MINISTRY DESCRIPTION
FRANCISCAN YOUTH and YOUNG ADULTS
SPIRITUAL ASSISTANCE
The role of a Spiritual Assistant (SA) to the Franciscan Youth/Young Adults (FY/YA) encompasses all of the ministries, duties, and obligations of a Spiritual Assistant to the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS) with the extended essentials of journeying with the youth.
These include, but are not limited to the following:
“Assistant from the Latin verb ‘adsistere,’ means to stand beside, to stand near, to be present, to protect, to support, to help by means of one’s own active participation. An assistant is one who is called, because of his or her competence…”
Manual of the General Spiritual Assistants – Chapter iv - #3.5