Activities: Jesus Youth Hyderabad 2005

Jesus Youth in Andhra Pradesh
Jesus Youth has its presence in the following parts of Andhra Pradesh. These include: Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Khammam, Adilabad, Warangal, Nalgonda, Bhimavaram.







Jesus Youth in Hyderabad
Jesus Youth has a presence in Hyderabad since the year 2001. Few committed members used to meet up at Sanathnagar St.Theresa’s parish every Sunday for a weekly prayer meeting. Their commitment to regularly meet and pray provided the roots for the Jesus Youth movement in the city. This prayer meeting was conducted with the support and guidance of the then parish priest Fr.Michael.In 2004 few of the Teenagers from the Parish went for a 3 day program, conducted by Jesus youth at Mangalore. These Teens after coming back started a small prayer group and met every Sunday for prayer at Sanathnagar.

The same year Jesus Youth conducted a one day programme for the nursing school students of J.M.J nursing school, Sanathnagar. There after every fourth Sunday of the month a 3 hour programme is conducted by Jesus Youth. This was the beginning of Nurses ministry in Hyderabad. Sr.Alosyan, Sr. Rojamma support and guide Jesus Youth activities in J.M.J nursing school. Many more Jesus Youth who came to Hyderabad to work/study joined this prayer group at St.Theresa’s. Their presence strengthened the fellowship. They all felt a need to gather all the Jesus Youth in the city for a day of recollection and prayer. They came together on September 2nd at Sathyodayam for Family Gathering 05’.Rev Fr.Pakiaraj S.J and Rev. Fr.Anthony S.J provided the support and facilities to make this gathering happen. The Family gathering brought a thirst in everyone’s heart to serve the Lord more closely. All felt a need of preparing spiritually through a retreat. Again in Apr 2006 at Sathyodayam, 70 – 80 youth, from different parishes gathered for a 3 day growth retreat. This marked the beginning of a blessed time for Jesus Youth in the city. The need for regular prayer group and fellowship, lead to start a prayer group at St.Francis college, Begumpet. This prayer group is the back bone of all other activities of Jesus Youth. Many activities were initiated by this group like Nurses gathering, Family Gathering 06’, Genesis 06’,Outreaches to parishes, Evangelization outreaches to other parts of A.P.

Various Programs conducted so far
• Arising 2006
• Family gathering
• Salt ‘n’ Pepper – One day outing.
• Various evangelization outreaches in the city and throughout A.P

Involvement in Diocese Activities
Most of the Jesus youth are actively involved in Parish activities and we report to the youth director of Hyderabad Arch-Diocese Fr. Vincent who is also the Chaplin for JY. Also we are supporting the parish by teaching catechism. Also some of us are involved in other initiatives of the parish.







Jesus Youth in Vijayawada.
A young man Stephen (first full timer from AP 2003) with some encouragement of an elder attended Jesus Youth conference in Kerala in 2001 & after returning to his place he started a small JY Prayer group in Gudivada Parish. In the year 2003, Fr. Chinnapa and RST team organized National Charismatic Convention in Vijayawada and it opened the doors for Jesus Youth to come officially and Brother Leo and his team from Kerala came and conducted some JY programs in some parishes in Vijayawada Diocese. In 2004 they sent Semi John, full timer for Vijayawada and she started small prayer group in Stella College and she use traveled to Adilabad, Khammam and other places in Vijayawada to preach good news and that is the foundation for Jesus Youth movement in Khammam.Every year at least 10 people started to attend the cultural exchange program from Gudivada and last year more than 10 people attended from Stella college for the cultural exchange program.After Simi, her successor Sanju Baskher , Full timer came and he helped a lot to strengthen the JY Prayer groups in Gudivada and Stella college.In 2006, with the blessings of Bishop Most . Rev. Prakash Mallavarapu Jesus Youth movement declared officially and Fr. Don Bosco took in – charge of Youth office and now Jesus is taking care of every activity in Vijayawada.







Jesus Youth in Khammam
As we all know Jesus Youth national office used to send invitations for all dioceses in India to encourage youth to participate in JY programs.In the year 2003, with the encouragement of Most .Rev. Paul Mipan, Bishop of Khammam some youth attended cultural exchange program and that year they started prayer groups. In Khammam and other places in that diocese with the help of Sr. Ciny, Fr. Sampath and Sr. Sherily, Prashant took full timer training and took one year commitment and went for missionary work to Assam in 2005.







Jesus Youth in Adilabad.
In the year 2003 Fr. Kurian encouraged some youth from Bellampally parish and took then to cultural exchange program and after that they came and started prayer groups in their parish and in 2004 more than 10 people attended cultural exchange program and Synthia took full timer training and started working as JY in Adilabad diocese with the help of Sr. Jessy , Fr. Biju and Fr. Sampath. In 2004, a group of professionals (Doctors and Engineers) lead by Brother Leo came from Kerala and stayed in Adilabad for more than 15 days and they organized evangelization programs, medical camps and also they took initiative and formed a core group with the local youth of Adilabad diocese and in 2005 almost 7 people with Fr. Biju attended National Conference in Bangalore.







Jesus Youth in Warangal












Jesus Youth in Nalgonda












Jesus Youth in Karnool









Jesus Youth in Visakhapatnam

Jesus Youth in Guntur

Prayer Groups:

1. General Prayer Group

We have a prayer group at St.Theresa’s church, SanathNagar. The Jesus youth activities in Hyderabad are mostly centered on this prayer group. We meet every Saturday @ 6.45 pm.

2. Teens Prayer Group.

A small prayer group for Teens was started last year. This was started as a follow up for Teens04 @Mangalore.10-15 Teens meet every Sunday morning 9.30 am.

3. Nurses Monthly Prayer Gathering.

We conduct prayer gathering for the nursing school students of J.M.J nursing school, Santhnagar, Hyderabad. The programme is on every 4th Sunday 11.00 – 1.00 pm
100-150 participants.

Programs Conducted:

1. Legatus - One day retreat for Seminarians of SDB seminary, Vijayawada.
Fr.Jose T (who is also an animator of Jesus Youth activities at Vijayawada) invited us to conduct a one day retreat for the seminarians. Jesus Youth from Hyderabad co-coordinated the program, with the theme "Called to be His Ambassadors"

2. One day Retreat:
Emmanuel: Nurses with Jesus, was conducted at JMJ Nursing School, Sanathnagar.
Around 200 participants from two nursing schools participated.
Jose and Shine from Bangalore lead the programme.

3. Parish outreaches: We conducted a couple of outreach programmes.We did prayer meetings at homes and in parishes in Hyderabad.

4. Hyderabad Jesus Youth Family Gathering 05: The aim of the programme was to bring the first line of Jesus Youth in the city together at one place, to dream, plan and pray for the Jesus Youth activities in the city.

5. One - Day Follow up programme In Vijayawada : Though the programme was meant to be a follow up for cultural exchange participants, it turned out to be a gathering of Jesus Youth of various parts of Andhra Pradesh. The presence of participants from Vijayawada, Gudiwada, Khammam and Hyderabad mad the event a beautiful time of fellowship. Key focus for the entire programme was on Jesus Youth spirituality and life style.

6. Arising 2006 - Every Bush Afire : Arising 2006 is a growth retreat organised by Jesus Youth of Hyderabad,for committed youth of A.P, the biggest among the four southern states of India.