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Following are some brief descriptions of many of our Miles Jesu communities worldwide and the apostolates they manage.
Austria
This community was founded in 1996 in the city of Vienna. Its apostolates include Golden Tract passing and defense of the Church. The community in Vienna also hosted the 2003 Path to Rome conference.
The community in Vienna sponsors many retreats and formation activities including vocation seminars and Ignatian retreats.
Britain/United Kingdom
Miles Jesu founded its UK community in 1997 in the city of London. Currently, there are 5 men in community in Norbury in South London.
This community founded the CONTINUITY movement, promoting the Roman Catholic tradition in England along with converts to the Church. It is a movement which works to inspire conversion to the Church, to re-claim lapsed Catholics and to inspire and strengthen Catholics by making known the essential role of the Church in the development of the history and culture of England.
This community also presents talks on vocations at colleges and youth group meetings and has been asked to give conferences on historical aspects of the Catholic Church in the British Isles, such as "How did England come to be known as 'Mary's Dowry'?" They've also hosted talks and conferences on the spiritual life, as well as retreats for young people.
There are over 2,000 members of Continuity, which is the majority of Miles Jesu membership for the British Isles. The community publishes the monthly Continuity Journal with a distribution of about 3000.
Would you consider making a donation to support the Miles Jesu communities? You can make a donation online or call us at 1-800-654-7944.
Czech Republic
Founded in 1990 in the city of Brno, this community specializes in youth retreats and pro-life work. There is a Men's and Women's Consecrated Lay Community in Brno. In Brno, as in other countries, the members of Miles Jesu are involved in many activities, including the apostolate of feeding the poor and homeless.
Community members host the Epiphany Journey, an ongoing formation program, which follows the ideals of Miles Jesu for Catholic married men. This group started with a Karavana Retreat, which is based on the three Kings journey to Bethlehem. Additionally, the Miles Jesu community sponsor Ignatian retreats and one day seminars consisting of 4 talks and 1 question/answer period ending with Holy Mass (with coffee breaks and lunch included), geared for young men from the ages of 18 - 32 who are trying to discern God's Will in their life.
India
Miles Jesu’s presence in India came through our Golden Tracts, some of which made their way there in the early 1980’s...one day we received a letter from the planners of the Catholic All-India Laity Congress, inviting Father General to speak: his words on a tract had convinced them that he should be brought from the other side of the world as keynote speaker. And the rest is...history in the making.
Miles Jesu has a presence in several Indian cities and three Indian Bishops are members of Miles Jesu. In our Indian communities, we feed the poor, offer medical care, and operate a Boys' Town and a Girls' Town for the education and welfare of poor and abandoned children.
Would you consider making a donation to support the Miles Jesu communities? You can make a donation online or call us at 1-800-654-7944.
Italy
This community was founded in 1982 in the city of Rome. The Miles Jesu International General Headquarters (General House) and the seminary are located here. Miles Jesu has both a Men's' Community and a Women's Community in Rome.
Nigeria
The Miles Jesu Nigeria community was founded in 1986. This community specializes in youth retreats and pro-life work and have a very well organized and active Vinculum group. They feed malnourished children, visit and feed the imprisoned, have established Boys' Towns and Girls' Towns and have plans to build a hospital. There is both a men's community and a women's community in Nigeria.
Would you consider making a donation to support the Miles Jesu communities? You can make a donation online or call us at 1-800-654-7944.
Poland
There is a Miles Jesu women's community in Lublin, Poland. This community is involved in several apostolates, including youth formation, education, passing out of tracts and feeding the poor.
Slovakia
In September of 2003 Miles Jesu opened a women’s community in Bratislava, Slovakia, followed by a men's community in Banská Bystrica diocese in Central Slovakia in August of 2004.
