New CYM Gear?

CYM and YAM, new T-Shirts for us to wear at On Fire at Marine World? Again, this is a rough draft. I'm still in the process of taking the kinks out of the design.

"If we are to better ourselves for God and each other, we need to be Holy. In order to be Holy, We need to readjust our sails and set our inner compass to our Spiritual North Star, Jesus. We need to work on the defects of our character and become faithful, virtuous people. We need to start being better foundations and building each other up instead of breaking each other down under the guise of amusement. We need each other to thrive spiritually rather than survive in a fleeting world."
- Yours Truly

World Youth Day Promo Video

H/t to Fr. Avram Brown

WYD Meeting This Saturday!!!

We are now sitting at just under a year for WYD Madrid!!!!

For all those interested we will be having a WYD Meeting this Saturday Morning.

The meeting will be mostly informational, with a bit of fundraiser brainstorming. If you are at all interested in attending World Youth Day in Madrid, Spain next summer please attend this meeting:

Saturday, August 21, 2010
10 am
7th Grade Classroom

For more info check out the CYM WYD Madrid blog: worldyouthdaymadrid.blogspot.com

Bring all your questions and ideas. See you there.

P.S. some of us will be going to Mass and praying Vespers beginning at 9am if you want to join us.

Back To School! Yeah.

Hey there, it's that time of year again, the time to head back to school, I thought I'd scrounge up some back to school resources for y'all beautiful people out there.

* Lifeteen: Back to School Survival Guide
* Lifeteen: Why you need to Pray Through School.
* Lifeteen: Dealing with the Fear of Rejection, a teen guide
* Catholicity: Prayer for students
* Prayers for school, students, teachers

Relay for Life 2010

Here's a link for photos from Relay for Life 2010. -courtesy of uncle Jong Arcega.

Lifeteen: God made SEX (and he made it sacred

"Human sexuality is not about what we receive, but what we give. In other words, when we reduce sex merely to an act that elicits pleasure, sex has been stripped of its dignity – the end result is use."

Say what?! Daily Mass at 7pm now.

Yup, that's right.

St. Catherine of Siena parish now has a daily mass every weekday at 7pm.

Check it out and journey to the Source and Summit of the faith DAILY.

Summer Summer Summer Fun Fun Fun!

It's the middle of summer (WOOOOOT!) and CYM has lots of stuff going on.

ABC's - Wednesdays from 12-2ish

Join us at noon for an hour of Adoration, Buy Some Lunch afterwards, and then listen in (and participate) in some Chit-Chat/Catechesis.

TGIF - Friday at 6 PM @ Jazo's House

Wow, that was weird referring to myself in the 3rd person. Anyways, Friday is TGIF! Join us as we jump deeper into our Faith, have some Fellowship, and eat some Food. Also...

Relay for Life Meeting - Friday at 5 PM @ Jazo's House

There will be a Relay for Life meeting before TGIF. Please be here before 5 so we can start right at 5. We will be talking about themes, fundraisers, and money. This brings me to...

Relay for Life - August 7 & 8, 9 AM to 9 AM

Support the fight against cancer at the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life! This is a 24-hour overnight event where walk around the track supporting those who have cancer, to raise funds to support the ACS, and to educate ourselves on ways for us to prevent cancer. CYM has a team this year. Information for signing up is here. Also, if you are under 18, you must raise $100 before the event to stay overnight!

Also, keep a look out for the following events:

July 18 - Car Wash

July 23 - Give UP

August 21 - BBQ

ConsiderPriesthood.com: Made in China

Check out this video from the great guys at ConsiderPriesthood.com about one of our new priests in Vallejo, Fr. Avram from St. Vincent Ferrer:

Made In China - Fr. Avram Brown's Vocation Story.

Good stuff. Great & interesting story.