Jesus Youth of Hyderabad meeting Rt. Rev Marampudi Joji ,

Arch Bishop of Hyderabad.

16th August 2006.

Time :9.30 AM

Venue : Bishop's House, Secunderabad.

Yesuva Sthothramu....

Thanks be to God! We had a very effective meeting with Arch Bishop M.Joji.
Arch Bishop spoke very softly and he listened very attentively what we spoke.
Bishop wants us to continue the good work God has started through us...

He will be there to support us whatever ways possible.Also His grace is aware of Jesus youth, and he wish that we have eccllesial approoval(approval from the pope).

Few outcomes of the meeting.

1.Fr.Vincent will be our Pastor/Chaplain.
We will be approaching him more often.He will be guiding our work in the diocese.

2.ArchBishop wants us to meet him again once we get the approval of CBCI.

3.He wants Fr.Vincent to support us all the ways possible (Fr.Vincent already doing it)


Thanks a lot for Fr.Vincent,Fr.Vijay,Sr.Zena,Fr.Pakiaraj,Sr.Alphonsa,Sr.Alosian and all the priests and relegious supporting us through their prayers.

Thanks to each one of you prayed earnestly for this visit to happen.
Thanks to Jaralad specially for his sacrifice ....

Above all thanks to Jesus...who has done great things for us

Venue : Capitanio Convent Chapel, Begumpet
Time : 10.00 AM to 4.00 PM.

Program :
10.00 to 10.45 : Praise & Worship
10.45 to 11.00 : Small talk about need of intercessions
11.00 to 12.00 : Adoration
12.00 to 1.00 : Hyderabad + AP (Diocese wise)
1.00 to 2.00 : India ( States wise)
2.00 to 3.00 : World(Continents wise, especially JY presence continents)
3.00 to 4.00 : Church + All intensions

Each hour, we have rosaries (different mysteries on each hour).
During each hour, team members prayed for different intensions.
1.Common Intensions (for each hour)
2.Prayed for all youth in each region.
3.Prayed for Jesus Youth prayer groups in each region.
4.Prayed for coming programs in each region.
5.Prayed for religious (priests, nuns, missionaries, full timers) in each region.
6.All youth movements in each region.
7.Prayed for Jesus youth ministries in each region.
8.Prayed for unity and fellowship of church.
9.Prayed for common needs in each region (especially natural calamities, security issues).

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On the Same day At 3.30 PM we had

One Day Program for Nursing Students.
Venue : JMJ College of Nursing,St. Theresa church, Erragadaa.

12th August 2006.
(Manoharabad – Medchal)

Program for SDB Seminarians.
Venue : Selasians Seminary, Medchel.

“The harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few.”

We (Hyderabad-JY) were invited to spend some time with the novitiates and brothers from the St. Don Bosco (SDB) congregation at their residence in the afternoon of Aug 12th 2006.

Five members, from the JY family embarked on this trip from Secunderabad, and drove for over an hour to the city outskirts of Medchal. Situated at about 60 kms from the city, this place(the residence of about 40-45 religious young boys and girls), are being groomed for their pastoral ministry. The place spans over a vast expanse, and has a profound scenic beauty, away from the densely over populated and polluted urban life.
This minor seminary was inaugurated and founded by Rev. Fr. Lens from France-an elderly priest of 87 years, whom the JY team also fortunately, got introduced to, but is presently being headed by Fr. Sebastian who played the host.

On reaching the place, Fr. Sebastian was more than hospitable in receiving the team. After a quick refreshment, we were taken to the chappel where already seated were about 45 enthusiastic religious eagerly anticipating our presence.

We started the session, in the true JY style with Action songs. After this initial warm up, we could sense that all the members were really charged up and had let go of their inhibitions. We then led the group into an hour of prayer and intense praise and worship where everybody got actively involved.

We had a small tea break and after a quick snack we all assembled at the chappel. The session started off with a couple of action songs and then we had sharing of “The Word”. Bro. Vijay gave “The Word”, quoting extensively from the Bible on the theme of “The harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few”- a befitting message for the future priests and nuns. He also intermixed this message with his personal testimony. Following this, Sr. Mary took us all into an hour of complete meditation, praise and worship with the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. This was a personal time with GOD and everyone was encouraged to experience God’s presence, giving praise and glory, praying and singing which then climaxed in adoration.

