Diocese of Rochester Young Adults

It is through patience that we more fully realize our identity in Christ. Make patience a part of your Advent attitude! Enrich your Advent by visiting our website at oec.dor.org.

Our Lady of Guadalupe’s appearance to St. Juan Diego was a game-changer! It helped the Aztec people to embrace Christianity and it helped the Spaniards to treat the Aztecs with respect and as human beings. In the course of seven years, 6,000,000 Aztecs converted to the Catholic faith. This was the biggest conversion in the history of the Church! This is why Our Lady of Guadalupe is the Patroness of the Americas. St. Juan Diego, the humble man to whom she appeared, was canonized in the summer of 2002. Enrich your Advent by visiting our website at oec.dor.org.

St. John the Baptist is prominent in the earlier days of Advent. There are three reasons why. First, Advent deals not only with Jesus’s first coming as the babe of Bethlehem in the middle of salvation history but also with his Second Coming at the end of salvation history. Second, John the Baptist is the last of the old covenant prophets. Third, John the Baptist is Jesus’s forerunner in birth, message, and death. Enrich your Advent by visiting our website at oec.dor.org.

Have a little hope on the Feast of the Apostles Sts. Simon & Jude!

October’s Theology on Tapas was nothing to stew about! St. Laura of St. Catherine of Siena would have been proud of her chicken stew and plantains. Check out these behind-the-scenes photos from last night’s gathering. Thanks to all those who joined us! The Evangelization & Catechesis cooking team looks forward to seeing everyone again early next month!

Start this second week of Advent off right with a meditation on the Holy Family using Visio Divina, a variation of Lectio Divina. https://youtu.be/VPsfSpyVT_s

Bold words on this Feast of St. John Paul II. St. John Paul II, pray for us!

God of power and mercy open our hearts in welcome. Remove the things that hinder us from receiving Christ with joy so that we may share his wisdom and become one with him when he comes in glory, for he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.

A teacher? A missionary? A Columbian? Who was St. Laura of St. Catherine of Siena? Come find out tomorrow evening at 7:00 p.m. as we learn about her and how to make chicken stew with plantains during Theology on Tapas! You can still sign up to be apart of the the gathering at https://conta.cc/2FqMiVd.

Join ChristLife Young Adults for a study of Fr. Jacques Philippe's book In the School of the Holy Spirit! It will help you grow more attentive to the movements of the Holy Spirit in your life and provide simple and concrete ways to grow in this inner sensitivity.

On this Memorial of Saint Teresa of Jesus (also known as Saint Teresa of Avila), here is a video made by young Christians during the quarantine of the Taize song, "Nada Te Turbe". The video contains 100 musicians: 87 singers (including an archbishop, 3 priests, 4 Carmelites and consecrated women!) and 13 instrumentalists from France (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8noVAPXiQC8). The words of Nada Te Turbe are those of Saint Teresa of Jesus. Nothing can trouble, nothing can fr...ighten, Those who seek God shall never go wanting. Nothing can trouble, Nothing can frighten. God alone fill us. Stay awake, keep watch. There is no peace on earth. Nothing can frighten those who make the journey and seek God.

It is in the silence that Our Lord speaks to us. Find that silence, wait for the Lord, and listen to what He says! Enrich your Advent by visiting our website at oec.dor.org.

Information about the National Leadership Forum on Ministry with Young Adults and a beautiful reflection on the Memorial of St. Teresa of Jesus make this week's young adult newsletter a must-read!

Always exciting to see young adults using the gifts God has given them to help others connect with their faith!

Find ways to promote peace and justice in our world in this week's newsletter!

For those that participated in our St. Padre Pio Theology on Tapas gathering last month, here is a chance to be in the chapel dedicated to him!

Today is the Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels! In honor of the guardian angels, take time this day (and everyday) to foster your spiritual development.