Today after the Novena mass I was speaking to an Indian family (father, mother and two daughters) who were there for the entire novena thus far and they were telling me about a youth group that the older daughter is involved in called "Jesus Youth".
Not having ever heard about it before Janet (the daughter) invited me to come down that very afternoon to check out their monthly prayer meeting. So I decided to leave lunch early and head down to St Francis Church to check it out and boy was I glad I did.
The group was mainly, well entirely made up of young Catholics from India who were now living in and around Cork and their enthusiasm was unbelievable.
It also just happened to be the day that the national coordinator for Jesus Youth, Sijo, was visiting the Cork group so I had a chat with him. He was telling me that the group has been in Ireland for about five years and in Cork for about 2 of those years. Apparently, the movement has a presence in other counties as well including Sudan and Congo.
The prayer meeting was actually a lot of fun with praise and worship having not only singing and clapping but also dancing. They did a bit of lectio, played a little game (which the team I was in won!), and had a little sharing on the life of St Therese of the Child Jesus, whose feast was today. They invited me to come back next month when they meet again and I'm pretty sure that I will.
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