Young Adult

Formed by prayer and desire for genuine faith community, a small group of young adults met at the Diocese Pastoral Center to discern how to go deeper in their faith together. From this prayer and continued openess to the Holy Spirit, a community of young adults has sprung up around a weekly Bible study every Monday at St. Alphonsus church in Ocean Springs. We desire to grow deeper in relationship with Jesus Christ and with each other. We started with six people in August 2017 and have never had less than twelve show up since then. The target age group is between 18-39 years old.

At our one year anniversary for the Ocean Springs bible study, we want to announce a new Young Adult (18-35+) Bible study starting in Long Beach! We now have two Bible studies available for Young Adults with other bible studies to start up in the future!

• Every Monday from 7pm to 8pm near St. Alphonsus Parish (506 Jackson Ave, Ocean Springs, MS 39564) (at the ACE House next to the elementary school) in Ocean Springs, MS

• Every Thursday from 7pm to 8pm at the new USM Gulf Coast Dorms (522 E Railroad St, Long Beach, MS 39560, USA) in Long Beach, MS

Please call (or text if that's what you're more comfortable doing) Paul Blanchard for any questions you may have: (228) 254-6891. We'd love to see you apart of what we do; whatever you feel the Lord might be calling you to do. If the Lord has put a passion on your heart, but you're not sure how to pursue it, we're happy to add you to our prayer intentions and see how the Lord works.

We have a GroupMe to stay in touch with each other and we'd love to add you to our group and include you in all of our activities. 

We're also looking to expand our Bible study into other deaneries in the diocese.  I invite you to pray and ask the Holy Spirit if you may be called to either open your home and host a young adult bible study or lead a bible study yourself. There is genuine and authentic need for community within all of us. We are one body and we aren't called to face the world on our own. May the Holy Spirit guide and protect us on this journey as we strive to live in the world, but not of the world.  God bless.