Events

Missionaries of Jesus Celebrating 6th Anniversary on June 12, 2008

By the Missionaries of Jesus

ED note: This Catholic congregation was founded by mostly Filipinos on June 12, 2002. It was a statement - founding the congregation on the Philippines Independence Day - that was the day this new congregation declared their independence from the old Belgian Congregation.

EVENTS:

You are invited to their annual Family Day (gathering of the families and friends of the members of the Missionaries of Jesus) on June 14, 2008 from 10 AM to 5 PM at Precious Blood Church Parish Hall - 435 S Occidental Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057.

There will be another celebration in Antipolo City around that date and another one in Davao City.

On August 23, 2008, there will be a dinner dance for mission at Almansour Court in Alhambra, CA. This is organized to raise funds for the seminarians, missionary works and needs of our members (on going formation, health and retirement)

The Missionaries of Jesus (MJ) is an international and multicultural religious missionary community. It was founded in the Philippines on 12 June 2002 by a group of forty-one men called and inspired by the mission and humanity of Jesus, who calls us to “make disciples of all nations” (Mt 28:18).

We are sent to frontier situations to witness and proclaim to the nations the presence and the coming of God’s Reign. With deep respect and in a spirit of dialogue, we approach peoples of other cultures, traditions, and faiths. We firmly believe that the inculturation of the gospel is a mutual enrichment and critical interaction between faith and culture.

Led by the Spirit of Jesus Christ, we are challenged to give prophetic witness to and live out radically God’s option for the poor with whom we live and act in solidarity. We work for and are in solidarity with the marginalized sectors of society, e.g., the indigenous communities, the urban poor, migrant workers, refugees, and displaced populations. We are partners in their aspiration for a new humanity rooted in Jesus Christ. Our objective is the promotion of the universality of the Christian message through presence (witness and dialogue of life), proclamation, and prayer.

At present, we are working in the Philippines in the Diocese of Antipolo, the Apostolic Vicariate of Baguio, the Archdiocese of Davao, the Prelature of Marawi, the Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose in Occidental Mindoro, and in various places in Metro-Manila. We are also present in the Diocese of Lae in Papua New Guinea, in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in the USA and in Peten, Guatemala.

Missionaries of Jesus Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=merviuya

Yes, you can help the Missionaries of Jesus (MJ) and their missions in many ways:

• Sponsor a seminarian
• Adopt a mission station
• Support the MJ corporate missionary projects
• Contribute to the construction of the MJ Mission House
• Help build the MJ Health Fund

*Tax deductible gifts may be made by check payable to “Missionaries of Jesus”.
*Consider the Missionaries of Jesus in your will.

Please contact: Rev. Fr. Melanio R. Viuya, Jr., MJ

Website: http://www.freewebs.com/missionariesofjesus/

UNITED STATES
Missionaries of Jesus
435 S. Occidental Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90057
Tel: 1 213 389 8439
Fax: 1 213 389 1951
missionaries_of_jesus_usa@yahoo.com

PHILIPPINES
Missionaries of Jesus
P.O. Box 172, Araneta Center
Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines 1109
Tel: (+63 2) 995 8546 or (+63 2) 911 9940
Fax, (+63 2) 696 5152
missionaries_of_jesus@yahoo.com