Melodies to The King of Kings - Udaipur

It was a one day programmed held on 22september07 at Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral hall. There were around 24 teenagers & youth who participated in this joyful event.



The programme started with the rosary procession followed by the ice-breaking ceremony. The participants then spent little time in praising & worshipping the King of Kings.
After that a session on God’s Love was given by Ms. Sheeba Scaria (Udaipur JY Co-ordinator) where she told how unconditional, wonderful& forgiving is God’s Love & explained how to grow in the love of God.
The next talk was given by Vinu George (Rajasthan JY Co-ordinator) on temptations. He explained what are temptations? & how to overcome these temptations.


In the last talk Vinu George & Jaison Alexander (President of Udaipur Youth) shared their experiences & explained how to be fruitful in the work of the Lord.
Finally the One Day Programme ended with the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in which all the participants surrendered one by one all the temptations they face in their daily lives & experienced the wonderful mystery of God’s Love.

The Teens Leadership Training Program

Venue : St Pauls School, Udaipur

Resource persons for Retreat : Rajan Uncle from Baroda, present animator of JYNT

Team for Training : Mr. Subin Jacob, ( Asst Co-ordinator of JYNT), Mr. Anto (North Indian Teens Co-orsinator), Mr Vinod.

Participants for the program were from, Udaipur, Agra and Nagpur

24th Noon at 12pm the Retreat started, with 15 participants, and ended on 26th evening , the topics covered during the retreat, were God’s Love, Sin and Repentence, Innerhealing, Faith, Holy Sprit. During the time of Retreat adoration was done on all the days.

26th Evening,
After the retreat was over, the participants were divided in 3 groups, and were assigned Skit, Tablo and Action song with different action, all the three groups did very well and after the retreat, all were well charged to perform different things.


27th,
The Days began with the P & W and then, Asst cordi of JYNT, Mr. Subin Jacob took session on Self Awarness, for the full day with different activity, outdoor and indoor, which included some games and in the evening adoration was conducted.

28th,
The day started with the Praise and Worship and then Mr. Subin Jacob continued with the session of Self awarness till noon, and then at noon the session of Christian Leadership was taken by Mr. Vinod, and in the evening after the adoration and supper, open sharing was there and the topic was, Balance between Studies and J.Y. Activities, there was active participation from all the participants.


29th,
The day started with P & W, and then Mr. Anto took session on the 6 Pillars of JY, and then Mr. Subin Jacob gave an idea about J.Y history and different ministries and put more stress in Teens Ministry, (as Mr. Subin had to go in the evening so the session was shifted from 30th to 29th, at noon, again the sharing was kept about the Relation among Youth and Teenagers, in the evening views were being asked from the participants about their involvement in the Minisry). During the Mass Mr. Anto took charge of North Indian Teens and the team members with him were, Mr. Sanu Thomas, from Rajasthan who was already part of North Team, Ms. Reshma, from Noida, was the new member who joined the team.

30th,
Mr. Vinod took session on P & W, how to conduct a P & W, and Mr. Anto on Prayer Group which included different activity on PG, like outreach in some place like old age homes etc, and Prayer Meetings.


Training ended with the Holy Mass celebrated by His Holiness Rev Joseph Patalil, Bishop of Udaipur. After lunch, some time was taken for the planning for the J.Y activities in different regions from where the participants were present.

Taizé 2007 - A Report

Taizé 2007 is here!!! in our very own Rajasthan.
The inaguration was held in St. Terese Community Hall, Jodhpur at 6 O'Clock. There was presence from all the 3 parishes of Jodhpur. The program stared with ligting of the lamp, by Fr Joseph kallarackal, Fr Sunil Peter, and Sr Evita of the Missionaries of charity. After the lighting of the candles, Fr Joseph Kallarackal blessed the Taizé crosses. After that, the blessed scenes from the life of our Lord, were depicted by the elders of the parish. The keynote address was then given by the program co-ordinator Ms. Ancy Peter who said a few words about the importance of Taizé worship. Fr Sunil Peter then said a few inspirational words, as well as shed some light on the history of the Taizé worship, and congratulated the Jesus Youth on organising such a prayer campaign.





The elders were then invited to light up the candles to begin the worship. The stage was set up in red curtains and lighted using candles and oil lamps, and it was a visual treat fo everyone with the lights switched off. This was followed by a time of prayer and meditation, led by the music team comprising of Ms. Abha Tirkey, Ms. Annette Chirayil, Mr. Vinu George and Mr. Tennyson Abraham.

The youth and the parishioners gathered to sit around the Taizé cross and were led into a time of meditation in the Taizé style. The prayer included repetitive singing of meditative chants / hymns of Taizé and singing Psalms from the Bible. The prayer lasted for about 30 minutes and the final blessings were given by Fr Joseph Kallarackal the Parish Priest of St. Teresa's Church. The vote of thanks was proposed by Ms Ancy Peter.






A light refreshment was arranged for all those who attended the program.

"The secret of life and love lies in giving onself, ultimately, in the cross of Christ" - Pope Benedict XVI