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Special Message by His Grace Paul Hinder,..at JY UAE National Meet |
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On the occation of the Jesus Youth UAE National Meet, special message by His Grace Paul Hinder, Vicariate of Arabia, Bishop of Abu Dhabi, UAE...
My Dear friends, gathered as Jesus Youth in Dubai. I would like to greet you all. I'm very pleased that you all gathered in such a big number and this in the name of Jesus. As I said in several occasion, I'm very happy about the presence of Jesus Youth in our parishes that all I said these are the conditions that are very important. One is to widen the perspective, that means to come out from practically ethnic group from kerala. Therefore my wish is that you as what you have already started to widen the horizon to open the whole movement to other nationalities. That you to come out from a practical pecularitic movement that you were in the beginning as your birth as a movement I'm very happy if you can integrate the youth because, I'm well aware that it is an important part of our vicariate and sometimes they have been neglected because what is lacking in our vicariate is especially the path between the adult christian life and when people get married.What I'm happy about is that every movement is taking care about this phase of life of our young people. Secondly I wish that you are already doing that the Jesus Youth is committed, really in our local communities. That means, in our parishes. Of course you are internationally connected and it is very important that you are committed in our parishes to enrich the life in our christian communities. I give you all my blessings and I shall be happy to be among with you before I have to leave the country for a couple of days. May the Lord bless you and may He give you all the graces you need, not only today but also in the coming weeks and years. God Bless You. |
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The Road that we came across....JY English Group, Abu Dhabi - |
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The road that we came across…..JY ENGLISH GROUP, ABU DHABI,UAE.
In the year 2005, a small group of youth from St. Joseph Cathedral, Parish Abu dhabi, attended the World Youth Day in Germany. Experiencing the wonderful fellowship with more than a million of Gods chosen children in Germany changed them forever. Their dreams and perspectives changed. They saw with their own eyes how the youth experienced Jesus in a youthful way beyond borders of language, country, culture and denominations.
The seeds for change had been sown in their hearts. In the words of Jesus it was like a mustard seed waiting to grow into a large tree. They wanted to share these very experiences with other youngsters.
They arrived back to Abu Dhabi with a desire to see every tongue, every tribe and all people worship our Lord in spirit and truth. Even though they were active members of their prayer group, the vernacular nature of the existing prayer group limited their chances to reach out to the scores of youth from other communities
Abu Dhabi is a peculiarity in itself. Blessed with abundant oil resources, the city has transformed itself into one of the richest places on earth. This prosperity has drawn people from all parts of the globe to this city, seeking a higher standard of life. Most of them are away from their friends and families. Life does get harsh here, not to mention getting caught in the vicious cycle of materialism. The youth from over 90 countries live and work here. St Josephs Church, Abu Dhabi serves truly as an oasis in this materialistic desert. A strong anchor for the Catholic faithful, the church is great blessing for the Catholics here.
Youth is a time of immense energy and resourcefulness. "Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years approach of which you will say, I have no pleasure in them" Ecc 12:1. The glitz and glamour of Abu Dhabi, and a higher income, without the safety net of the family starves their spirituality. Other than the Holy Mass the youth do not have any other opportunity to grow in fellowship, word of God and an experience of the Holy Spirit.
Considering the above situation they all got together and prayed. After a few months of prayer they realized that their small community had grown. The spirit had united them on their dream of having a single catholic charismatic youth community celebrating their differences of language, culture and race and worshiping God under one roof.
These gatherings slowly started having a scheduled structure based on the Jesus Youth movement. We started having a time for music, praise and worship, word of God and fellowship. To coordinate all these activities a group of seven members were formed. A dynamic music ministry came into being which attracted more youth. After a wait of eighteen months in prayer, we are blessed to move to St. Joseph's Church as Jesus Youth English Group.
Now is the time we are in need for your prayer support to move on to achieve our visions, as told by Geo T Kavukattu, the Coordinator.
