BORN AND CHICOTE'S STORIES AND MANY MORE LIKE THEM ARE WHY WE ARE COMMITTED TO GOING TO THE STREETS.

 

DIRTY VAGABOND IS MORE THAN A CHARITY THAT HELPS POOR PEOPLE. WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT EVANGELIZATION. WE BELIEVE THAT TRANSFORMATION COMES THROUGH CONVERSION OF HEART.

 

 

OUR CORE VALUES:

• We believe that every person deserves Christ.  Failure to bring Him to the marginalized, or in this case,  urban America, is failure on the part of the Church.

• We believe that urban outreach happens most effectively in the midst of community.

• We believe in a holistic approach to ministry, and so we will empower youth with the resources to develop faith, character, knowledge, and life skills.

• We believe in developing catechetical structures appropriate to the context in which we serve.

• We believe in raising up young people who will remain in urban communities as pastoral leaders.

• We believe in calling youth to Sainthood.

• We believe that greatest intimacy with Christ is found in the Sacramental life of the Church.

 

 

Dirty Vagabond Ministries aims at raising up saints in a grassroots effort and incarnational model of ministry. All ministry that happens in Dirty Vagabond Ministries, happens in conversation, relationship, and recreation, as opposed to formal youth group functions. Though our goal is the same as any Catholic youth ministry program - raising saints, rooted in the sacramental life of the Church - our approach is different. An Important part of Dirty Vagabond Ministries is its community centers". These centers, located in the heart of urban communities, are a place where catechesis happens, in the midst of holistic ministry  focusing on the physical, educational, emotional, and spiritual needs of the young people. The Dirty Vagabond youth workers live as missionaries, volunteering 3 to 5 years of their lives to be Christ among the people.