Padanakendram

KCYM Archdiocese of Verapoly is organising a Padanakendram (Study Class) at 6pm on Fri February 2012 at Archdiocesan Youth Centre, CAC, IS Press Road, Ernakulam on topic "Central Rehabilitation Policy and Moolampilly Package". 

Charity Cannot Displace Justice

Catholic Church is the single largest group providing healthcare in India, after the Government. 85 percent of rural health care is provided by the Church.

Msgr. Alex Vadakkumthala

Vicar General Archdiocese of Verapoly
& Project Director, CBCI Society,
Medical Education. 

No hospital management can be forgiven for not paying just wages to its nursing staff. It is a basic requirement demanded even from missionary and charitable Health care institutions. At the same time, nurses cannot engage in protests absenting themselves from essential services, days together. Their is a profession that deals with human life. When they leave critical patients uncared for, they are failing very seriously in their professional commitment. They must find better ways to demand their rights than by extended strikes. Our country still has to learn to respect the dignity of all kinds of labour. Then only disproportionate salary variation between doctors and nurses will cease to exit. Bond period is essential for nurses, because their blunders can affect life seriously. Nursing is basically a caring profession and boys who opt for it should really do so only if they have an aptitude and goodwill to serve with gentle love. Church cannot shy away from giving the best medical care. In this process we should not be guided by profit but purely by our concern for human persons. That will help us to guard ourselves from temptation of competition for profit. 

Source : Smart Companion - National Monthly for Christian Leadership 

Santa to Beverages Shop against Alcohol

KCYM organised a programme 'Santa to Beverages Shop against Alcohol' to spread the awareness about the bad effects of the Alcohol and requested the society to Quit Alcohol. 

KCYM activist in-front of the a Beverages Outlet in the
Ernakulam City to spread the message against alcohol

KCYM activist in front of the a Beverages Outlet in the
Ernakulam City to spread the message against alcohol

YOUCAT

YOUCAT – Faith expressed in a common language
In 2006 the Compendium of Catechism of the Catholic Church was presented in Vienna. At the press conference a woman stood up and said that this book was not useful for young people at all, and that a catechism which could reach young people of today was needed! She was right. But who would write such a catechism? Above all, it could not come into being without the involvement of young people.
A group of writers came together that were willing to devise a basic text based the Catechism of the Catholic Church. They then spent two summer camps discussing the text with a total of 50 young people. Thus YOUCAT came into being based on everyday practice of the faith of young people. This is what makes it so valuable.
Pope Benedict XVI himself supported the project right from the beginning. He personally wrote a preface, with a heartfelt recommendation of this book for young people.

10 ways to use YOUCAT in KCYM Youth Ministry

Layout and Structure of YOUCAT

YOUCAT is full of quotations, references and explanations that help the reader to understand the statements of the Church. 

• Questions and answers, numbered from 1 to 527
• Short and precise answer with references to the "Complete Cathechism of the Catholic Church"
• Explanatory text with examples for better understanding
• References to further YOUCAT questions (numbers at the end of the text)
• References to the „Complete Catechism of the Catholic Church" (bold numbers)
• Quotations from the Holy Bible, saints and great thinkers

What should we do?

• Get a copy of Youcat from our Archdiocesan Youth Centre.
• In parish level gathering introduce YouCat 
• Invite every youth in your parish to study the Catechism of Catholic Church 

KCYM Day Celebration

On Dec 28th - the formation day of KCYM, celebrated the KCYM Day at Youth Centre. Mr. Shine Antony, President KCYM Archdiocese of Verapoly inaugurated the celebrations. Fr. Joseph Oliparambil, Director KCYM Archdiocese of Verapoly, Sr. Jean Mary - Antimator, Mr. Antony Rijoy - General Secreatary, Mr. Antony IM Former President & State Syndicate Member, Mr. Sibi Joy - Former Archdiocesan General Secretary and State Secretary, Mr. Titu Antony D'Silva delivered speeches. 

KCYM Day Celebration Mr. Shine Antony cutting the cake,
Fr. Joseph Oliparambil, Sr. Jean Mary,
Mr. Antony Rijoy, Mr. Titu Antony D'silva nearby.

KCYM Day Celebration 2012
Mr. Sibi Joy felicitating , Fr. Joseph Oliparambil,
Mr. Shine Antony, Sr. Jean Mary nearby.

Street Play against Alcohol - Liquor Free Christmas Campaign

KCYM organised two Street Plays against Alcohol one at High Court Junction and other at Menaka Junction. 
Special thanks to Kongorpilly unit members for spreading out the message of Anit Alcholic Movement and arranging the street play. 

Mr. Shine Antony (President KCYM Archdiocese of Verapoly), Miss. Josephine Jefflin (Vice President) , Mr. Antony IM Former President and State Syndicate Member, Mr. Antony Rijoy (General Secreatry) near by. 