One of the main apostolates for the women's community is hosting discernment-of-vocation seminars for young ladies. Many young people are being called to consecrate their lives to Jesus in a life of total dedication, and the salvation of many souls is depending on them. But often these young people don’t know how to listen or are unsure of the signs of a vocation. The discernment of vocation seminars answer many questions through talks covering the scriptural basis for a vocation from the Old and New Testaments; the vocation to marriage versus the vocation to the consecrated life and the signs of having a vocation to the consecrated life; the signs of having a vocation to the consecrated life; and some of the roadblocks and temptations we face in giving our lives to God.
The men's community actively organizes actions for lay people, families, young people, vocation possibilities. Several times they've been interviewed on the radio and have visited student centres, schools etc. througout whole Slovakia where they presented Miles Jesu missions for poor people in Nigeria and Eastern Europe, especially The Epiphany Medical Missions. The Miles Jesu lay charism motivates the support the apostolate of lay people, so the men offer talks about evangelization at the workplace in many towns and parishes in Slovakia.
Would you consider making a donation to support the Miles Jesu communities? You can make a donation online or call us at 1-800-654-7944.
Spain
Miles Jesu established communities in Spain 1982 in the cities of Avila (men's community) and Madrid (ladies community). In addition to other apostolic activies, these community specialize in the promotion of the cause of the canonization of Queen Isabel the Catholic.
The men's community organizes and promotes Vocation Discernment Seminars for young men to help increase the number of vocations in the Church, plus organizes and promotes national Path to Rome conferences throughout Spain. This community is also in the midst of a renovation of their community house which will also serve as a Youth Center in Avila.
Ukraine
The Miles Jesu Eastern Rite communities in Ukraine were founded in 1990 in the city of L'Viv, 1992 in Bortniky and 1997 in Kiev. There are both Men's and Women's communities in Ukraine.
The Women's community operates a soup kitchen for the poor in L'viv, as well as a Girls' Town. The Men's communities is repsonsible for the Boys' Town in Bortniky for young abandoned boys. They also assist with the medical clinic operated by the Epiphany Medical Missions.
Would you consider making a donation to support the Miles Jesu communities? You can make a donation online or call us at 1-800-654-7944.
United States
Miles Jesu was founded in 1964 in the city of Phoenix, Arizona. Since that time, it has expanded to include active membership in Colorado, Louisiana, Chicago, Michigan, California and elsewhere.
While membership is established across the country, the two main community centers are in Chicago and Phoenix. These communities and their members particpate in the following apostolic activities, plus much more.
Chicago
There are both a men's and a women's community in Chicago. Members in Chicago are responsible for many administrative functions for the Institute, and many other apostolic activies for the local Chicago community. They annually coordinate a week-long Summer Camp for Girls and sponsor vocation discernment retreats and youth formation activities.
Phoenix
Miles Jesu in the United States was first established in Phoenix. There is both a men's and a women's community. The men's community encompasses a beautiful garden and a large citrus orchard with sales of the fruit used to offset some of the expenses of the community.
The Phoenix community is involved in a variety of apostolic activities, including feeding and assisting the poor Mexico with the St. Rose of Lima Project and a Christmas gift program, daily Masses and Confessions, retreats, youth formation, vinculum formation, a Ladies of the Blessed Sacrament chapter, spearheading the Cause for Canonization for Paul Murphy, and operating the new Paul Murphy Academy school for boys.
The Mass and Reconciliation schedule for the St. Josaphat Center in Phoenix is as follows (effective 3/01/08)
MASS SCHEDULE:
Mon - Thurs - 7:00 a.m.
Fri - 8:30 a.m.
Sat - 7:00 p.m. (in Spanish)
Sun - 10:00 a.m.
CONFESSION SCHEDULE:
Mon.-Sat. 8:00am - 7:00pm
Sunday before Mass and by request afterward
*Please call to ensure the availability of the priest at the time you wish to visit - the Center currently has only one priest on site.
Would you consider making a donation to support the Miles Jesu communities? You can make a donation online or call us at 1-800-654-7944.
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