JesusYouth International Newsletter - July 2013

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Recently a parish priest shared an interesting event that challenged his life. He said that he heard the calling bell ring one fine evening and opened the door of his rectory to see two young women clad in white. With a beautiful smile they told the priest that they had good news for his salvation. Recognising them to be from another denomination he informed them that he was a Catholic priest, yet they insisted that he give them some time to speak on this good news of salvation. The parish priest told us that he was challenged by their enthusiasm, urgency and intrepidness to share the Good News.

JesusYouth International Newsletter Magazine Description:

Jesus Youth is an international Catholic youth movement with a charismatic spirituality. It had its beginnings in Kerala (India), but is now active in nearly 25 different countries around the world.

Jesus Youth is an initiative of young people themselves, who, filled with the Holy Spirit try to reach out to other young people. The strength of the movement is its special focus on a life centered on the Lord Jesus Christ: beginning with an experience of God nourished by prayer, the Word of God, the sacraments and fellowship, and sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ with others.

Though not an actual community, Jesus Youth is a network of small but vibrant groups of young people. In their own life situations, they strive to give time to the Lord, responding to the challenges of today’s world in the power of the Holy Spirit.