The document discusses the contemporary yearning for spirituality and companionship in the search for God, highlighting the need for supportive relationships during this journey. It references the biblical passage of Emmaus to illustrate the importance of sharing experiences and the challenge of embracing human connection as a means of divine encounter. The text also emphasizes the legacy of St. Jeanne de Lestonnac and her mission to empower youth across generations, encouraging them to build a better world together.

2. Today there is much talk of prayer; a sincere search for spirituality is evident .

3. A search of a meaning of God, a certain inclination to “Mystery”, a Face-to-Face encounter. A longing for God.

4. In search of horizon, of importance, many get lost in appearances or wander without finding a response. They end up fatigued or unsatisfied, fed up and thirsty as before.

5. In many occasions these searches are wavering, spontaneous, many things are speculated about God, but we do not get to know and experience Him.

6. In that context the necessity of having a companion for the journey surges , someone with courage to stretch out a hand, that offers their littleness, that shares life, that walks in faith.

7. Someone full of humaneness and capable of “divinity.”

8. In the passage of Emmaus we find traces that could help us see our being companions of the journey in the Company of Mary: And it happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus himself drew near and walked with them… It is about taking advantage of the occasions that life offers.

9. You as young people have great aspirations, that you want to pledge yourselves to build a better world. Let others see this, let the world see it, since this is exactly the witness that the world expects from the disciples of Jesus . Pope Benedict XVI

10. ACCOMPANY EACH OTHER FACE TO FACE AND BREAK THE BREAD

11. To accompany is to take on a challenge, take a mission, begin an adventure, contemplate a mystery, listen to a beat, pronounce a hope, probe a heart, witness a miracle.

12. ACCOMPANY TO EMBRACE WHAT’S HUMAN Companionship is simply putting on your shoes and at its rhythm deciphering one by one the mysteries of the human heart…

13. ACCOMPANY TO DECIPHER THE BEAUTY AND REMAIN WITH THE GOOD To accompany is to Break bonds and cross borders. Contemplate at each other, Harbor the beauty, Take delight in the good, and Opt for the good.

14. … always attentive to embody the dreams of God for humanity and self, not only saw the youth without horizons, she found herself present with them, and asked: What can I do for you? These invitations echoed in the heart of St. Jeanne 400 years ago.

15. 400 years ago in Bordeaux did Jeanne de Lestonnac know that the work that she began would reach out to many lands, to many young people in many nations .

16. European Mission Camp Tirana, Albania 17-28 July 2006 England, Italy, Spain and France

17. Mission Camp Medellin, Colombia June 17-23, 2005

18. Old Sisters with Afro-Colombian Students from our Mission Area in the Pacific Coast of Colombia and ODN College Student-Volunteers

19. ODN Youth - CHILE

20. European Mission Camp Tirana, Albania 17-28 July 2006

21. ODN Youth Volunteers - Colombia

22. European Mission Camp @ Tirana (Albania) 17-28 July 2006

23. ODN Youth - Philippines

24. Youth for Better Future – Tambo, Macasandig, Cagayan de Oro City

25. Catholic Center Campus Ministry

26. Catholic Center Campus Ministry Students At a Profession of Solemn Vows - August 5, 2006

27. 400 years inspiring life, asking new questions… always going beyond, with fears but also with confidence that Jesus is our companion; always bringing to heart His words: "Do Not Allow The Flame I Have Lit In Your Heart To Be Extinguished…" Students of ODN College in Galicia

29. Youth, hope for the future and for the transformation of society, will be for us the area of preference in our apostolic endeavor. Const. Art. II, 1

30. And so you are here!

31. Come and Journey with each other!

33. Let Us Hasten … To celebrate Life. Let us give thanks to God for It, for Jeanne and her Project. For her first inspiration has made this encounter possible.

36. Come and Journey with each other!