Weekly Update Dated 8th Apr to 15th Apr '07

Sunday – Friday - Daily Intersession – 10:00 pm to 6:00 am

Sunday – 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm CPG EASTER Special – Emcee Vijay Sundar, P & W by the CPG Animator Sr Bridget and followed by faith sharing by each person on their 50 days lenten experience of personal purification.

Mirror '07 Mobilization to Mary house followed by B'day celebration at Russell house.

Thursday – Mirror '07 meeting – details regarding mobilization, intersession, local arrangement etc was discussed

Saturday – ST meeting Chaired by THE KING & The Queen (Our Animators Adolf Chetta and Lucy Chechi) from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm– discussed the following Mirror '07, Prayer campaign, Communion '07, Reconstitution Day, AP Core Team formation, Vijayawada Core Team formation.

5:00 pm to 8:00 pm - Besto, Sachith, Abraham, & Arun - Visited Sisters of Charity (St Francis School), Friends of the birds of Air, St.Anns College Mallapur, Sr. Mary's convent-St Anns and Fr. Mathew's place & requested their prayers for the retreat.

Prakash, Ashwin, Loretta (Ashwins Sis), Jarald, Phenix, Anthony & Vandana – met the St Ann's School (Sec..bad) sisters and requested their prayers for the retreat.


9:30 pm to 6:30 pm – Night Vigil special Intersession for Mirror '07 at St Francis College Begumpet.

Sunday – 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm CPG – Testimony Week - Emcee – Nidheesh, P & W – Prakash & Testimony by Sachith.

After CPG –

Jarald & Prakash – Meeting with Fr Vincent regd Mirror '07 for mass and confessions – priest to be invited.

Mary & Vandana – Visited Shishu Bhavan (Mother Teresa Home for the Children) and Mother Teresa Home for the Sick & Dying Destitute and requested for prayers for Mirror '07. Informed the St Mary's Church Asst. Parish Priest about the retreat and asked for prayers.

Besto, Abraham & Vijay - Visited Capitanio Convent, Vijay Mary and JMJ School of Nursing and requested the sisters for their prayers for the retreat.

9:00 pm to 10:00 pm – There was a meeting for Mirror '07.

Weekly Update Dated 1st Apr to 7th Apr '07

Sunday – Palm Sunday + World Youth Day
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm CPG – Emcee Jarald, P & W – Nidheesh, WOG Sharing on the Role of the Youth in the Church JY Chaplian the Hyd Youth Director Fr Vincent

Monday - Mirror '07 Mobilization - Russell & Priya's house

Tuesday - Mirror '07 Mobilization - Ramnagar – Fr Arun, Jesse, Prashanth MBBS & Jose's house

Wednesday - Mirror '07 Mobilization - Sanathnagar – Fr Balaswamy and a few of the teens houses - Jaya Mary, Marshella, Mannu
Intersession – 10:00 pm to 6:00 am
One person prays for every half hour throughout the night. (16 people for the 8 hours)

Maundy Thursday – Good Friday – Holy Saturday – Personal Preparation

Good Friday - Intersession – 10:00 pm to 6:00 am
One person prays for every half hour throughout the night. (16 people for the 8 hours)

Weekly Update 26th Mar '07 to 30th Mar '07

Monday – Mirror '07 Program Team Meeting

Tuesday – Mirror '07 Program Team Meeting
- Mirror '07 Mobilization Team meting

Wednesday – Meeting with Fr Vincent and Blessing of the brochure by father (Jarald will send a detailed mail regd. the meeting).

Saturday – The Mirror Team (Intersession, Mobilization, program Team, Finance & Local Arrangements Team) met up for a time of prayer and discussion.

"Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will also bear the image of the man of heaven." -1 Cor 15:49
MIRROR '07 - REFLECT HIS CALL

Monday – Annette's Farewell – Special Outing. All the Service team members had a One day outing with her. Lunch at Belson's Taj, then played games at I Max, then all of us went to St Joseph's Cathedral for Mass and Adoration and the Finale at Lumbini Park the "LAZER SHOW".

Wednesday – Annette's Farewell – Special Sharing. There was a special meeting where the Service Team and Annette shared many things.

