Jesus Youth USA

Jesus Youth USA

5/26/2025, 9:44:05 PM

We give thanks to God for our Beloved Bishop Pierre Andre Dumas ( Diocese of Anse-à-Veau and Miragoâne,Haiti) who celebrates 34 years of Priesthood today on May 26th. On this day May 26th,1991 - Bishop Dumas was ordained a priest by St John Paul II at St.Peters Basillica, Rome. Bishop Dumas has been faithful servant of Christ for 34 years, pouring his life for the people of Haiti. It has been such a joy for Jesus Youth to have Bishop Dumas as a friend, father and Bishop. 👉Read about Bishop Dumas: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2024-02/haiti-bishop-dumas-injured-in-an-explosion.html

Jesus Youth USA

5/23/2025, 2:53:32 AM

*Ecuador te llama! Nos encanta este lugar.* From May 4th to 12th, Jesus Youth was privileged to continue to experience the joy of the gospel in Ecuador. At the invitation of Missionaries of St. Frances de Sales (MSFS), six amazing missionaries from JY USA - Sindhu Nadarajan (Mission Director), Joseph Abraham (National Council), Nitya Mathew, Ryan Stephen, Ann Abraham, and Jacinta Nadarajan visited the regions of Limones, Rio Verde, and Attacames in the Apostolic Vicariate of Esmaraldas. The group traveled by boat to some of these communities, where they visited houses, schools, parishes, and youth groups and organized faith formation. It was a blessing for our mission director, Sindhu, to meet with Bishop Antonio Crameri S.S.C. of the Vicariate and share about Jesus Youth during this visit. We thank God for this opportunity to experience the gospel anew. Please keep the MSFS priests, and the people of Esmeraldas in your prayers. _*Cómo quisiera una Iglesia pobre y para los pobres!_*-Papa Francisco,2013.

Jesus Youth USA

5/30/2025, 9:31:26 PM

In preparation for Pentecost and Recommitment day- just 9 days away, we begin the Novena to the Holy Spirit. The Novena to the Holy Spirit serves as a beautiful way for the JY community to prepare for receiving the graces of Pentecost. _Let us not underestimate the inexhaustible graces that the Holy Spirit has in store for us during this Jubilee year._ 👉*Day 1 Holy Spirit Novena - For the Gift of Wisdom -* https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c3L2gWQYkC1rneF6VDcOXmM4Ue0GeIlC/view?usp=drive_link 👉_Read Edward Edezhath's blog on how formal commitment started in JY_:https://edwardedezhath.blogspot.com/2024/03/how-did-formal-commitment-start-in-jy.html *_A person repeatedly recommits or renews the step of baptism, and the Lord responds each time with His new outpouring of the Holy Spirit_.* - _Edward Edezhath, Pioneer of Jesus Youth._

Jesus Youth USA

5/29/2025, 2:26:07 AM

This past Monday, May 26th, more than 100 JY's gathered in Somerset, New Jersey, as one Jesus Youth family to spend a blessed evening with His Beatitude Mar Raphael Thattil. Major Archbishop honored two of our Pioneering Animators of the Northeast regions - Jose Maliekal and family, Jose Joseph and family who were essential in beginnings of the movement in the Northeast 25 years ago. The event with the Major Archbishop & Bishop Joy Alappatt marked the official inauguration of _Jubilee to Jubilee_ for Jesus Youth - a journey from the Jubilee of the Church to the Jubilee of Jesus Youth. We saw it as providential that with the place and people who dreamt of Jesus Youth 25 years ago, now became the same place where each one of us as Jesus Youth will begin _Envisioning Jubilee._ (Details to follow) As the Major Archbishop reminded us repeatedly during the gathering, “*Jesus Youth is not a human creation; it is a gift from heaven, a gift of the Holy Spirit.”* May this jubilee be a time for us as JY to come alive

