Welcome to SALT + LIGHT

The Young Adult Community of the Archdiocese of St. Louis




 If you are a St. Louis-area young adult in your twenties or thirties—you belong here!

Click on the “Get Connected” button below to get in touch with us to get plugged into our community.

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S + L Signature Events

Nazareth Night- Brentwood

Join us at Mary Magdelene Parish in Brentwood for an evening of prayer, sacraments, good conversation, and fellowship. A great way to fill your cup and connect with your community!

Formation Series

Coming this September: a weekly formation opportunity broken into six week series lead by a different priest per series from the Archdiocese of St. Louis. Learn more about your faith on many different topics. 

Days of Recollection

Come, rest awhile. A day of prayer, silence, and peace in God’s creation. These days are lead monthly by different priests and are an oppurtunity to recenter yourself. 

Retreats

Come on a retreat with Salt + Light or get plugged into local community retreat centers. We offer a variety of retreats that suit each individual’s needs and spiritualities.

Groups

Parish Communities 

There are many amazing things happening at local parishes in the Archdiocese of St. Louis community. See which parish young adult community is nearest you and get plugged in.

Sports

Frassati & peer-led sports are more than just a typical sports league. Come check out a night of competition and comraderie as a player or sideline supporter. 

College Nights 

Are you a college student in the St. Louis area or home for a break and want to get plugged into your community? Check out our college nights for nights of fun, fellowship, and prayer.

Men’s & Women’s Chastity Groups

Augustine Way for Men and Magdala Ministries for women provide virtuous small groups and tangible tools of healing in order to live lives of chastity in today’s world.

Mass & Hikes

Enjoy the beautiful sights St. Louis has to offer with fellowship, community, and sacraments. Mass and Hikes offer a day in nature with mass lead by Father Samson.

Resources

Spiritual Direction

Simply looking for someone to accompany you in your spiritual growth? You can reach out to the Catholic Renewal Center to inquire about connecting with a Spiritual Director.

Meet our Chaplains

Welcome to Salt & Light: Catholic Young Adults!

We are a community of young adults who are passionate to grow in friendship with Jesus and with each other. We live by His instruction to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world (Matthew 5:13-16)–salt, in that our lives are flavored by the Gospel, and light, in that we are called to offer to all people the Christian witness of warmth of charity and the radiance of truth.

If you are a young adult in your 20’s or 30’s, you belong here!

No matter where you find yourself in your journey of faith, come to grow in friendship with people earnestly seeking to live the Gospel as faithful disciples of Jesus Christ. I, along with my brother priests, would love to accompany you on your journey to greater holiness and peace.

Stay close to Jesus today!

– Fr. Archer & Fr. Samson


FR. CHARLIE ARCHER

FR. CHARLES SAMSON