DOYMAR Public Association of the Faithful
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart is our Patroness, Mother and the best Teacher of knowledge, love and union with her Divine Son. DOYMAR began in 1983 as a youth Prayer Movement in response to the Holy Year of the Redemption.
"YOUTH MOVEMENT" because the word “movement” inspires vitality, dynamism and the idea of a united front towards one goal: to love Jesus Christ. The Movement is made up of young men and women from approximately 15 to 23 years of age, to whom we offer the opportunity to get together to search for and come to know, love and serve Jesus as a group.
DISCIPLE. We wish above all to value Christ’s work of Redemption personally, as a gift to each of us, and also to understand the essential role of prayer in our lives. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, by the Father’s Will and in cooperation with the Holy Spirit, revealed to us the love of the Trinity by becoming man. He revealed his Word and his mercy, He redeemed us by his death and He gave us eternal life by his resurrection. From this knowledge, there arises within us the desire to belong to Christ.
PRAYERFUL. To truly be a disciple we have to tap into prayer, and therefore, a disciple has to be rooted in prayer.
MARIAN. In the Incarnation of the Son of God, a woman was chosen to be his mother, Who is also our Mother and the Mother of the Church, Mary. We need her assistance as an intercessor and teacher to learn to know Jesus and to follow his example. For this reason, the disciple also has to be a fervent child of Holy Mary.
APOSTOLlC. At the same time, a disciple feels the urgent need to do apostolate because he or she wants to communicate to others the richness he or she has been progressively discovering.
REDEMPTION. We delve into the understanding of these mysteries and of the merciful and universal work of redemption that we want to communicate and share with others.
Thus, the acronym in Spanish, DOYMAR, (Discípulos Orantes y Mariano-Apostólicos de la Redención) stands for Prayerful and Marian-Apostolic Disciples of the Redemption.
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INTERNATIONAL DOYMAR
From August 1-4, about 200 young people gathered from all over Spain, Peru, Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico at the International Doymar Meeting held in El Monte del Gozo in Galapagar, Madrid. They were very intense days of prayer, convivences, rest and recreation along with the Sisters and under the maternal protection of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. The DOYMAR is led by a Mother or a Sister. Many of the young people share varied and enriching testimonies. They can enjoy the encounter together with other youth from all our apostolic works.
