Jesus Youth USA Leaders Meet with USCCB to Discuss Evangelization and World Youth Day 2027

WASHINGTON — Leadership from Jesus Youth USA recently met with Paul Jarzembowski, Associate Director of the Secretariat of Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), to discuss key initiatives in Catholic youth ministry.

The meeting focused on strategies for youth and young adult evangelization, the growing role of ecclesial movements across the United States, prospective avenues for national collaboration, and early preparations for World Youth Day 2027 in Seoul.

Leaders of Jesus Youth USA expressed deep appreciation to the USCCB Secretariat for its pastoral guidance and reaffirmed their commitment to working closely with diocesan structures to engage the next generation of Catholics.

The dialogue echoes recent papal encouragement to the global movement: “I hope that the Jesus Youth movement will always be marked by its youthful freshness and enthusiasm for the faith, and in this way enable many more to encounter the Lord and to grow in the spiritual life.”