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Escondido
Good Shepherd
Mira Mesa
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Goretti Group
San Diego
El Cajon
Guardian Angels
Santee
youth@guardianangelssantee.org
El Cajon
Holy Trinity
El Cajon
youngadults@holytrinityelcajon.org
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Mission
Ignite
Linda Vista
Kieran Hickey
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Mission
Immaculata
Linda Vista
Barbie Wenstrup
immaculatayoungadults@gmail.com
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El Centro
Imperial Valley Young Adults
Imperial County
Brianah Wong
ivyaministry@gmail.com
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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
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Our Lady of Grace
Fletcher Hills
Bernadette Soltero
bernhilge@gmail.com
Cathedral
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Barrio Logan
Hilda Tapia
htapia@olgsd.org
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South Bay
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Chula Vista
Emmanuel Zazueta
seguidoresolgcv@gmail.com
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Escondido
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Rancho Peñasquitos
El Cajon
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Lakeside
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Cathedral
Our Lady ofthe Rosary
Little Italy
Jessica Gehring
youngadults@olrsd.org
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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
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South Bay
Sacred Heart
Coronado
Emily Curran
youth@sacredheartcor.org
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Escondido
San Rafael
Rancho Bernardo
El Cajon
Santa Sophia
Spring Valley
Steve Brown
sbrowne@santasophia.org
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Mission
St. Agnes
Point Loma
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Cathedral
St. Anne
Emily Sanchez
sayasandiego@gmail.com
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South Bay
St. Anthony of Padua
National City
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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
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Mission
St. Charles Borromeo
San Diego
Bob Schrimpf
bob@saintcharlespl.com
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Oceanside
St. Elizabeth Seton
Carlsbad
Reanna Castro
reannac@seschurch.org
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Oceanside
St. Francis of Assisi
Vista
Young Adult Team
yam@stfrancis-vista.org
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Escondido
St. Gabriel
Poway
Kierstin Rowell
youngadults@saintgabrielschurch.com
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Escondido
St. Gregory
Scripps Ranch
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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
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Cathedral
St. John the Evangelist
University Heights
Jorge Mendoza
jorge@sjesandiego.org
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Oceanside
St. John the Evangelist
Encinitas
Fellowship 1839
(760) 941 5560
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Cathedral
St. Joseph Cathedral
Downtown SD
Cathedral
St. Jude
San Diego
Alejandra Diaz
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El Cajon
St. Luke
Rancho San Diego
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Oceanside
St. Margaret
Oceanside
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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
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Cathedral
St. Patrick
North Park
Esbe Gomez
esbeg2011@gmail.com
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South Bay
St. Pius X
Chula Vista
youngadults@saintpiusx.org
South Bay
St. Rose of Lima
Chula Vista
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Mission
St. Therese of Carmel
San Diego
Harrison Trubitt
HTrubitt@stocsd.org
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Oceanside
St. Thomas More
Oceanside
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Cathedral
St. Vincent
Mission Hills
Marisa Holguin
marisamarinee@gmail.com
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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.

Two people hold a ship's wheel in a church, with a clergyperson in purple vestments standing behind them. Stained glass windows and a crucifix adorn the background.

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.

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About the Coat of Arms

Bishop Pulido’s coat of arms is divided into four quarters with wavy horizontal lines from top to bottom. The blue and white lines represent the Blessed Virgin Mary. They also suggest water, which alludes to Jesus washing the feet of His disciples and to the waters of baptism. The red and gold lines represent the Holy Spirit and fire. The colors also can be seen as referring to the Blood that (along with water) poured from Jesus’ side at His crucifixion, as well as to the bread (gold) and wine (red) transformed into the Eucharist. At the center is a roundel featuring a symbolic representation of the “mandatum” (washing of the feet), which he believes exemplifies service to all humanity. The roundel’s outer edge is a line composed of small humps; it is borrowed from the coat of arms of the Diocese of Yakima, where Bishop Pulido served as a priest before being named a bishop.

About the Coat of Arms

Bishop Pham’s coat of arms depicts a red boat on a blue ocean, which is crisscrossed by diagonal lines suggesting a fisherman’s net. This symbolizes his ministry as a “fisher of men,” as well as how his own father had been a fisherman. The boat is also a symbol of the Church, which is often referred to as the “barque of Peter.” At the center of the sail is a red beehive (a symbol of the bishop’s baptismal patron saint, St. John Chrysostom, who was known as a “honey-tongued” preacher). The beehive is surrounded by two green palm branches (an ancient symbol of martyrdom; the bishop’s ancestors were among Vietnam’s first martyrs). The eight red tongues of fire around the boat are a symbol of the Holy Spirit and a representation of the diversity of ethnic and cultural communities. The red of the boat, the beehive and the tongues of fire allude to the blood of the martyrs.

About the Coat of Arms

The coat of arms combines symbols that reflect Bishop Bejarano’s spiritual life and priestly ministry. The main part of the shield shows four wavy vertical lines on a gold background. These represent flowing waters. This alludes to his chosen motto and also symbolizes the graces that come from the Divine life to quench our thirst for God. The upper third of the shield is red because it is borrowed from the coat of arms of the Order of Mercy, of which the Bishop’s patron saint, Raymond Nonnatus, was a member. The central symbol resembles a monstrance because St. Raymond is often depicted holding one. The Eucharist is Bishop Bejarano’s inspiration for his vocation. It was through the Eucharist that he received his call to the priesthood at age seven and which keeps his faith and his ministry going. It represents the call to offer oneself as a living sacrifice. The monstrance is flanked on either side by an image of the Sacred Heart, alluding to the mercy of God and echoing the idea of a sacrificial offering of oneself united to the sacrifice of Christ, and of a rose for Our Lady. It is an allusion to Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas, and highlights the bishop’s Hispanic heritage.

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