Jesus Youth News

One Day Program at Notre Dame Academy

The JY Bangalore Teens Ministry conducted a one day program at Notre Dame Academy School, Choodasandra on 12th February 2012 for a group of 32 students from Classes IV and V, at the request of School Principal, Sr.Manisha. The program consisted of music, activities, sessions and prayers. The children along with their class teachers liked it thoroughly and were especially touched by a testimony shared by Meetu.

Salve 2012
A 3 day Friendship with Jesus program – Salve 2012 was conducted by the Teens Ministry at Carmel Convent School, Banerghatta road for a group of 30 children from various parts of Bangalore, ranging from Classes VIII, IX, X and XI. Many of them had attended our previous summer camps. The participants were blessed to have the presence of Sr.Josna, the Principal of Carmel Convent School, all through the program. Fr. Antony Mahendran, Asst Parish Priest of Christha Prabhalaya Ephiphany Church and Fr. Varghese, National Pastor of JY celebrated the Holy Mass. Vinu (JY Teens National Team member) and Bangalore Teens Ministry members coordinated the program. The program consisted of music, prayers, sessions, activities, sharings and Eucharistic Adoration. As part of outreach, a visit was organized to Swanthana, a home for mentally/physically challenged run by the St. Camillus Sisters, on Sarjapur Road. The children and the volunteers treasured the time spent there as one of the most memorable moments of their lives.

Salve Follow-up Gathering
Other teens programs
Campus
Growth Retreat

The campus ministry was blessed with a wonderful opportunity to prepare for the lent season through the Campus retreat. The growth retreat for the campuses of Bangalore from 18th - 20th February 2012 was led by Br Elvis Kottooran and team. The name given for the retreat was “JERMIAS”. Around 60 students from various campuses of Bangalore attended this retreat. The venue was Christ University.

MasterLife

MasterLife is a formation programme for a span of 3 months. This programme started from 3rd week of December. C C Joseph was the main resource. 24 young people from different colleges in Bangalore met on every Thursday from 5 - 8 pm in Christ University.

Campus LTP

Bangalore Campus Ministry was blessed to begin the JESUS & ME Leadership Training Program on the Day of Pentecost, 27th May 2012 in Holy Trinity Ashram. The training program saw the participation of a vibrant group of 42 youngsters from various colleges of the city, belonging to an age group of 16 to 22. Fr. Bitaju, Fr. Vinoy, Alex Njavally, C C Joseph, Dony Peter, Jose Sebastian, Jacob Jose and Prajwal Pinto were the main resources and they covered a wide range of topics like Holy Spirit, Relationship, The Holy Bible, Evangelization etc. The highlight of this training program was the opportunity to share Jesus in public places like Malls and Zoo. They also shared their personal testimonies with each other and to the outside world. JESUS & ME LTP came to an end on the 3rd June 2012.

Soul Connect

Campus ministry conducted ‘Soul Connect’ at Christ University on 22nd July 2012. Around 1000 students from different campuses of Bangalore attended this worship evening. The 3 hour program was filled with Praise and Worship, Testimony, Session and Audio Visual Presentation.

Christ PU DTP