A vote of thanks by Fr. Sebastian and another religious sister to the JY team, and after a brief intro from our end on JY and its activities it was time to bid our farewells.

The 3-hr time that the JY team spent at Manoharabad was truly inspirational, and a reminder to the religious to deepen & strengthen their faith in “JESUS” and always be aware of the grace bestowed on them in their missionary calling.

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6th August 2006

"Genesis 2006"
First Jesus Youth Campus Ministry Program In CJIT College .
Venue : CJIT College, Warangal.
Time : 10 AM to 3 PM.

GENESIS 06 – “THE BEGINNING” (REJOICE IN THE LORD)

Genesis was a one day outreach program conducted by JY-Hyd at Christu Jyoti Institute of Technology & Sciences campus –Warangal. It was the first campus ministry gathering in Warangal. All the students of CJITS and in the vicinity of janagaon & Warangal participated in this programme. It was encouraged by the director of the college Rev.Fr.Vijay Kumar. He officially declared “Genesis 06” as the new beginning for the campus ministry.

Genesis commenced at 09:30am with a small prayer. Eabin one of the JY team members from Hyd. was the ‘MC’ of the day. The programme kick-started ice breaking to lighten the atmosphere and to get over the initial fear and inhibitions.

As is rightly being said that Music is the spice of life and music of JY was the mentor for our souls, there was music & dancing, singing, praising and action songs. Everyone experienced the presence of the lord and glorified and praised GOD. There was an inexplicable joy and pleasure from within. After the session on music & dancing there was a welcome skit performed by the CJITS students, which brought in a new message to “Rejoice In The Lord”.

After a short time of Prayer and worship Shibu (Resource person from Hyderabad JY) was introduced to the participants. He spoke about the Love that God has for us, and how each person can “Rejoice in the Lord”. He quoted John 15:11, and Philippians 4:4, which speaks about the abounding Joy in Christ. He spoke about his own personal experiences where he rejoiced in the lord, and when the Lord took control over his life and also spoke about the day-to-day deeds we need to do to grow in the lord. He even spoke about how to face the difficulties that come along in the journey of life. The session was inspiring. Soon after the session was over we were led in to praise & worship for a few minutes. Praise & worship is what we need when we are in the presence of Lord. It was a wonderful experience as we could feel the Lord’s presence in our midst sowing the seeds in our hearts through the words spoken.

Following this the participants were divided in to 14 groups for a Workshop session. This was conducted by Vijay Sunder(campus coordinator of Hyderabad). The material that was given had a passage about a “Cracked Pot”.

The underlying meaning in the story of the “Cracked Pot” meant that GOD has created every individual in HIS own image and likeness. Each of us are created with our own set of talents, gifts and weaknesses …. Its despite this weakness that GOD still loves us, has a plan for us, and uses us differently for HIS glory and purpose.
We were asked to discuss about this passage and everyone was encouraged to participate.

Lunch was served after this with only a 30 mins break .

The next session started off with Action songs, in true JY style and everyone danced for the Lord. This was followed by a dance based on the theme “Jesus the true friend” by the students of CJITS.

A formal introduction of JY was done to the members by Prakash(JY Co-ordinator of Hyd). He spoke about the functioning of Jesus youth worldwide, the charisms of Jesus Youth and the six pillars of Jesus youth. He also updated everyone with the Jesus Youth activities in Hyderabad. Then we had the introduction to campus ministry by Marina
(Jesus youth National Campus Co-ordinator). She spoke about the campus ministry of Jesus youth throughout India. This session was indeed a interactive session, where students posed various questions and had all their doubts clarified.
Annette(full timer for Hyd JY) was also introduced to the crowd who then shared her experience.

At the end of the day every body present started Rejoicing in the lord!

Genesis 06 was concluded with a Holy mass specially offered for the Jesus youth campus ministry and all the Jesus Youth leaders by Rev. Fr.Vijay Kumar.

