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Marist Young Adult Program
 
 September 2012

Hello Marist Young Adults!

 

ChairWelcome to a new academic year. For many of us this means a return to school. For others it means a change in season and an end to vacations. For all of us it can be a time to re-focus and move forward.

 

Throughout this year the Marist Young Adult Program will re-examine its focus while continuing to provide virtual and in-person venues for young Marist Christians to grow spiritually and socially. The program will also continue to offer service opporunties, many of them connected to the local schools. We hope that you will make some time this year to connect or re-connect to your Marist family.

 

If you would like more information on upcoming events, please visit our website www.MaristYoungAdult.com.  If you have any questions, thoughts or suggestionz please feel free to contact me at Matt@MaristYoungAdult.com.

 

 

Peace,

 

 

Matt Fallon

Chair, Marist Young Adult Advisory Committee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
ONLINE RESOURCE
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SERVICE OPPORTUNITY
 
   
On October 27th, Marist Young Adults in Miami will be walking to end Alzheimer's disease.  If you are able to join the Miami group, please contact Casey Garcia.  However, there are many ways that you can help even if you cannot attend the event.
                  September is World Alzheimer's Month.  Spend some time educating yourself about the disease.  You can access the website for the Alzheimer's Association by clicking on the icon above.  There you can sign up for a weekly newsletter and find out how to become an advocate.
                              To learn even more about how you can work to end Alzheimer's disease visit the "act" website of the Alzheimer's Association by clicking on the image below.  At actalz.org you can find concrete ways to raise awareness and funds to end Alzheimer's disease.  
 
The "act" website details how you can be part of  "action alerts" that let government officials know when their assistance is needed to assure government funding.  You can also learn how to be an "alzstar", one who hikes. bikes or swims for the cause.

  

Alzheimer's Action 
 
 
BULLETIN BOARD
 
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Upcoming Events
  
 
October 3 - Third College Transitions Chat 
October 6-8 - Esopus Service Project
October 10 - Final College Transtions Chat
October 14 - Pool Party - Miami
Octover 18-21 - Marist Youth Encounter Christ
                         Retreat within a Retreat
October 20 - Retreat outside a Retreat - Reflection Day
Octoer 21 - MYAAC Conference Call
October 27 - Hiking Retreat - Esopus
                    Alzheimer's Walk - Miami
 
November 18 - MYA Day of Fasting
 
Please visit Marist Young Adults on facebook for event details and local service opportunities.    

All chats take place in the chat room at www.MaristYoungAdult.com.
 
   
 
 HERE AND THERE - REGIONAL EVENTS - ONLINE EVENTS - AND MORE
 
Nikiza ChatAre you new to the Marist Young Adult Program?  There are many ways to stay connected virtually.  Follow the Marist Young Adult Program on twitter.  Read the many blog  entries posted by Ellen Salmi, Luis Ramos. Matthew Gomez, Joe Ward and first year college students Danny Chomat, Catherine Weening and Forest Wilson.  Join the young adult group on LinkedIn.  And download the young adult program mobile app, now available for Apple, Android and Blackberry platforms.  Still want to learn more about the program?  Check out the Marist Young Adult promotional video, "Keeping the Marist Connection".
 
In other news...The first two college transitions chats were held in September. Casey Garcia facilitated the first chat...The Marist Young Adult Advisory Committee held its monthly conference call on September 19th...The young adult program facilitated a community building weekend for St. Joseph Regional High School.

 

 
 MEET ESOPUS VOLUNTEER
ROB COSTELLO
 
Rob Costello, a 2008 graduate of Archbishop Molloy HS, began a year of service in Esopus in late August.  Rob graduated from Stony Brook University  this past spring, majoring in Business Administration and Cultural Analysis.  He has worked as a retreat leader and camp counselor during high school and college.
  
Why did you decide to do a a year of service in Esopus? 
I always wanted to work in Esopus but I never had a chance.  After graduation I didn't have a plan and was in an inbetween stage.  I knew that I could take a class or two to prepare for graduate school.  I also knew that the work here would help me to grow as a person and to learn more about myself and the people who come here.  I wanted to do something different than what most people do.
 
How do you hope to use your gifts and talents this year?
I hope that being open to people and their stories will help me to better my own life.  I also hope to use my own experiences to help them in return.  I will work hard to make Esopus better for others.
 
Why would you encourage others to do a year of service?
A year of service is a time that enables someone to reflect, if you don't mind a little hard work, both physically and emotionally.  It is an ideal time to reflect on your options as well as to look at where you have been and where you are at now.  A year of service here is a good way to get to know a different side of Esopus as well as the other groups that call Esopus home.
 
For more information about long-term or short-term service opportunities in Esopus, contact Bro. Owen Ormsby at  boofms@gmail.com.
 

 

 

mya logoThe Marist Young Adult Program invites interested young adults between the ages of 18 and 30 to further explore their Christian faith. Through spiritual, social and service activities, both online and in person, young adults can experience an alive and vibrant faith rooted in the Marist tradition.  Facebook Group:  Marist Young Adult