Youth Movement - ORDO PRAEDICATORUM

We are young people attracted by the Dominican vocation, willing to announce the Gospel from the spirituality and charisma of the Order of Preachers; motivated by prayer, study and fraternal life in the common and permanent mission of preaching, as lay people who bring the Spirit of Christ to different realities and contexts.

Cfr. Statutes IDYM-MJD 2017, 1.1.

Who we are?

Somos jóvenes atraidos por la vocación dominicana, dispuestos a anunciar el Evangelio desde la espiritualidad y el carisma de la Orden de Predicadores; motivados por la oración, el estudio y la vida fraterna en la misión común y permanente de la predicacion, como laicos que llevamos el Espiritu de Cristo a las diferentes realidades y contextos. (Cfr. Estatutos IDYM-MJD 2017, 1.1)

Where are we?

	Countries	Groups	Members
ASIA-PACIFIC	1	2	734
LATIN AMERICA & CARRIBEAN	12	72	955
EUROPE	5	17	386
AFRICA	11	32	777
UNITED STATES & CANADA	1	1	200
TOTAL / FEB 2023	30	124	3.052

Do you want to join the Youth Movement?

The movement is open, welcoming and eager to share its spirit and mission with other young people.

We are organized in groups in each country with the support of the Dominican Family.

We are under the responsibility of the Prior Provincial, the Vice-Provincial or Vicar, or the Prioress General or Provincial Superior of a Dominican Congregation.

Some historical date

1216	On 22 December Pope Honorius III approves the Order of Friars Preachers.
1993	The Master of the Order, fr Timothy Radcliffe (1992-2001), promotes the creation of the International Dominican Youth Movement.
1996	World Meeting of Dominican Youth, León (Spain).
1998	The General Chapter of Bologna (Italy) recognized the Dominican Youth Movement as a member of the Dominican Family.
1998	General Assembly, Maynooth (Ireland).
2000	General Assembly, Rome (Italy).
2002	General Assembly, Tolosa (Spain).
2004	General Assembly, Manila (Philippines)
2006	General Assembly, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic).
2009	General Assembly, Fatima (Portugal).
2011	General Assembly, Rome (Italy).
2013	General Assembly, Bogotá (Colombia).
2015	The Master of the Order, fr Bruno Cadoré (2010-2019), approves the integration of a representative of the IDYM in the International Council for Justice and Peace.
2016	General Assembly, Toulouse (France).
2017	On March 25, the Master of the Order, fr Bruno Cadoré (2010-2019), promulgated the Statutes of the International Council of IDYM-MJDI.
2019	On May 15, the Master of the Order, fr Bruno Cadoré (2010-2019), approved the Statutes of the International Commission of the Dominican Family, in which the Promoter General for the Laity and the International Coordinator of IDYM-MJDI participate.
2020	General Assembly in Nairobi (Africa) is postponed because of the pandemic COVID-19.
2022	Virtual Elective General Assembly. Planning and implementation of the Assembly to elect new officers to the IDYM International Commission for 2022-2026 took place during the months of June through August.
2023	General Assembly, Lisbon (Portugal). Commemoration of the 30 year anniversary of the IDYM and the centenary of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati’s entry into the Order, celebrated within the context of WYD2023.
2023	The Master of the Order, fr. Gerard Timoner (2019-2028), approves the modifications to the IDYM Statute (2017).

International and Regional Council

At the international level there is the Dominican Youth Movement Council (IDYM-MJDI), in which we are represented by each of the five regions: Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia-Pacific, Europe and United States-Canada.
The International Council has the mission of promoting and strengthening communion and participation among the Youth Movements, in order to achieve a more effective preaching of the Gospel in accordance with the signs of the times.
In each country there are national coordinators who, together with their councils, group together the different provinces, vice-provinces and vicariates, whose main objective is to live in communion and participation with the Dominican Family in different ways, in dialogue and sharing permanently with the culture of each country or region, with the desire to dedicate ourselves to preaching through the spirituality and charism of the Order of Preachers. (Cfr. Statutes IDYM-MJD 2017,Preamble)

Members

Carlos BELTRÁN	Coordinator	idym@curia.op.org
Cristina Expósito DE VINCENTE	Promotor of Formation
Madelen Jaimes HURTADO	Promotor of Mission
Humberto Jesús RICO CAMACHO	Promotor of Communications
Isioma CHUKWUKA-NWODO	Promotor of Finance
fr. Cristóbal Torres IGLESIAS	General Promoter for the Laity