KCYM 34th State Senate - Cochin

KCYM Archdiocese of Verapoly attended the State Senate and presented the Archdiocesan Report for the year 2011. Following members participated in the State Senate.
1. Fr. Joseph Sherin (Asst. Director, KCYM Archdiocese of Verapoly) 
2. Sr. Jean Mary (Animator, KCYM Archdiocese of Verapoly)
3. Mr. Antony IM (Former Archdiocesan President & State Syndicate Member)
4. Mr. Shine Antony (President, KCYM Archdiocese of Verapoly & State Senator) 
5. Miss. Josephine Jefflin (VicePresident, KCYM Archdiocese of Verapoly & State Syndicate)
6. Adv. Jejo KS (Vice-President, KCYM Archdiocese of Verapoly & State Senator)
7. Mr. Vineeth Joseph (Former Vice-President, KCYM Archdiocese of Verapoly & State Senator)
8. Miss. Serin Xavier (Secreatry, KCYM Archdiocese of Verapoly & State Senator)

Shine Antony, KCYM President Archdiocese of Verapoly
addressing the Question & Answer  Session of
Diocese Reporting Session in the State Senate.

Miss. Josephine Jefflin, presenting Report of Archdiocese of Verapoly,
Miss Serin Xavier (Secreatry), Mr. Shine Antony (President),
Mr. Aneesh Omakkara (State Vice President- Presiding the session),
Adv. Jejo KS (Vice President), Mr. Antony IM (Former President & State Syndicate) nearby

Adv. Jejo KS, State Auditor presenting Audit Report of KCYM State Committee for the year 2011
Mr. Aji Daniel (State President - Presiding the Meeting) Other Secretariat Members and State Syndicate members near by.

Inauguration of FIAT

Fr. Joseph Oliparambil, Director KCYM Archdiocese of Verapoly inaugurated one year (365 days) long programme FIAT - Fasting, Interceding and Adoration Team. FIAT is an initiative of KCYM Archdiocese of Verpaoly in the 125th Year of Archdiocese of Verapoly for the Spiritual Renewal of Youth in Archdiocese of Verapoly and Empowerment/Strengthening of  the KCYM in Jesus Christ.

Fr. Joseph Oliparambil inaugurating FIAT
by handing over the prayer card to
Spiritual Forum Convenor Mr. Nilin George 

FIAT Prayer Card

FIAT Prayer Card

Basically FIAT will be - Round the year - 365 individuals - Chain Model Prayer 

   • a day -  a person will, 

   • fast at-least one time (in a day)

   • will attend Holy Mass and Family Prayer

   • Will repeat the FIAT Prayer

   • Will intercede and adore at least an hour

Cardinal-Designate Mar George Alencherry

Mar George Alencherry the current Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly - head of the Eastern Catholic Syro-Malabar Church will be raised as Cardinal. It was announced that he would be among the list of prelates to be raised to the cardinalate by Pope Benedict XVI in a consistory scheduled for Saturday, February 18, 2012. 
Cardinal-Designate Mar George Alencherry the current Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly - head of the Eastern Catholic Syro-Malabar Church Alencherry was born in Thuruthy, Changanacherry and was ordained as priest on 19th November 1972. He studied at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Seminary of St Joseph in Alwaye and earned a doctorate at the Institut Catholique de Paris, where he specialised in catechesis. He has served as the Director Pastoral Orientation Centre, Cochin, inter-ritual, which depends of the Kerala Catholic Bishops' Conference (KCBC). He served as a professor of Pastoral Counselling and Systematic Theology at the Faculty of "Paurastya Vidyapitham, Pontifical Oriental Institute of Religious Studies of Vadavathoor, Kottayam, and at the Pontifical Institute of Theology and Philosophy in Alwaye. He was vicar general of the archeparchy from 11 November 1996 until he was appointed first eparch of Thuckalay and was ordained on 2 February 1997.On 24 May 2011 he was elected Major Archbishop. Pope Benedict XVI confirmed the election on 25 May 2011.  He is the first head of the Syro-Malabar Church to be elected by its synod. 

Metro Rail - News Paper Curring

Metro Rail - KCYM response with regard to the issue regarding Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) - Mr. E M Shreesharan and State Govt. 

FIAT

Fasting Interceding and Adoration Team - FIAT
An imitative of KCYM in the 125th Year of Archdiocese for the Spiritual Renewal of Youth in the Archdiocese of Verapoly. 



FIAT aims - 

• Spiritual Renewal of Youth in Archdiocese of Verapoly
• Empowerment of KCYM in Jesus Christ 
• To build up a Fasting, Interceding and Adoring Team 

Basically FIAT will be 

Round the year - 365 individuals - Chain Model Prayer 

   • a day -  a member will 

   • fast at-least one time in a day 

   • will attend Holy Mass and Family Prayer

   • Will repeat the FIAT Prayer

   • Will intercede and adore at least an hour

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