Jesus Youth USA

5/18/2025, 3:56:03 AM

*Congratulations to Sr. Jocelyn Edathil SIC, who made her final vows on May 17th, 2025, in Trivandrum, India.* Over the years, Sr. Jocelyn has been a blessing and a gift to so many JYs across the country, especially in the Philadelphia area. Her vocation and her call to say yes to the call to join the Congregation of the Sisters of the Imitation of Christ have inspired and blessed many of us. Sr. Jocelyn, an MD/PhD, also sought to bring Christ's healing to the sick and suffering through her ministry. We continue to thank God and keep Sr. Jocelyn SIC in our prayers. 👉_Watch the full video of her final profession here_:https://www.youtube.com/live/fs83oh9FbHY?si=AXE0udL0TC59YE5O 👉 _Read Sr.Jocelyn's story here_: https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/nun-sister-covid-virus-jocelyn-edathil-temple-hospital-20200819.html

Jesus Youth USA

5/30/2025, 1:23:06 PM

We kindly ask for your continued prayers and intercession for the First Nations Community in Canada. Over the past few days, wildfires have erupted in Manitoba, prompting emergency evacuations. Our Fulltimer Josh Jacob, who was stationed in Pukatawagon, Manitoba, was evacuated along with others via helicopter due to the fire encroaching on the community. There are still many people in need of evacuations, and many people helping on the ground. Let's intercede for each one of them, trusting that as we intercede for this beautiful community, Christ will make his presence known to them. Let our intercession be a sign of hope to the people of Manitoba, that no matter what challenges lie ahead, we are with them. 👉https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/first-nations-wildfire-evacuation-1.7546519 *Those who pray never turn their backs on the world.* - _Pope Francis, December 2020_

Jesus Youth USA

6/1/2025, 10:01:58 PM

👉 Day 3 of the Holy Spirit Novena - We pray for the _*gift of prudence*_ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yG3rW_jBaLuC7K6Thq_GDByXbo9gtOKy/view?usp=drive_link *More comprehensible for some, more hidden for others, his mysterious presence is always alive. It is as if we could hear him say: «Don't you know that I am here next to you, through the Holy Spirit, I live in you? I will never abandon you».* - _Brother Roger of Taizé_

Jesus Youth USA

5/31/2025, 8:17:52 PM

👉 *Day 2 of our Holy Spirit Novena we pray for the gift of understanding.* https://drive.google.com/file/d/1omNmE7GIP7INmAxRAFepRBkg-MALTLZx/view?usp=drive_link *_How can we not give thanks to God for the wonders the Spirit has never ceased to accomplish in these two millenniums of Christian life? Indeed, the event of grace at Pentecost has continued to bear its marvellous fruits, everywhere instilling apostolic zeal, a desire for contemplation, the commitment to live and serve God and our brothers and sisters with complete dedication.*_ - _St.John Paul II, Pentecost 1998_

Jesus Youth USA

5/21/2025, 12:59:48 AM

*Audacity of Hope* _Monnès Kercivil - JY Haiti_ In a country where violence and struggles are the daily reality, Monnès Kercivil a 32 years old young man native of Haiti who is a passionate Jesus Youth currently working in Mar Bleau,Haiti as a staff of Lumen Vitae, strives daily to integrate in his work the gospel and hope in the Lord that goes beyond the challenges the community faces daily. He is learning agriculture from the local students and brings into his daily conversations his trust in God. He looks around for any help he can find to help the neighbors in this community. Let’s keep Monnès and JY Haiti community in prayers as they continue to bring hope through their witness to the people of Haiti.

Jesus Youth USA

5/15/2025, 4:49:32 PM

Check out *_Enough_* a short film made for Zion 2025. The film made by young people portrays a lived reality of mercy in our everyday lives. https://youtu.be/Q7apIW_P9jY?si=0iMB6ZVTLJ2IIsKV _I am always struck when I reread the parable of the merciful Father. ... The Father, with patience, love, hope and mercy, had never for a second stopped thinking about [his wayward son], and as soon as he sees him still far off, he runs out to meet him and embraces him with tenderness, the tenderness of God, without a word of reproach. ... God is always waiting for us, He never grows tired. Jesus shows us this merciful patience of God so that we can regain confidence and hope - always!_ -Pope Francis, Homily on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 7, 2013