JMJ United

10/28/2021

A pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Where Jesus walked. One week that is life-changing.

Our Early Bird Special ends October 31, 2021, so register soon to get $100 off your pilgrimage registration. Link in bio ⬆️

10/26/2021

9️⃣ days, 2️⃣ countries, and 3️⃣ cities. Need we say more? 🇫🇷 + 🇪🇸

Our Early Bird Special ends this week, so register by October 31, 2021 to get $100 off. Link in bio ⬆️

10/23/2021

Happy feast of Pope St. John Paul II! We are so excited to head back to the homeland of this great saint (and many more) next summer with ! 🇵🇱

Our Early Bird Special ends October 31, 2021, so register soon to get $100 off your pilgrimage registration. Link in bio ⬆️

10/20/2021

Buon giorno! 🇮🇹 Are you ready to practice some Italiano but also deepen your faith on pilgrimage in the heart of the Church? 🙏

Don’t forget about our Early Bird Special which ends October 31, 2021, and get $100 off your pilgrimage registration. Link in bio ⬆️

10/15/2021

2022 pilgrimages are now open, and we’re offering $100 off as an EARLY BIRD SPECIAL to our future pilgrims!

Register by October 31, 2021, and get ready to see the world! 🇮🇹🇫🇷🇪🇸🇵🇱🇮🇱 [link in bio ⬆️]

10/05/2021

The official dates for World Youth Day Lisbon 2023 are August 1-6, 2023! 🙌

Join fellow young adult pilgrims from around the world as we UNITE with the young Church!

Link in bio to register!
✈️ ➡️ 🇵🇹 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣3️⃣

08/27/2021

08/03/2021

07/19/2021

The experience of walking through great cities, not just as a tourist, but as a real pilgrim, is one you’ll never forget. Also, did you peep the church dome at the end of this narrow Spanish street? 👀

It’s not too late to register for our SoCal United France + Spain pilgrimage, so ➡️ link in bio!

07/16/2021

The majestic basilicas of Notre Dame, Sainte Chapelle, and Sacre Coeur by day, and the brilliantly illuminated Eiffel Tower by night. ✨

Just a preview of part one of our SoCal United pilgrimage - join us for so much more! [link in bio]

07/13/2021

Did you know that the gold crown and cross atop Lourdes’ Rosary Basilica were a gift from the people of Ireland ☘️ in 1924?

Join pilgrims from around the world to find healing and hope in Lourdes by joining our SoCal UNITED pilgrimage from October 9-17, 2021.

[link in bio - and hurry, registration closes July 31!]

07/03/2021

Here’s a Friday introduction - introducing ourselves! Whether you send a DM, text, or call, we’re here to help you plan a pilgrimage. And that’s a pilgrimage for young adults, by young adults. Can’t wait to meet you! 👋 🌎






Music: Today Looks Good - Global Genius

06/25/2021

Forget old-fashioned, expensive travel groups. We've changed travel for Catholic young adults. No more boring tour guides. No more seeing new countries through a bus window. JMJ UNITED invites you to go see the world on holy adventures crafted for young adults by young adults. 🗺 🎒

Find out what makes us different and join our travel revolution by visiting the link in our bio.

04/04/2021

“You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him” (Mark 16:6).

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem stands to remind pilgrims of Christ’s suffering and death, but also ultimately his victory over sin that won our freedom. Alleluia! He is risen!



Photo credit: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

04/02/2021

“Christ became obedient to the point of death,even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every other name” (Philippians 2:8-9).
Today we are in silence, uniting our sorrows to Our Lord, as we wait for the day of our redemption.



Photo credit: Guillaume Paumier, CC-BY.

04/01/2021

“Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father” (John 13:1). 📖
On this Holy Thursday, follow Christ into the Upper Room, the place of his Last Supper, and contemplate the mysteries to come in this Easter Triduum.



Photo credit: Heritage Conservation Jerusalem Pikiwiki Israel, CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons

03/22/2021

Our third “not Friday introduction” is none other than Fr. Agustino Torres, CFR! 🔥

➡️ What has you most excited for your pilgrimage to Poland?

