St. Joseph Young Adult League General Body MeetingOctober 23rd, 2011

Agenda•World Youth Day Recap•Basketball Recap•Upcoming events

(Thanksgiving/Volunteering)•Major Archbishop USA Visit/Youth

Apostolate•TORCH '12•Dodgeball Tournament•Garland Church Opening – Support•VIRTUS Training•Your Voice

World Youth Day

Basketball Recap•Major League

▫1st Place: Greatness▫2nd Place: Air India

•Minor League ▫1st Place: Dream Team▫2nd Place: Microwave

Pappadams•Spring Tournament*

Upcoming Events

•Simply keep posted on events involving SJYAL, such as volunteering and the

upcoming thanksgiving social

Major Archbishop USA Visit•His Beatitude Mar George Allencherry visited

the states two weekends ago in Chicago, IL•He addressed several youth coordinators and

also initiated the Diocese Youth Apostolate.

TORCH 2012

•Yes, we will be continuing our annual regional conference once again

•Location: Houston, TX (NOT at church)

•Date: July-August 2012

•Youth will work as a whole to put it on!

2nd Annual “Dodge That” Tournament

•Purpose: To raise money towards the Youth Center and bring out the Syro Malabar name into the Houston Community

•Prospective Date: Mon. December 19, 2011•Venue: TBD•Participants: Any Malayalee in Houston

▫6-8 players per team, Co-Ed, min. of 3 girls per team•Prizes: $$CASH$$•Extra: Creative T-Shirt/Costume Contest

Garland Church Consecration •December 17th – The newly constructed parish in Garland will be consecrated on 12/10. With an event this large, we hope to gather many youth participation and

outreach for the weekend!

VIRTUS Training

•Mandatory for all Youth Members and Youth Volunteers 18 AND OLDER

•Location: St. Joseph Syro-Malabar Catholic Chruch

•Date: Saturday November 19th, 2011•Time: 3 to 6 pm•Register Online at www.virtusonline.com

▫Select Galveston-Houston Archdiocese▫Select St. Joseph SMCC Register

Your VoiceOpen mic session where you can bring any

subject up to the youth and/or youth board for any some type of future activity