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

FORMATION OF FIRST J.Y. SERVICE TEAM OF AJMER

"Even before I formed you in your mother's womb ,I knew you; even before you were born ,I set you apart and appointed you a a prophet to the nations!"
Jeremiah 1:4
To fulfill the plan of God, Ajmer Jesus Youth organized a one day program on 30th Jan at the Cathedral of Ajmer. The gathering consisted of twenty-five to thirty youth. The main purpose of this gathering was the formation of the first Service-Team of Ajmer under the guidance of our spiritual director Rev. Fr. Angelos and RJYT members of Ajmer and Jodhpur.

The program was based on the theme "Shining as Lights in the World" (phil 2), and commenced with a praise and worship session led by Ajmer music team under Sanjit Thomas from Jodhpur. The first talk 'how to be a good disciple of Christ' was given by Miss Anita Rajprohit (of RJYT) .This session was to enlighten the participants, about 'the Call', graces, and duties of a disciple of Christ.

This session was followed by another, taken by Rev. Fr. Angelos on 'interpersonal relationship'. The youth were delighted to learn on maintaining friendly and fruitful relations with team mates, elders and the religious.

In the afternoon, the service team members were elected by voting. This was followed by holy adoration and discernment period. Finally six members were selected as service team for Ajmer Jesus Youth.




Following members constitute the Ajmer service team:

Coordinator: Shanky
Finance incharge: Gulab
Intersession incharge: Fabiola
Prayer group incharge: Deepak
Communication incharge: Anand
Outreach incharge: Manish
RJYT representative: Balveer



The program ended with a prayer, and an activity to highlight importance of each member in the prayer group.

We are grateful to our Almighty God, for fulfilling His divine plans through and amongst us. We are immensely thankful to Rev. Fr. Angelos our spiritual director

There was a meeting on 4th Feb after the ST formation and it was decided that the ST assisted by some other JYs would visit all the parishes in ajmer, and conduct a 2-hr. adoration during the lent season. Starting from the parbatpura parish and then in the other parishes, bhawanikhera, bhatta, cathedral, madar and so on..

Alwar one day Program

A one day program was organised by the Jesus Youth in St. Anselms School, Alwar, Rajasthan. The theme of the program was "Jesus the Good Shepherd". The program was done under the guidance of Fr. Thomas Maniparambil, and Br. Siby George. The program was co-ordinated by Mr. Tennyson Abraham. The program began at 10 AM with a music session by Mr. Vinu George.
The main focus of the program was how to study and succeed in life following the path that our Lord has shown to us.

The first session was about Jesus, telling the children what were the basic qualities in Jesus and to compare ourselves to HIm and find where we find ourselves lacking. This was a practical session. After that there was a panel sharing session where Ms. Soumya Simon, Mr Sanu Thomas & Mr Tennyson Abraham, were asked different questions and that held great interest among the attending youth.

This was followed by a session on the Holy Spirit, who He is and how much He helps us in our day to day life especially the studies. The youth were delighted to hear about the Holy Spirit and they took up a resolution never to cheat again in their examinations.

This was followed by the last session of the day - how to conduct a Praise & Worship by Mr Vinu George and an adoration of our Lord in the blessed sacrament which was also lead by Mr Vinu George.

After the adoration the glow on the faces of the participants was prominent and then a few games were conducted which included the free fall. This gave all of us insights on the need and the qualities that are needed to work as a team.

After the games there was a slight refreshment and the day ended with the final prayers and blessing by Br. Siby George.

Jeevan – 2007 Udaipur

It was a three day retreat for the teenagers & youth of Ambapada, a village 42 km away from Banswara. The retreat was organized by Jesus Youth Udaipur, from 26th January to 28th January. The Program was Co-ordinated by Miss Sheeba Scaria. About 92 youth from ambapada parish participated in this retreat. Along with 9 volunteers Rosebella, Joyce, Jaison, Akhil, Kevin, Tijo, Anoop & Gulab from Udaipur.The resource person for this retreat was Rajan Uncle from Baroda.

The first day program began with Procession & Rosary. Then Mass celebrated by Fr. Danty, Director of Diocesan Youth, Udaipur (main celebrant) and Fr. Siby. That was followed by Ice breaking Ceremony and the sessions of Rajan Uncle, who spoke about God's infinite and unfathomable love for mankind.

The second day was the day of Repentance. The Youth were made aware of various types of sins & God's forgiveness through Repentance. During the confession all experienced God's forgiveness and felt light like a butterfly. The adoration of the Blessed Sacrament touched many. Many Youth who were away from God, experienced God's love & forgiveness.

The last day was the day of inner healing, which was started with the Mass celebrated by Fr. William D’souza,(Principal St. Paul’s School, Banswara).After mass there was a session conducted by Rajan uncle on inner-healing . The program was concluded with an adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

Altogether, this retreat was a grand success. Everyone experienced God’s love & his mighty presence.

Reconstitution of the Jodhpur Service Team

The new service team was elected on the 10th of December 2006. A one day program was kept as a preparation step towards the election of the new team. The name of the program was El-Shaddai 2006. The theme of the program was "Let God Arise" as said by the psalmist in Psalm 68:1.
Ref: http://jyrajasthan.blogspot.com/2006/12/latest-news.html

On the 1st of January the new Service Team met for the first time. It was a gathering focussed on giving away the responsibilities of the diffrent ministries to the newly elected service team.
The theme of the gathering was "You are the salt of the earth and light of the world." Matthew 5:13&14.
The program started with a beautiful time of Praise & Worship led by Ms. Annette, which was followed by a session on how to lead Praise & Worship with a few tips to lead a Prayer Group also by Mr. Vinu George.
With the new tips and inputs provided by Mr. Vinu George, another session of Praise and worship followed to put the newly learnt tips into practice. The Praise and Worship was followed by talk on Role of service Team and diffrent responsibilities of a Srevice Team by Mr. Sanu T Thomas. Mr. Sanu Thomas's talk was followed by a talk on Interpersonal Relationship among the members of the team by Ms. Ancy Peter, so that the team members may effectively communicate with each other.
Then Devasia Uncle, the Jesus Youth elder in Jodhpur came and he shared a few things about how the Service Team has to go among the families. He also shared about what all things are expected of the Service Team and he told about the ideal attitude of a Service Team, ie. the beattitudes for the Service Team.
Then came the long awaited discernment process to give away the diffrent responsibilities to the new Service Team. The discernment process was led by Mr. Vinu George and Ms. Anita Rajpurohit. And thus the meeting ended with a resolution ie. to be the salt and light of the world.

On the first day the New Year, the responsibilities have been handed over to the new Service Team members. And this is the final structure of the Service Team.
The new members and their responsibilities are:

General Coordinator: Abha Tirkey
Music Incharge: Alok Tirkey
Intercession Incharge: Annette
Outreach Incharge: Sanu T Thomas
Finance Incharge: Sanjith Thomas
St. Pauls Incharge: Rijo
St. Patrics Incharge: Divya
Prayer Group Incharge: Ancy Peter
Ex-officio member: Jeans Varghese
RJYST Representative: Anita Rajpurohit & Vinu George.