✝️ I am excited to embark this pilgrimage to follow the footsteps of some of our greatest saint's hometowns and shrines such as St. John Paul ll, St. Faustina and St. Maximillian Kolbe. But I am most excited about the journey to get there. Meeting all the people along the way, seeing how God is going to surprise us each day... it's like the journey to Heaven. It is not easy, but we are walking together. We are not alone.

➡️ What is one unusual / fun fact about you?

✝️ I love taking St. John Paul ll's complex teachings of the Theology of the Body and "Bronx translating" it—then making it easy for me and a kid on the streets to understand it. Fun fact, I was baptized as a teenager! Oh, & I love Jesus, the youth, and tacos!!!!

[come share the excitement for Jesus, great saints (and obviously tacos 🌮) with and on our Pure Faith pilgrimage to Poland in August 2021! 🔗in bio]

03/16/2021

Today we’re introducing Fr. Tim Grumbach, joining us for 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 SoCal United in October 2020.

Here’s what he had to say ⬇️

✝️I am most excited for this pilgrimage to offer Masses in places I've never been. I can't wait for the experience of approaching the Eucharist in places with such rich history and heritage. It will be such a great reminder that the Mass ties us not just to every culture, but to every time and place and person that has ever come to the Altar. 🙏

✝️ One fun fact about me is that I spent years before seminary pursuing a career in competitive surfing. 🏄‍♂️ God called me into a greater adventure in the priesthood. I still get to surf from time to time, when I'm not on the mountain bike in my free time. 🚴 So my heart is very much in Los Angeles, but it has also set my heart on travel and adventure. ✈️

[practice your Spanish and French and visit our link in bio to find out more 🗺]

03/09/2021

Introductions aren’t only for Friday! Meet Fr. Louis Merosne, our Holy Land pilgrimage chaplain. 💥

➡️ What has you most excited for this pilgrimage? ⬇️

✝️ I am most excited about seeing young adults (re)discover Christ afresh in His footsteps in the Holy Land.

➡️ What is one unusual fact about you? ⬇️

✝️ I beatbox 😎

[join and JMJUnited in the Holy Land - more info at the link in bio 🔗]

03/04/2021

Are you ready to have your life changed? ➡️ 🗺

02/19/2021

“Darkness can only be scattered by light. Hatred can only be conquered by love.” ⚜️

- Pope St. John Paul II -

[link in bio ➡️ Holy Land 2021]



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02/06/2021

“If we open our hearts to give love, we are immediately transported into the joy and blessings of love.”

- St. Genevieve, patron of Paris -

[discover the City of Light through its saints on our fall SoCal UNITED pilgrimage - link in bio]

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Photo credit: Dmitry Dzhus from London, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

02/02/2021

“When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him” (Mt. 5:1). 📖

[climb the Mount of the Beatitudes on your journey to the Holy Land in fall 2021 - link in bio]



Photo credit: Kyle Taylor from London, 84 Countries, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

01/26/2021

“Christians must lean on the Cross of Christ just as travelers lean on a staff when they begin a long journey.” 💫

- St. Anthony of Lisbon -

[find out how you can journey to WYD 2023 Lisbon at the link in bio]

01/22/2021

“Let yourselves be taken over by the light of Christ, and spread that light wherever you are.” 🌍

- Pope St. John Paul II at World Youth Day 2002 -

[link in bio to visit JPII’s homeland 🇵🇱]



Photo credit: Targeman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

01/18/2021

“I will bestow abundant blessings upon all their undertakings.”

- fifth Promise of the Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque -



Photo credit: Preston Gibson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

01/12/2021

“The endurance of darkness is preparation for great Light” 🕯

- St. John of the Cross -



Photo credit: Antoine Taveneaux, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

01/07/2021

Experience incredible beauty found in the details of gold and art in Portugal’s first Jesuit church.

[link in bio ✨]