts across language groups through Diocesan Level events. Besides coordinating our yearly schedule, networking will encourage the mutual sharing of programmes that have proven effective eg CHOICE, Youth Encounter and Persons are Gifts.
Collaborate with other ministries in youth related programmes. It makes sense to cooperate with Catechism, Vocation Promotion Team etc so that rather than duplicating programmes and depleting resources, synergy can be created through teamwork.
Collaborate with other diocesan youth offices on the national and international level where it involves our diocese.

Youth Minister

Just realized that I have not kept my promise till now to share with you what my next chapter in life is all about. I am currently one of the three Youth Ministers for the Diocese of Malacca-Johor, West Malaysia. It's been 11 days now, and yes! I have been enjoying every bit of it though I had been doing a lot of traveling the past 10days. I enjoy traveling, so no complain!

When asked about my plans and hopes for the youths of the Diocese for an article in the local catholic weekly (Herald), this is what I said; "I am very grateful to Bishop Paul Tan and the Diocese for giving me an opportunity to serve the church as a Youth Minister. As for my plans and hopes for the youths, I just have to take cue from the Shepherd of the Diocese. During the Diocesan Synod last year, Bishop Paul Tan has call on everyone especially the leaders to concentrate on two areas i.e. more and effective formation of our people and quick and focused spotting out of people who are willing and can serve the church in building the Kingdom of God.

I feel so blessed and excited to serve in this ministry. I need all the prayers I can get to be able to serve God and His people especially His youths better. Do pray for me guys.

Note : The pictures above are some of the many youths from the Diocese of Malacca-Johor that I have had the pleasure to meet.