Young Adult Groups and Apostolic Movements

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Escondido
Good Shepherd
Mira Mesa
Organization
Goretti Group
San Diego
El Cajon
Guardian Angels
Santee
youth@guardianangelssantee.org
El Cajon
Holy Trinity
El Cajon
youngadults@holytrinityelcajon.org
Mission
Ignite
Linda Vista
Kieran Hickey
Mission
Immaculata
Linda Vista
Barbie Wenstrup
immaculatayoungadults@gmail.com
El Centro
Imperial Valley Young Adults
Imperial County
Brianah Wong
ivyaministry@gmail.com
South Bay
Mater Dei
Otay Ranch
Sarah Feliciano
youngadults@materdeicv.org
Escondido
Miles Christi Office
Mira Mesa
Fr. Claude Lombardo
infowest@mileschristi.org
Mission
Mission San Diego de Alcala
San Diego
Oceanside
Mission San Luis Rey Parish
Oceanside
Jazmyn Cabrera
jazmyn@sanluisreyparish.org
South Bay
Most Precious Blood
Chula Vista
619-422-7100
Our Lady of Grace
Fletcher Hills
Bernadette Soltero
bernhilge@gmail.com
Cathedral
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Barrio Logan
Hilda Tapia
htapia@olgsd.org
South Bay
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Chula Vista
Emmanuel Zazueta
seguidoresolgcv@gmail.com
Escondido
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Rancho Peñasquitos
El Cajon
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Lakeside
Cathedral
Our Lady ofthe Rosary
Little Italy
Jessica Gehring
youngadults@olrsd.org
Mission
Our Mother of Confidence
University City
Nancy Wesseln
nancy@sandiegocac.org
Escondido
Resurrection, St Timothy, St Mary
Escondido
John Navarette (Align)
jnavarette@resurrectionchurch.org
South Bay
Sacred Heart
Coronado
Emily Curran
youth@sacredheartcor.org
Escondido
San Rafael
Rancho Bernardo
El Cajon
Santa Sophia
Spring Valley
Steve Brown
sbrowne@santasophia.org
Mission
St. Agnes
Point Loma
Cathedral
St. Anne
Emily Sanchez
sayasandiego@gmail.com
South Bay
St. Anthony of Padua
National City
Mission
St. Brigid
Pacific Beach
Noreen Domingo
youngadults@saintbrigidparish.org
Mission
St. Catherine Laboure
Clairemont
Jorge Verduzco
youthgroup@stcatherinelaboure.net
South Bay
St. Charles
Imperial Beach
Marci Morrison
yam.stcharles@gmail.com
Mission
St. Charles Borromeo
San Diego
Bob Schrimpf
bob@saintcharlespl.com
Oceanside
St. Elizabeth Seton
Carlsbad
Reanna Castro
reannac@seschurch.org
Oceanside
St. Francis of Assisi
Vista
Young Adult Team
yam@stfrancis-vista.org
Escondido
St. Gabriel
Poway
Kierstin Rowell
youngadults@saintgabrielschurch.com
Escondido
St. Gregory
Scripps Ranch
Oceanside
St. James/ St. Leo
Solana Beach
Nancy Wesseln
nancy@sandiegocac.org
El Cajon
St. John ofthe Cross
Lemon Grove
Monica Salazar
msalazar@sjcparishlg.org
Cathedral
St. John the Evangelist
University Heights
Jorge Mendoza
jorge@sjesandiego.org
Oceanside
St. John the Evangelist
Encinitas
Fellowship 1839
(760) 941 5560
Cathedral
St. Joseph Cathedral
Downtown SD
Cathedral
St. Jude
San Diego
Alejandra Diaz
El Cajon
St. Luke
Rancho San Diego
Oceanside
St. Margaret
Oceanside
Escondido
St. Michael
Poway
Vivianna Morales
youthminister@smpoway.org
South Bay
St. Mary’s
Poway, National City
Mark Villa
smnc.yam@gmail.com
South Bay
St. Michael
Paradise Hills
Nate Montemayor
asigarlaki@stmichaelsandiego.org
Cathedral
St. Patrick
North Park
Esbe Gomez
esbeg2011@gmail.com
South Bay
St. Pius X
Chula Vista
youngadults@saintpiusx.org
South Bay
St. Rose of Lima
Chula Vista
Mission
St. Therese of Carmel
San Diego
Harrison Trubitt
HTrubitt@stocsd.org
Oceanside
St. Thomas More
Oceanside
Cathedral
St. Vincent
Mission Hills
Marisa Holguin
marisamarinee@gmail.com
Organization
Young Catholic Professionals
San Diego
Paige Toulon
info@ycpsandiego.org
Mission
Young Married Couples
San Diego

Movements

Movements, ministries and lay religious associations offer young adults in the Latino community vibrant programs and events. Some in the San Diego region are listed here.

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Encuentros de Promoción Juvenil

Encuentros de Promoción Juvenil (Encounters of Youth Promotion) is a Catholic movement of young adults (ages 18-27) who evangelize their peers to accept the Gospel, live their vocation and take on leadership roles in Christian groups in their communities.

 

EPJ’s educational approach emphasizes human and spiritual development, group work, community prayer, Mass attendance, reflection and the sharing of experiences. EPJ announces and bears witness to Christ by rallying young people around the fundamental values of Christianity and helping them to mature in the faith.

 

EPJ was founded by Father José Maria Pujadas Ferrer in Medellín, Colombia in 1968. The Vatican’s Pontifical Council for the Laity recognized EPJ as an international association of the faithful of Pontifical Right in 1996. Today, the program is operating in 14 countries, including the United States. An emproista is the name given to a person who has made an EJP weekend. Each year, emproistas celebrate Dec. 9 as International EPJ Day to honor the program’s founder Father Pujadas, who died on Dec. 9, 1984.

 

For more information, visit the following link.

Information about the National EPJ can be found here.

Jornadas

Jornadas started in Mexico in 1961, founded by the Marist brothers, who had the desire to give their students a more complete religious formation. Thus, they created themes by which four personal stages were discovered in the process: Man, Christian, Holy and Apostle.

 

In 2003, after several young people saw the need in San Diego County, they went to Chicago to live a Jornadas retreat, and with the help of Auxiliary Bishop Gilbert Chavez, the first Jornada in San Diego took place.

 

Currently, 13 retreats have been carried out. The retreats are every year in the summer, for single young adults between the ages of 18 and 35.

 

For more information, visit the following link.