And our patron saints are... ::drum roll, please!::

At our meeting last night we finally decided on who we'd like our patron saints to be! 
After much brainstorming we decided on twelve... Yes, you read correctly... 12 ::gulp::. Bear with us, an explanation is in order... 


As a YG, we like to work together to make sure everything functions sMoOtHly (hopefully). Planning events for 15-25 adolescents/young adults who are all so completely, beautifully, unique can be a struggle and a ton of work when only spearheaded by one or two people O_o. 


So we – along with our Pastor, Fr. Roger J. Landry – came up with a plan about a year ago. 


We'd have committees! Each committee would focus on one of our YG pillars (presented in no particular order) of prayer, service, social events, learning the faith, and fundraising. It would be each particular committee's job to brainstorm and help plan for events pertaining to their expertise. We're still trying to work out some kinks, but we've taken a liking to it. 


Where were we...? Oh, yes! Patron saints! So, here's the thing... We need help (as is tradition) O_O. We've been meaning to pick patron saints from whom we could learn and who would help us with our duties. Guess what? We now have our OFFICIAL patrons for each of our "YG pillar committees" ::tear:: ='). 


Please give a round of applause (or a "cross of applause" as seen here) to our new BFF's!:
(Click on names for a bio)


Head Patrons:

Our Lady

St. Anthony of Padua

Patron Saints for Prayer:

St. Teresa of Avila

Bl. Francisco Marto

Patron Saints for Service:

Bl. Teresa of Calcutta

Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati

(as I sit here writing this blog and drinking tea from this mug, 

I can assure you that having Bl. PGF as one of our patrons was a majority decision... O_o) 

Patron Saints for Social Events:

St. Philip Neri

Bl. Chiara Luce Badano

Patron Saints for Learning the Faith:

St. Thomas Aquinas

St. Edith Stein

Patron Saints for Finances:

St. Joseph

St. Elizabeth of Portugal

And just because we couldn't resist... 

We also have our "Auxiliary  List"... Because, well... Just read...

Prayer: St. John of the Cross (St. Teresa of Avila and St. J.o.C. were bestest buddies! How can you have one without the other?!).

Service: St. Joan of Arc (because why not?! Helping to defeat an English army at the age of 14?? Yeah, we'll take her...).

Finances: St. Jude (patron saint of hopeless causes... Need we say more?). 

Please join us in getting to know our patrons better!

Until next time,

~SAYG