Redemptorist Youth of Africa and Madagascar Hosts its First Online Jubilee Prayer and Reflection

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On January 14, 2025, the feast day of Bl. Peter Donders, the Redemptorist Youth and Vocation Ministry (RYVM) of the Conference of the Redemptorists of Africa and Madagascar (COREAM ), held its first online Jubilee Prayer and reflection. The event, hosted on Zoom and X space, was attended by over 40 youths and Redemptorists from different parts of the continent. RYVM Nigeria animated the prayer.

Fr. Micheal C. Emerue, C.Ss.R, the Vice Provincial Superior of the Redemptorist Vice Province of Nigeria, gave the reflection for the event. He reflected on the topic: “Jubilee through Redemptorist Lens view”. He encouraged the Youths to view the jubilee through the incarnational spirituality of the Congregation and so to become the crib where the poor may find shelter, the arms of Christ in the Eucharist to the weary, the loving care of our Lady to those who are lonely and to be faithful to the message of the cross. The talk was delivered in English while Rev. Dennis Opoku Kusi, CSsR from the Vice Province of Afrique de L’ouest, translated the talk into French.

The event was graced with the presence of the Coordinator of COREAM, Fr. Noel Sottima, CSsR. Fr. Noel thanked the organisers and encouraged the youths to emulate Bl. Peter Donders in his spirit of sacrifice while remaining faithful in their duties as Redemptorist Youths. He also encouraged them to maintain the same enthusiasm for the future Jubilee Year events planned by the COREAM RYVM Commission and the Jubilee Year Planning Commission.

Some lay collaborators from Afrique De L’ouest, Congo, and Nigeria also attended the prayer and reflection. 

The event is the first in a series of online activities that will culminate in a physical gathering of all the youths of the Conference from July 31st to August 4th, 2025, in Ibadan, Nigeria. There will be online Prayer and thanksgiving on April 13th, 2025, which RYVM Congo will animate, while the last activity of the online phase will be held on June 27th, 2025, with a prayer session to be animated by RYVM Afrique de L’ouest and a talk on the topic, “The Magnificat as an embodiment of the spirit of the Jubilee” by Fr. Sylvain Tarpilga, CSsR of the Vice Province of Afrique de L’ouest.

We pray for God’s continued guidance as we journey with our youths by sharing the gift of our life and spirituality with them.

Fr. Godwin Abbah, CSsR
COREAM RYVM Commission Animator.