As commented, by one of the participants of “Genesis 06”

“Let GENESIS be the beginning in our life and we the light of the World. Let’s bear the light of Christ and we the young people share the gospel and take measures to guide life’s decisions!
May we be the saints of the coming millennium standing only for Christ” Amen.

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International leadership Training Programme

Venue : Logos Retreat Centre, Bangalore

Time and Dates : 28th July 2006 , 9 am – 30th ,5 pm.

The I.L.T.P program was initiated by the national JY team members . This was a 3-day “closed” leadership program, organized at the Logos retreat center–Bangalore from the 28th to 30th July 2006.

This program was patronized by the JY members from all over India. There were presence from North eastern states of Arunachal, Guwahati, Orissa etc, from central India of Delhi, Chattisgarh, Mumbai, Nagpur etc, from Western states of India from Gujarat, Rajasthan etc, Southern Indian states of Kerala, Bangalore, TamilNadu, Andhra Pradesh etc …. There were a total of about 120 participants of which Andhra Pradesh was represented by 15 members from Hyderabad, 2 from Adilabad, 2 from Khammam and 2 from Vijayawada.

This training program was conducted for all the future prospective JY leaders of India. It was a mission to foster and nurture new talent, bring in new perspective and new blood, to become aware of the JY activities all over India and at a national level, to be introduced to members of the JY community across states and above all – “The mission of self discipline for being a leader”.
The program was aptly named “Feed my Sheep” and as leaders each of us now had the onus of carrying forward that leadership entrusted to our care.

In order to facilitate us in our mission of leadership, we were accompanied by Bro. Collin Calmiano and Bro. Jude Antoine who were the main speakers for all the 3 days.
Bro. Collin is a full time missionary from Bangalore and has always been an integral part of the JY family, imparting wisdom and counsel whenever required.
Bro. Jude is an international missionary from Malaysia and is a full time evangelizer along with his family, always at the disposal and service of the Christian community and strengthening faith.
Prior to imparting this training program at Bangalore, together bro. Collin and Jude have trained many JY members at America, UK, and Saudi Arabia. This training was just their fourth endeavor in their list of training schedules.

This leadership training program was very well encapsulated in a ten point agenda by the eminent speakers over the 3 day period, ala the “Ten commandments” for every JY leader. This was an eye opener for all of us, a real challenge to live up to these expectations but most importantly to be a true disciple – one who follows and imitates the lifestyle of Christ. Unless, we ourselves are humble and set an example by our living how could we possibly be leaders and shepherds to our flock ???? The 10 simple yet ironically difficult answers to being a good leader and a worthy disciple, as elicited to us are as follows:

I.- NEED FOR FORMATION:
God has called us to
Ø renew our love for him,
Ø to deepen our commitment to the Lord and
Ø to make us aware of our missionary calling

II – CALL TO DISCIPLESHIP:
Discipleship – The word disciple comes from a Greek word called Matheles, which means one who learns from one another. We are called to discipleship by learning and imitating Jesus.
Call to discipleship is a call to –
1. Glory – Rom 8:30 - A call to discipleship is a call from God to share his glory with us so that we may be glorified.
2. Be Saints – 1Cor 1:1- It’s a call from God for us to become saints just as Paul was called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God.
3. Freedom - Gal 5:13 -We are called for freedom. But we should not allow this freedom become an excuse for letting our physical desires control us.
4. Eternity - 1 Pet 5:10- We are called for eternal glory in Christ and after we have suffered for a little while the god of all grace who has called us for eternal glory in Christ will himself restore, support, strengthen and establish us
III – CONVERSION OF HEART:
According to the bible the “heart” is the centre of all human activity and sin is rooted in the heart.
And so “True Repentance” has to come from the heart which will lead to discipleship.
Repentance involves 3 steps – Lk 15:11-33
Ø Realization : Lk 15:17 To test and examine our ways and return to the lord
Ø Resolution : (Lk 15:18-20) making a decision
Ø Renunciation (Lk 15:21) to give up with all the heart


