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Our Mission:
We are women and men between the ages 18-30 who gather together to pray, study help others and have fun. DYA USA provides an environment where young adults can share, explore, and integrate their faith lives. An emphasis is placed on the spiritual formation of each member. Based upon the spiritual traditions of the Order of Preachers (The Dominicans) DYA USA incorporates the foundations of Dominican life, prayer, study, and community as the components of developing a healthly, integrated spirituality. Local DYA USA chapters design their own meeting structure. The only requirement is that some aspect of the Four Pillars be incorporated into each meeting! Local needs and cultures add a great deal of diversity to the Dominican Youth Movement experience!
Every once in a while we need to take a chance and try something new. This is especially true when it comes to our faith lives. There are many faith support programs for teenagers, and college students. However, very little is available for young adults. The DYM USA is a response to this growing need in the Church.
Mission Statement:
Our mission as members of the Dominican Young Adults USA is to build the Kingdom of God, which means to build a world where every person can realize their full potential and live in communion. This requires our presence in all those places where life is universally denied, and our commitment is to work to restore dignity to those who have lost it.
DYA USA is a response to the desire to bring the message of Jesus Christ to all men and women, therefore we are an inclusive organization open to all those who seek Christ in their lives and desire to serve and pursue a closer relationship with Christ and with one another.
DYA USA is made up of young adults who are attracted by Jesus and His message and by the way of living out the Gospel preached by Saint Dominic. The mission is to guide the formation of young adults interested in Dominican life, relying on the knowledge, experience, and wisdom of Dominicans of all ages and dependant on the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
The Word of God must be the central axis of Dominican life; for this reason it is a priority in all our DYA USA chapters to study it. This study must lead us, not only to know the Message to be proclaimed, but also to know those who are going to receive it.
The fundamental guideline of our commitment is that of service. If anyone wishes to build the Kingdom, they must seek to serve those in need. It is more a question of accompanying than of leading, which requires offering opportunities for dialogue, coming together, and reflection.
Friendship, the search for the truth through study and prayer, dialogue, service to others and our living according to the values of the Gospel define our chapters and our method of preaching. We trust in the aid of the Holy Spirit, and our faith compels us to assist in the creation of a just and compassionate world, built on faith, hope and love.
Vision Statement
DYA USA members are young adults who seek to share Christ with their peers. We are the newest child of the Dominican Family. We are Dominicans.
DYA USA is governed by elected members who guide the organization. In addition to the formation of new members, this leadership helps to bond the unity of the whole, as the body of DYA USA is made up of many smaller organic chapter groups.
Each chapter of DYA USA provides a different response to the needs of its location. Organized by young adults, with the help of experienced campus ministers, chaplains, religious, and other members of the Dominican Family, our basis is the four pillars of the Dominican Life: community, prayer, study, and preaching. Through prayer and reflection, the chapter searches to continue formation of the individual Dominican. Though unique in their walks of faith, these chapters seek the same goal through their Dominican lives: to live for Jesus Christ. Holding to the pillars, the message of Dominic has found a home within this generation in the United States of America.
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The Dominican Young Adults USA are one of the newest members of the Dominican Order in the United States.
Made 2009 exclusivly for the Dominican Young Adults
For general comments or questions contact Sr.Gina at: domsis@aol.com
Update: June 2011
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