Updates

Household (the gathering of all JY’s in the region) for May happened at Jithin and Anjitha’s house. We started off with an action song, bringing back the spirit of JY from 2 decades ago. Angela lead us in the monthly reflection. She used creative ways to help us think of the impact our actions will […]

A group of about 20 JY’s from Chicago drove up to Wisconsin to take part in the Walk to Mary pilgrimage. We start with St. Joseph (at the National Shrine of St. Joseph) and walk to Mary (at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion) to get to Jesus.  Our annual pilgrimage has impacted

This month saw the beginning of a new initiative. “Common Grounds” is a basement-turned-coffee-shop, open once a  week for an evening of fellowship. The coffee shop ambiance allows for 2 hours of “work together” time during which attendees can bring their todo lists, personal projects, or projects to work on with others. The time can

The spring semester, the Midwest ran its first batch of the National Campus Pathways program. The program included in person meetups of 6-8 college age students who committed to 6 sessions with 2 facilitators. The sessions included topics on Friendship that dove into how to identify good friendships, opening up oneself to deeper relationship with

The regular Saturday Soup Kitchen group went again this Saturday to serve at the Missionaries of Charity Soup Kitchen. They attended the morning mass at Immaculate Conception in Elmhurst and then made the trip out to the city to serve at the Soup Kitchen. If anyone is interested in joining on Saturday, please reach out

All are invited to our weekly intercessory adoration at Syro Malabar Cathedral, Bellwood, IL. As JY Midwest, we rely on the grace received during intercession to continue the mission of being a missionary movement in the region. We come together for Qurbana (Divine Liturgy) at 5:30 PM every Monday followed by an hour of intercession

March Household was held at Jijo and Jiji’s house. It was awesome to have many of our college students who were back home for Spring Break. Bennett Kannana lead us in the reflection on ‘Waiting for the Lord‘. Many shared about their experiences of different periods of waiting. It is good that one should wait

March monthly Teens Gathering happened at the Jacob house.

Today we had our KCA seniors gathering. We talked about Shield of Faith & Helmet of Salvation. The kids enjoyed some fresh air and worked on their Armor of God dioramas.

For the March Boys Adventure Club, we flew kites and reflected on the theme of spirituality based on this fun activity. We had 15 middle school aged boys at the gathering.