Thursday – Annette's Farewell – Final. A few of us went to the Railway Station to see her off. (Tino, Jaison, Vignan, Jarald, Jiffy, Prashanth, Prashanth, Two teens from Santhnagar Parish, Vineetha, Vandana…)
- There was a Meeting for Mirror '07 in the evening.

Saturday – 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm - Visited The Friends of the Birds of the Air and had a wonderful time with the inmates.
9:30 pm to 5:00 am – Night Vigil at The Friends of the Birds of the Air. (Detailed Report attached)

Sunday – 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm CPG – P & W by Vijay Sundar and Bible study on Matt 25:14-30 - The Parable of the Talent.
- 6:00 pm onwards - Service Team Meeting

Weekly Updates 5th Mar to 11th mar '07

Saturday –
11:00 am to 3:00 pm Service team Meeting to discuss about the Prayer Campaign, Mirror '07 (Reflect the Call) the Growth Retreat, Half Day program at the Holy Spirit Seminarians Ramanthapur, Outreach to Gandhi Hospital on March 17 th and the Night Vigil on March 24th.
3:30 pm Shibu's Farewell
3:00 pm to 4:30 am – Music Ministry practice along with the Professional Ministry for the CPG.
6:00pm to 8:00 pm - Family Visit to Preethi's house – We met Preethi's parents, grandparents, her aunt, cousins and her niece's. There was a wonderful time of Praise & Worship, Sr Bridget shared the Word of God, Vijay gave them the JY introduction and Annette shared her testimony.
10:30 pm - Prakash, Vijay Sundar & Vignan left to Vijaywada.

Sunday
Prakash, Vijay Sundar & Vignan meet the Key JY people of Vijayawada and the priest and religious there
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm - CPG by the Professional ministry. There was Inner healing and then a wonderful presentation on Pro-life.

Announcements

1) Next weeks CPG Mar 18th will be from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. We will have a small talk on confession followed by adoration and confession.

2) Mar 17th we have the Outreach to Gandhi Hospital at 3:30 pm.

3) Mar 24th we have the Night Vigil at Birds of the Air.

4)Annette has completed her one year commitment in Hyderabad and will be leaving from here on Mar 22nd

Weekly Update 26th Feb '07 to 4th Mar '07

Tuesday – Inner Mining (One Day Program) meeting to discuss the program details.

Thursday – Another Inner Mining (One Day Program) meeting to discuss the program details.

Saturday – Family Visit to Crescentia home. There was a wonderful time of "Praise and Worship". It was an excellent time where we met not just her family but her cousins, grandmother, aunties, friends etc.

Sunday –
Inner Mining from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm was a wonderful experience to all where everyone learnt about Personal prayer and bible study. There was a wonderful session on the Sacraments by Abhy. His experience on the Holy Eucharist and the testimony of "Catalina" on the Holy mass was the highlight. The Holy Spirit led him so beautifully and the way he presented the essence of the Holy Eucharist was not just a blessing to hear but will help everyone to participate in the celebration more meaningfully.

Jarald & Eabin were in Vijayawada for the Monthly JY Gathering in Vijayawada. They met all the JY there and a few priests too.

Vignan was in Kurnool for the "Mega Bible Convention in Kurnool" .

Weekly Updates Dated 19th Feb '07 to 25th Feb '07

Monday – Celebration time! the foundation stone in Jarald's house was laid (for the construction of his house). There was a wonderful time of Praise and Worship at Jarald's house. We also had delicious chicken biryani. All who missed it ask Jarald to invite you after Lent; it's too good and delicious to miss.

Thursday – Meeting for "Talitha Cum" (One Day Program for the Nurses) program details.

Friday – Prashanth (Teens Ministry Coordinator) and Prashanth (Arts Ministry Coordinator) left to Chennai to attend the South Indian Teens Leaders meeting.

Saturday – 10:30am to 3:00pm - Service team Meeting for Arising II, Talitha Cum (One Day Program for the Nurses Ministry) , CPG Inner Mining (One Day Program), Prayer Campaign and the Family Visits.