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'Samrudhiyude Neerchalukal' at Ras Al Khaimah |
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A one day program at the contact level for the youths of Ras Al Khaimah was conducted on
9th November, 2007, from 10am to 5pm at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, RAK, UAE. The Program had the title as Samrudhiyude Neerchaalukal "Streams of Abundance", based on the
theme (Isa 58:11). "The Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your needs in parched places.."  It was conducted in St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, from 10am to 5pm, on
09-Nov-2007. The main objectives behind this gathering was as follows : 1. Annual Gathering for the Jesus Youth, Ras Al Khaimah 2. Out reach program at the contact level 3. To spread the love of Jesus 4. Evangelization and to give a call for evangelization to the participants 5. A small initiative to urge the youth to be more close to the Catholic Church and thereby to Jesus 6. To help the youth to see the presence of Jesus in their day-to-day life 7. To help the youth to grow stronger in the Six pillars of the Jesus Youth
The Music ministry enriched the programme, with their melencholic music. Fr. Mathew Fernandez, the parish priest
of RAK, UAE inaugurated the function. About 450 youth have been gathered by inviting them to be united in Christ
and also to have a proper confession.
Bristo of Dubai JY helped the participants to break the ice by traditional 'Thrissur pooram vedikettu' and action song.
The gathering lead by Jojo praised and sang Halleluah to the Lord with all the creatues of the Earth....singing to
the music of 'Bhoovaasikale Yahovakkarppiduvin...".
Reji from Abu Dhabi, thru his Word of God sharing session explained the Abundance of the Lord in everyone's life and his
amazing grace of satisfying the human needs even in parched places. It was followed by grace filled-spirit filled
celebration of the Holy Eucharist led by Rev. Fr. Varghese Chempoly, the spiritual director of the JY, UAE.
Music and a few AV clippings followed by Lunch and then Isac read the JY news during which Rijo, DXB gave an introduction
to the WYD, 2008, Santhosh Mathew updated the International and UAE JY news and Baiju gave a quick overview of the RAK JY.
Bro. Joseph Antony, through biblical quotes and also his own practical experiences, further made the participants to feel
the abundance of the Lord in day to day life.
The participants were divided into groups based on the camps/regions where they reside and were asked to discuss on
"How to go ahead with the life of a christian- praygroups in camps/coming to church by organising vehicles so that a
group can come and go occassionally..." Most of the groups came up with decisions that they shall start prayer groups
in their respective camps and try to come to church for the mass and for the prayergroups as much as possible.
Franco, Baiju and Francis along with the music team helped the crowd in adoration to the Lord in the presence of the
Holy Eucharist. Fr. Mathew gave the final blessings which was followed by a cake cutting to mark the new life of the youths of RAK.
The program concluded by the choir and the crowd singing to the music of "Thiruvachanathin saakshikalaakaam..." |
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2250 JY attended the Annual Gathering 2007 |
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HEART BEATS – JY UAE ANNUAL GATHERING 2007 
JY UAE, annual gathering was held on 02-Dec-2007, in a remarkable way, in the Shaik Rashid Auditorium, Dubai, UAE, with the title of the programme as "HEART BEATS", quoting the verse from John 13:34. There were as many as above 2250 participants from all the emirates of UAE. The entire programme was divided into three sessions, covering (1) New commandment of our master, (2) Practice Love our Master (3) Will of our master It gave an opportunity to come closer to each other through our Lord. The mobilization team did a marvelous work to reach everyone to build up such a big group. The main speaker of the session was Elvis Kottooran, who has shared his God experience in a practical way, and every one was touched and blessed by his sharing. 
His Grace Rev. Paul Hinder, in his special inaugural message conveyed – to widen the horizon to open the whole movement to other nationalities. That to come out from a practical peculiarity movement and that you were in the beginning as your birth as a movement. His grace was happy about is that every movement is taking care, about this phase, of life of our young people. I wish that you are already doing that the Jesus Youth is committed, really in our local communities in our parishes. You are internationally connected and it is very important that you are committed in our parishes to enrich the life in our Christian communities. Soon after the sharing, "on how we can practice the love of our master," covering the six pillars, there was a skit, written and directed by Dias and followed by holy adoration, which was again a blessing to everyone. The session, had variety programme, like panel sharing lead by Prajomy, national coordinator, UAE and JY News, International Updates, WYD 2008 updates and variety cultural programme. It was an invitation to everyone to focus further on how to share the gospel with others. Through this Heart Beats, every one came to know that "LOVE IS KIND AND PATIENT, NEVER JEALOUS, BOASTFUL, PROUD, OR RUDE."(1Cor 13:14) Every one has decided to "Preach the glorious Gospel, Teach the unchanging word, and be a mediator to bring blessings in others. |
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