IV – CONSTANTS IN THE LIFE OF A DISCIPLE:
1. Personal prayer – We should spend at least one hour of committed time in prayer everyday. Only when we spend time in the Holy ground can we be prepared to go the Battle ground.
2. Word of God – It’s very important to study the word of God. St Jerome said “Ignorance of scripture is Ignorance of Christ”. We should read the word and only then will the word inspire us. Studying the word of God should be in a systematic way and not just flicking and opening the bible.
3. Sacraments – We should know and keep the sacraments of the Catholic Church.
4. Ongoing forgiveness – Forgiveness as an ongoing process is a decision, it happens over a period of time, it’s a willingness to let go of the past, its not to forget but to remember without pain and it’s the willingness to see others in the word of God.
5. Ongoing repentance – we need to forgive and repent everyday
6. Lifestyle of worship – Worship is crucial in the life of an individual


V – QUALITIES OF A DISCIPLE:
1. Speech – its very important for a disciple to speak properly, he should never be involved in gossip, slander, back biting etc.
2. Life – the life of a disciple should be like the light shining, so that people will see the good things we do and praise our father in heaven.
3. Love – a disciple should show the way to his flock with love. God said in Jn 13:34-36 “I give you a new commandment: love one another, same as the way he loved us”.
4. Faith – Faith is the assurance of the things hoped for and the conviction of things not seen. According to CCC 1816: The disciple of Christ must not only keep the faith and live on it but must also profess it, confidently bear witness to it and spread it.
5. Purity – A disciple should be pure and it is possible only by heeding to the word of God.


VI – COMMITMENT TO THE CALL:
We have to be committed to the call come what may. The answer of how to be committed to the call is “radical discipleship”.
Conditions of discipleship – Putting the Lord above all things. We should never get dependent on anything not even the ministry we serve but be dependent only on God.
Cost of Discipleship – Following the Lord cost something. We should always remember Job 1:21 “I was born with nothing and will die with nothing. The Lord has given and the Lord has taken away. May his name be praised”.


VII – KNOWING THE WILL OF GOD:
There are 3 steps involved in knowing the will of God
1. Surrender – Saying “Yes” to God is surrender.
2. Separation from the World – To know God’s will separation from the world & worldliness is important.
3. Spiritual mindedness – In order to attain spiritual mindedness we must put to death the earthly desires within us like sexual immorality, indecency, lust, evil passion, greed, etc.

VIII – SETTING PRIORITIES:
Its very important for a disciple to set priorities and to lead a disciplined life. This helps in setting goals and to become a purpose driven person. As a disciple we should define and set goals in all areas of our life ie. Spiritual Goals, Family goals, Intellectual, Ministry, Physical, Financial and social goals. Goals set should be SMART ie. Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and tangible.


IX – TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR LEADERSHIP:
A good leader should evaluate his leadership and follow the 10 commandments.
The 10 commandments are
1. Keep his own personal prayer in good shape
2. Stay Teachable
3. Do not neglect the charisms
4. Preach, teach & minister the Baptism of the Holy Sprit
5. Have a vision
6. Be available – and not isolating oneself from the people
7. Keeping his feet firmly on the ground
8. Acknowledge his weakness, failures, mistakes and problems
9. Meeting people where they are and not where you think they should be
10. Look out for and encourage new leaders


X – NEED AND EMERGENCY TO EVANGELIZE:
We need to evangelize because the love of God compels us to do so.
Matt 28:18-20 Jesus asks his disciples, to go to all the nations and make people his disciples and teach them to obey everything.
There is an urgency to evangelize as the last days are coming soon.


During the daytime, on all 3 days, the Holy Eucharist would be celebrated and the day would inevitably end with benediction. On the final day, before the closure, we had a session on “Infilling of the Holy Spirit” – a time of great blessing and outpouring of the Spirit, and everyone as an individual was prayed upon. Finally, this culminated in acknowldgements and thanks to one and all messages.

In retrospect, the 3-day program was a true blessing and a calling to our personal commitments for Christ. It was a journey to expose ourselves to being a new “Disciple” and a challenge to become an effective leader to lead the flock and to “Feed my Sheep”. It is a missionary calling to evangelize and spread God’s work in our own areas in little ways by being a witness through our lifestyle. As Bro. Jude rightly mentioned in his parting address that,

We can make a difference ……

If not ME …………WHO ???
If not NOW ………WHEN ???If not HERE ……. WHERE ???