Jesus Youth Movement & More (BJMM***)

 Jesus Youth Family Vision Doc “As for Me and My Household, We Will Serve the Lord” (Joshua 24:15) A Vision and Mission Document on the Jesus Youth Family Network (Prepared by Dr. Edward Edezhath, July 2026) As the Jesus Youth movement completes a decade of recognition by the Holy See and looks step by step toward the golden jubilee of its earliest gatherings, our hearts turn to the Lord with gratitude for a quiet yet marvelous work of grace: the homes of Jesus Youth. “The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy” (Ps 126:3). What began as a fellowship of young people has grown, branched out, and borne fruit. Today, in some forty countries, families walking in the movement’s spirituality form one of its most vibrant and promising realities. In recent years, gatherings of leaders and elders across the movement have yielded a common conviction through prayer, reflection, and discernment: the time has come to give this family dimension of Jesus Youth a clearer vis...

JY Family Network: Vision, Dynamics, and Challenges “Greet Also the Church in Their House” (Romans 16:5) Jesus Youth Families: The Movement, its Family Stream and its Mission (Prepared by Dr. Edward Edezhath in 2022 for Kerala JY Family & revised in July 2026) Over the years, many questions and doubts have arisen about the Jesus Youth movement, particularly its Family Stream. Now, as the movement completes a decade of its recognition by the Holy See and families walking in its spirituality form one of its most vibrant realities in some forty countries, the time seems right to draw those recurring questions together into a connected account of the movement, its family dimension, and the life it invites families into. What follows is the fruit of much shared reflection and discernment across the movement, and it is offered to be read personally and also discussed in families, small communities, and teams. Questions themselves deserve a word first, since some people view them with imp...