St. John Branch

The Cenaculum program reaches out to High School students, inviting them to begin a life as disciples of Christ and to establish strong bonds of friendship among themselves. The contents of Cenaculum are structured around the works of mercy. Cenaculum is a vibrant community based on prayer, friendship, and apostolate, led by the SSJ with the assistance of college leaders.

Fragua is a program that reaches out to college students and enables them to establish a personal relationship with Christ, acquire leadership skills, and grow in friendship with others. The goal of Fragua is that Catholic students are better equipped to be salt and light in the world, agents of change where they are. To achieve this goal, the program incorporates various components: retreats, formation talks, faith sharing groups, spiritual direction, leadership opportunities, personal apostolate, and social events.

Academy is directed to young adults that participated in the Fragua program and now are transitioning into professional life. These men and women are leaving behind the education years, forming their families, and entering the work force. Academy is designed to help them face this specific time guided by Christian principles, in a context of prayer and community life, so that they develop their Christian identity in the world and become agents of change where they are. The program is structured around the cardinal virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance.

This program reaches out to adult women, enabling them to establish a personal relationship with Christ and grow in friendship with others. Participants commit themselves to deepen their faith and to announce the Lord Jesus with the testimony of their life. The Galilee groups engage in different apostolic activities and in the practice of works of mercy.

This program reaches out to adult men and enables them establish a personal relationship with Christ and grow in friendship with others. Ambassadors are encouraged to strengthen their vocation as lay men in the world who seek to transform the environment in which they live and work according to Gospel values. Their growing union with Jesus will manifest itself in the way they work, in their relationships with family, friends, and co-workers, and in the Catholic and charitable activities that they promote and participate in.