YOUNG APOSTLES OF CHRIST (YAC)

According to the decision made at the Sixth General Chapter in January 2000, the MSMHC initiated a movement called “Young Apostles of Christ” (YAC) on 24 October 2000. To be true to its name, its motto is “Love and Serve”. Since then the movement keep growing and at present it has 58 units with more than 1245 active members with 240 Sisters who are specially trained to guide and facilitate the movement. The YAC carry out missionary apostolate like preaching, family visits, charitable works, organizing prayer services and church choir on Sundays and special days of celebration. They also take active part in peace building through street plays and animation.

Aims and Objectives

  1. To facilitate the understanding of Catholic faith, life and vocation and to ensure commitment among the youth to continue the mission of the Church.
  2. To form the youth on Gospel values to help them to be authentic in their commitment to Jesus, and to empower them through the development of human potentialities.
  3. To form lay collaborators in evangelization and catechetical work as young missionaries and make them share in our missionary charism for the growth of the church.
  4. To make greater efforts to establish the Kingdom of God through justice and peace.
  5. To foster total personal and spiritual growth in each young person and to promote vocations to the active missionary life.
  6. To build up the youth and empower them to reach out to others.
  7. To make the youth effective agents of integrated transformation in the society.
  8. To involve the youth and to ensure their cooperation for the purpose of promoting communal harmony.
  9. To build up Basic Christian Communities.
  10. To conduct charitable services for the poor, rural and needy people.
  11. To form future leaders of the Church and society.