In the evening there was the Family visit to Roshini's house. There was a small time of Praise & Worship and personal sharing by Roshini and her mom. They also shared many problems that they faced in life but the most beautiful part was when they thanked God continuously as he gave them the strength and courage to go through it. I personally felt that it was not a family of two living there but of 3 people Roshini, Roshini's mom & Jesus.

Sunday – 9:30 am to 4:00 pm - Talitha Cum - One Day Program for the Nurses

3:00 – 5:00 pm – CPG (Testimony Week) – This weeks CPG was lead by the Outreach Ministry. Stephen came from Vijayawada and lead the Praise & Worship in Telugu & Hindi, each ministry then prayed for the different dioceses of Andhra Pradesh, we then had the 2006 JY Outreach Events Video presentation and Vignan shared his testimony. It was a totally different experience and we even sang hymns in Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi & Tamil and for the first time we prayed for the entire geographic region of AP.

12 th Feb '07 to 18th Feb '07

Tuesday – Service Team Meeting to pray and decide on the 100 Days preparation for the Global Recommitment Day.

Thursday – Service Team Meeting to pray and decide on the 100 Days preparation for the Global Recommitment Day.

Friday – Program Team meeting for the Service Team picnic.
Saturday – "Baby's Day Out" The Service Team members had a great time at Emjala. Each and everyone one including Sr. Zeena enjoyed themselves and they became like kids playing all the childhood day games and had a small time of sharing too which helped people to open up and the rest of the members to understand them better. No doubt we missed our Animator Adolf Chetta, Eabin, Marina and especially Fr Vincent who could not make it for the picnic.

Campus Ministry Initiative – Family Gathering - In the evening there was a gathering at Angela's house where there was a wonderful time of Prayer and sharing followed by a delicious fellowship meal with her family.

The Service team again met up for a time of Personal Sharing.

Sunday – 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm CPG – "100 Days Global Recommitment Day Special". Praise and Worship by Shibu, Spiritual Session by Fr Pakiaraj and the discussion on the Preparation for the 100 Days Global Recommitment Day.

Weekly Update Dated Feb 5 th '07 to Feb 11th '07

Monday – The Program Team met to decide on the Theme and schedule for the Feb 11th '07 program.

Thursday – There was another meeting to finalize all the details of the Feb 11th program "Arise Shine Out for the Battle Belongs to the Lord".

Friday – Service Team Meeting in the evening. The following was discussed -

Agenda

Arise Shine Out for the Battle Belongs to the Lord program details
100 Days Global Recommitment Day
Nurses Program on 25th Feb
Arising Part II

Saturday – Program team meeting to check the ppt's (Mission, Objectives, Road Ahead, Patron Saint, Elder & Animator) prepared by the all the ministries.

Sunday - Arise Shine Out for the Battle Belongs to the Lord – It was a wonderful experience for all the JY Hyd Servant Leaders as we were all gathered at one place in an informal environment as a family for the full day. We started the day with the Rosary followed by a few games and Praise & Worship. We then had the JY National presentation on the current happenings and the Road Ahead and the JY HYD presentation on the Visions and Mission statement and the Road Ahead 2007. Each ministry then presented the Mission, Obj and the Road ahead of their ministry. There was a session by Fr Arun on Servant Leadership and Adoration by Sr Mary.

Weekly Update

Tuesday – There was a meeting to discuss the Program details on Feb 11th

Friday – Night Vigil at St Ann's Malapur from 10:00 pm to 5:00 am. Vijay will soon send us an update on the Night Vigil.

Saturday –

10:30 am to 1:00 pm - Professional Ministry Meeting

1:30 pm to 5:45 pm - Service Team Meeting

4:00 pm to 5:30 pm - Music Ministry Meeting

2 PM to 5 PM Outreach Ministry JY Prayer in St. Joseph's Dental College, Eluru

Sunday –

3:00 pm to 5:00 pm - CPG – Bible Quiz Week - Lead by the Music Ministry

There was a wonderful time of Praise and Worship and then the Bible Quiz which was not only entertaining but was a learning session too. Everyone had an excellent time thanks to the Music Ministry. Nurses Ministry Meeting

2 PM to 5 PM - Monthly Jesus Youth Prayer in Vijayawada