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FEATURED WEB SITE
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Faithful Citizenship is a web site sponsored by the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops and is intended to help inform Catholics for the upcoming election. In addition to reading about the Church's position on social teaching, visitors can take a video quiz on how well they are informed, download a novena podcast for peace and justice or send an e-card. The "Young Catholic" section invites visitors to go deeper and offers prayer suggestions such as the newspaper prayer and map prayer.
Click on the icon above to check out the web site.
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NEWS FROM THE YA EVANGELIZATION COMMUNITY
IN ESOPUS
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| YA Community members John Mc Entee, Danny Pacheco and Roland Varriale have been busy providing hospitality and assisting with retreats at the Marist Brothers Retreat House in Esopus, NY. Throughout the last month, Roland, Danny and John have worked with freshmen from Mount St. Michael Academy in the Bronx and St. Joseph Regional HS in NJ. They also hosted a leadership training session for seniors from Marist HS in Bayonne, NJ and have assisted in a variety of adventure based retreats.
If you are 21 or over, graduating from college, looking for a change, or simply want to have the volunteer opportunity of a lifetime, click on the icon above or visit www.maristyoungadult.com for more information.
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ONLINE SERVICE OPPORTUNITY
Christmas may seem like a far away reality but the Marist Young Adult Advisory Committee is once again making plans to participate in "Operation Christmas Child" (OCC) during the month of November. Sponsored by Samaritan's Purse, OCC strives to provide a shoe box full of toys and necessary items to poor children throughout the world. For more information on OCC and how you can organize a drive in your world, click on the image above. Look for more information on facebook in early November for the Marist Young Adult Program's participation in OCC.
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 Welcome to the October edition of the Marist Young Adult e-newsletter. Below you will see the many activities that we have planned for the upcoming month. You can also read about some of the activities that have taken place. Don't forget to visit our web site,
www.maristyoungadult .com, as it is updated regularly If you have any suggestions or ideas for the web site or for future events please contact me at fallon85@gmail.com. Be well and know that you are in the prayers of Marist young adults across the country. Matt Fallon Chair |
| UPCOMING EVENTS |
October 28 - Online Chat - "Iron Man, Iron Faith" - how the movie Iron Man speaks to us about transformation and finding our mission at www.maristyoungadult.com. October 29 - Online Chat for First Year College Students - "The Wild Ride from Midterms to Finals" -at www.maristyoungadult.com
November 16-22 - Operation Christmas Child
November 23 - Day of Fasting
Look for details and sign up information at the Marist Young Adult group page on facebook.
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ONLINE CHAT - "THE LAST LECTURE" |
 Legions of people have viewed the video, "The Last Lecture," Randy Pausch's final presentation on achieving your childhood dreams. In the book "The Last Lecture," the terminally ill Pausch delves deeper into the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, and of seizing every moment. On September 28th, a group of Marist young adults participated in an online discussion on how "The Last Lecture" has impacted their lives. |
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OUTDOOR RETREAT HELD IN ESOPUS
 Maria Julia Gutierrez, John Mc Entee, Shanka Perez, Mike Sweeney, and Tenzin Yeshay participated in an outdoor retreat on October 10-11 in Esopus, NY. Those in attendance spent Friday night camping by the Hudson River and Saturday hiking Shaupeneak Ridge. Themes of the retreat included experiencing God in nature and being good stewards of the earth. During the hike, the participants were invited to reflect upon the images of the mountain, the river and the valley using scripture and their own experience. | |
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ONLINE CHAT - "YOU'RE IN COLLEGE, SO NOW WHAT?" |
Throughout September and October first year college students throughout the country joined veteran college students for a series of online chats. Topics have included time management, achieving and maintaining balance and keeping the faith. The last discussion of the chat series will be held on Wednesday, October 29th at 9:00 pm ET in the chat room at www.maristyoungadult.com. The topic for the final chat will be "The Wild Ride from Midterms to Finals."
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MEET
YA ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER - JACKIE FORTICH |
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 Jackie Fortich
Student at Miami-Dade College
Graduate of Msgr. Pace High School
(Opa Locka, FL)
Office Manager at
A World of Knowledge Preschool
How did you get involved with Marist?
I was chosen to go to a Marist Youth event and ever since then I have stayed involved. Why are you still involved with Marist?
I stay involved with Marist because of the great things I learned and felt while part of Marist Youth. It was great to meet a lot of people from different parts of the country who share the same ideals and values. How do you live out your Marist identity now?
I am involved in the Marist Young Adult Program and I help plan days of faith sharing in Miami.
Do you have a Marist story to share?
Right before going to the Marist Youth event I was going through a rough time and almost about to lose my faith. Marist Youth helped me get back on track and to find my faith again. One of the talks especially hit home for me. It was as if the presenter knew like exactly what I was going through. Since then I knew I was going to be involved with Marist. | |
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